Farms Work Wonders

We're #hiring a new Sous Chef in Wardensville, West Virginia. Apply today or share this post with your network.

EARTH DAY WORK DAY WRAP-UP 🌎 We are overwhelmed with appreciation for our town's hard work and dedication to cleaning up Wardensville Town Park. Thank you to everyone who teamed up with our Youth Giving Committee and the Friends of J Allen Hawkins Community Park for an Earth Day Work Day this past Saturday. The space looks fantastic, and we look forward to our community enjoying our newly-cleaned park and freshly painted bridges! 

We are proud to be known as the "Little West Virginia Farm with Big Dreams." Read the full article online at https://lnkd.in/eRJvwmKE. A big thank you to Garden&Gun magazine for visiting Farms Work Wonders and sharing our story! 

Congratulations to our Board Chair, Colette LaForce, on being listed on the Private Company Director 'Directors to Watch 2024' list!

We're #hiring a new Sous Chef in Wardensville, West Virginia. Apply today or share this post with your network.

Happy Anniversary to all of our fantastic team members who are celebrating a work milestone in February! This includes Junior Crew member Jessica, who has been with us for two years; Junior Crew turned staff members Brenden and Kollin, who have been with us for two years; Farmers Hannah and Abbye, who have been with us for 2 and 3 years respectively, and restaurant General Manager Caitlyn and Executive Chef Vinnie who have been with us for one year. We extend a heartfelt thank you for being an integral part of our mission to ignite the spark of curiosity in Appalachian youth so they see themselves and their futures in new and exciting ways. 🌟

REFLECTING ON SEVEN YEARS OF GIVING BACK If we had to share just four things we're most proud of over the years, we'd say: → LAUNCHING FIVE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES that serve as living classrooms for local youth, where real-world work, life, and leadership skills are built into every shift. The most recent addition was in 2023 with the opening of Mack's Bingo Kitchen, recently voted West Virginia's Best New Restaurant. → AWARDING $201,145 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO 47 LOCAL YOUTH with the most recent award round totaling almost $20,000 for the 2023 school year. → DONATING $313,492 TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, this year alone raised over $21,125 for the Wardensville Volunteer Rescue Squad, Capon Valley Volunteer Fire Department, and our youth led Youth Giving Committee that makes decisions on local community grants. → WELCOMING 273 NEW HIRES, 112 BEING LOCAL YOUTH. Presently, we employ over 70 people, many of whom started in our Junior Crew program for local youth and are now staff. We also have 13 new youth currently enrolled in our 2024 Junior Crew program. WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. We look forward to continuing to ignite the spark of curiosity within Appalachian youth in 2024 and beyond! For more information about Farms Work Wonders and our impact, read our most recent blog post, "Reflecting on Seven Years of Giving Back," at https://lnkd.in/eycYipGK. 

We're #hiring a new Digital Communications Coordinator in Wardensville, West Virginia. Apply today or share this post with your network.

We're #hiring a new Digital Communications Coordinator in Wardensville, West Virginia. Apply today or share this post with your network.

We can hardly believe it's been almost nine weeks since we opened our restaurant! Thank you to all of our guests and supporters for helping us provide a well-rounded hospitality experience for local youth to complement the opportunities offered in our farm, market, bakery, and glass studio living classrooms. We grow more than vegetables. We're growing the next generation.