Ketchum
WHEELING – Rosemary Ketchum will serve as the chief operations officer of the Edible Mountain Project with the support of Grow Ohio Valley.
In July 2020, Grow Ohio Valley was awarded a nationally competitive grant from the Healthiest Cities and Counties Challenge charged with reversing negative health outcomes for local youth residing in Wheeling’s urban core.
Edible Mountain is a place-based, holistic youth wellness coalition focused on overhauling the disproportionate poor health experienced by urban youth in Wheeling’s core. Priority areas include food and nutrition, physical fitness, creative and cooperative play, sense of community belonging, encounters with nature and artistic expression.
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Photo Provided â The current Steenrod Elementary School playground is about to get upgrades with help from a $5,000 Intermediate 1 Benedum Foundation grant and $5,000 from the Ohio County Board of Education.
WHEELING –Â Young students at Steenrod Elementary School soon will be making mud pies outside where they play, and maybe even baking a real pizza pie at the end of the school year, with herbs and vegetables they’ve helped grow.
Principal Michelle Dietrich and preschool teacher Beth Wallace told the Ohio County Board of Education of their plans to expand their outdoor play and instruction area for students at the school.