ABOUT CARENET
Join us as we "care beyond the yellow ribbon" to support our military and their families.
There was an old song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Around an Old Oak Tree" and it was a sign of waiting for a service member to return home.
The West Virginia Council of Churches has taken up the mantle of caring for our military and their families as they deploy and redeploy from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the post 9/11 world, the Army and Air National Guard plus the Reserve Components have answered the call and serves in support of their state and country. Right now units are serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world.
The West Virginia Council of Churches has pioneered a program called CARE-NET: Caring Beyond the Yellow Ribbon. The program is named as a reminder that the support of our military and their families cannot end when they return from deployment and the yellow ribbons are untied.
The program will provide informational events and activities to assist military members and their families through all phases of the deployment cycle including pre and post deployment. The project targets all prior and current military members who claim West Virginia as home.
This website will provide information, articles, community and military events and activities that link the community and military together.
The West Virginia Council of Churches and the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation supports our military members and their families through "CareNet: Caring Beyond the Yellow Ribbon."
