MARTINSBURG — The Pediatric Early Literacy project, part of Shenandoah Community Health, received a $500 contribution courtesy of state Sen. Patricia Rucker.
Deaf, vision services hope to grow with Unity Campaign help
COLIN MCGUIRE, The Journal
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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) When Mary Ann Jividen moved to West Virginia, she fully expected that there would be services available for deaf people to utilize throughout the area. With only two hours separating her and Washington D.C., it felt like a foregone conclusion.
Shocked to find the Eastern Panhandle devoid of any such services, Jividen, who is deaf herself, took matters into her own hands.
“I was so surprised,” she said in a recent interview. “So, in 2017, I started to build everything through word of mouth.”
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