A Holiday Tradition

Starting in the late 1800s, school-aged children would save their pennies all year long and put them in socks. Then, just before Christmas, they would take them to local schools. The principals would then take the coin-filled socks to the nearby orphanage to help children without families. This heartfelt giving Provided each child with a new coat, hat, gloves, and a new toy. The children would wake up on Christmas morning to find that they had not been forgotten.

Little Red Run

This year to Kick off our Little Red Stocking Campaign we are excited to announce that we will be hosting our First Annual Little Red Run. Register to walk or run at your own pace during this virtual event! The event will start on our Little Red Stocking Kick-off date, 11/27 and conclude on 12/24! You can share your walk or run results on our Facebook event page at (Enter Link).

Not interested in signing up for the run but still want to raise funds during this event or want to do more than participate? Sign up to be a fundraiser! You can ask your friends, family, co-workers, and social media pals to support your in your Little Red Run by making a donation to your fundraising page or by sponsoring a mile that you walk or run!

Who We Are

The Children’s Home Society of West Virginia is a private, non-profit child welfare organization founded in 1896. The Society is a participatory organization consisting of employees, foster families, adoptive families, volunteers, Board of Directors, Director Emeriti, advisory council members, donors, benefactors, supporters, and friends. We are governed by a volunteer Board of Directors that is representative of the communities we serve from around the state. We are licensed to provide child welfare and behavioral health services in West Virginia. We are a member agency of the West Virginia Alliance for Children and we are fully accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children. Comprehensive child welfare, behavioral health, social casework, and advocacy provided services to 15,860 children and their families from our thirteen primary locations throughout the state. Some of our current programs are statewide adoption, foster care, emergency child shelter care, as well as in-home and in-community services for children and families, respite care, parent education and training, prenatal and early childhood services, volunteer and mentoring services, therapy services, school based social work, and comprehensive assessment services.