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First Lady Justice introduces newest Friends With Paws therapy dog during assembly at Oakvale Elementary School
04/20/2023
First Lady Cathy Justice visited Oakvale Elementary School today for an assembly to celebrate the arrival of the state’s next therapy dog through the Friends With Paws Communities In Schools (CIS) program....
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First Lady Justice introduces newest Friends With Paws therapy dog during assembly at Bridgeview Elementary
02/23/2023
First Lady Cathy Justice today visited Bridgeview Elementary School for an assembly to celebrate the arrival of the state’s next therapy dog through the Friends With Paws Communities In Schools (CIS) program....
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First Lady Justice introduces newest Friends With Paws therapy dog at Hinton Area Elementary School
02/10/2023
First Lady Cathy Justice today visited Hinton Area Elementary School for an assembly to celebrate the arrival of the state’s next therapy dog through the Friends With Paws Communities In Schools (CIS) program....
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First Lady Justice announces two counties added to CIS program; three new schools to receive Friends With Paws therapy dogs
01/12/2023
First Lady Cathy Justice announced today that West Virginia’s Communities In Schools (CIS) program will be adding schools this month in two new counties and two participating counties across the state....
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West Virginia National Guard partners with Communities In Schools to distribute 8,000 Christmas gifts to students
12/21/2022
The West Virginia National Guard (WVNG) has coordinated with the Office of First Lady Cathy Justice and Communities In Schools (CIS) to help staff the organization for pickup and delivery of 8,000 Christmas gifts for CIS Case Managed Students in 36 counti...
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First Lady Justice introduces newest Friends With Paws therapy dog during Pup Rally at Wayne Elementary School
12/09/2022
First Lady Cathy Justice visited Wayne Elementary School for a “Pup Rally'' today to celebrate the arrival of the state’s next therapy dog through the Friends With Paws Communities In Schools (CIS) program....
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First Lady Justice introduces newest Friends With Paws therapy dog during Pup Rally at Lenore PK-8 School
11/16/2022
First Lady Cathy Justice today visited Lenore PK-8 School for a “Pup Rally'' to celebrate the arrival of the state’s next therapy dog through the Friends With Paws Communities In Schools (CIS) program....
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First Lady Justice Introduces Two New Friends With Paws Therapy Dogs In Pup Rallies
09/21/2022
First Lady Cathy Justice today visited Moorefield Elementary School and Spring Mills High School for "Pup Rallies" to celebrate the arrival of the state's next therapy dogs through the Friends With Paws Communities In Schools (CIS) program......
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First Lady Justice introduces newest Friends With Paws therapy dog in Pup Rally at Pineville Elementary School
09/14/2022
First Lady Cathy Justice today visited Pineville Elementary School (PES) for a “Pup Rally'' to celebrate the arrival of the state’s next therapy dog through the Friends With Paws Communities In Schools (CIS) program....
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Governor and First Lady Justice announce next seven schools to receive Friends With Paws therapy dogs for Fall 2022
08/18/2022
Gov. Jim Justice and First Lady Cathy Justice today announced the next seven schools that will receive certified therapy dogs as a part of the First Lady’s Friends With Paws initiative....
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Gov. Justice, First Lady announce five new counties added to Communities In Schools program
07/21/2022
Logan, Marshall, Monroe, Ohio, and Randolph counties bring West Virginia's CIS county total to 36...
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Welch Elementary Gets Coal, the Therapy Dog
04/09/2022
A local school’s students met a new friend Friday who’s coming to school every day to help cheer them up when they’re sad and listen to their troubles while he wags his tail....
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Communities In Schools Believes 'Love Goes Where People Are'
11/18/2021
If a single phrase could describe what Communities In Schools does, “giving hope to children” would be it....
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