Active Week West Virginia: Highlighting Events in North Central WV

To be held April 23 through 29, Active Week West Virginia is a week in which businesses, organizations, schools, communities and other groups across the state will host events and activities that promote physical activity.

Our hope is that this week can be a statewide campaign, shared by everyone with skin in the physical activity and public health game.

So in the next few weeks I’m going to be highlighting events in each region of the state. Let’s start from the top with North Central West Virginia.

What’s Happening in North Central WV

This region covers Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Randolph, Upshur, Lewis, Braxton, Gilmer, Doddridge, Harrison, Marion, Taylor, and Barbour counties.

Currently, we have eight events happening in North Central West Virginia during Active Week WV, ranging from walking challenges to a kayak bass fishing tournament. There’s something for all skill and fitness levels. Most are free, and some are kid and pet friendly.

I encourage you to go to activeweekwv.com and pick out your favorite activity to engage with, one you’ve never tried, and one you can take a friend or family member along to.

Featured Activity

Our #ActiveWeekWV featured activity is the Bicycle Ride Series #5 happening 4/29 on the Harrison North Rail Trail hosted by Harrison Rail Trails & Country Road Cyclists.

We’d love to one day soon have events in every county! So if you know of any events happening that we don’t have listed on our website, or would like to plan an event in your county, please fill out this form.

If you have questions about any of the events, feel free to contact me at c.roark@wvhub.org

We are having a hard time finding activities happening in the Northern Panhandle (Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, and Tyler counties) and in the Eastern Panhandle (Pendleton, Grant, Mineral, Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley, Jefferson, and Hardy counties).

We know there are great people being physically active there, but we are not connected to them! Can you help us out? Share this info with people you know in those counties so we can promote more events happening in those areas.

Happy moving!