Directions West

05/28/2026

Perfect day for ice cream!

05/28/2026

Shout out to the wonderful folks at Floyd’s Nursery in Huntington! We got all these for our garden! We are going to be putting them in our garden this evening! If anyone wants to help out, please private message us. 🐝❤️

05/26/2026

The Cabell County Libraries are treasures. Thanks to Sara Ramezani for the tour. We look forward to spending time this Summer enjoying their programming and volunteering.

05/20/2026

We at Hopewell and our Directions Day Programs are happy to do our part to support these magnificent little creatures that the world can’t do without. We are planting a pollinator garden in Huntington with a small group of fellow gardeners. If anyone would like to join us and our wonderful volunteers, please send us a message. 🐝

05/20/2026

Great resource!

Please join us (virtually) on May 21, 2026, from 7:00 - 8:00 pm, with Autism Specialist, Cara Reel, for an Overview of ASD webinar.
This event is free to attend but you must register using the QR code on the flyer. Once registered, you will receive a link to the event.

The link to register is https://www.marshall.edu/atc/mos/.

05/19/2026

At the garden, giving our new plants a big drink on a hot day!

05/18/2026

And it begins! On Saturday we got together with our small band of community gardeners and started planting! We got zinnias, cosmos, pineapple sage, tomatoes, basil, eggplant, verbena, butternut squash, fennel, salvia and more planted. And found a little patch of volunteer watermelon. Thanks to everyone who has started this adventure with us. 🐝

05/18/2026

A good day is not the same as a compliant day. Too often, people with intellectual disabilities are praised for being “good” simply because they followed directions and caused no problems. Compliance may make support easier, but it does not tell us whether the person felt happy, respected, or heard. Doing everything you are told is not the same as living a meaningful life.
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ID: Title reads: Remember: For people with intellectual disabilities compliance is not the same as a good day. Image shows a professional-looking person talking to a support staff person. The speech bubble reads: “He had a really good day today.”
Person with an intellectual disability with a thought bubble: “I did everything you told me to.”

05/04/2026

What a big week we had! It was a great opening week! Everyone enjoyed making new friends, exploring the space, and talking about the things we’d like to do in our day program.

As some of you know Hopewell and its three Directions Day Programs are committed to being good neighbors and good citizens. Directions East has been volunteering to make their communities better since 2018. They stock blessing boxes around Charleston, help at the food bank, animal shelter, they adopted a stretch of road to keep clean.

We at Directions West want to continue that tradition. We will be starting out with two crews, the Hopewell Helpers and a crew that advocates for and educates folks on supporting our local pollinators.

So we are incredibly excited to announce that we have a space to create our first pollinator garden! We met other gardeners who rent plots there and decided to work together. So we arranged our plots together and built a fence to keep the critters out on Saturday. This week, we are cleaning up the plot, mulching, and planning with our fellow gardeners where to plant and what.

We never imagined we would have a big growing space this year, but we have been blessed beyond imagination to have this opportunity just as we open.

So grateful to everyone who has helped get us this far and everyone who has volunteered to help! Let the adventure begin!

05/02/2026

Do you need a job? Hopewell Community Services is growing! We are hiring for staff at our Directions Day Programs in Cross Lanes and Teays Valley (day shifts Monday-Friday). We are also hiring someone to work in our residential home in Teays Valley (days or evenings and alternating weekends). Please call us if you are interested in applying or if you have any questions about the job positions.

04/28/2026

Opening day!!! We had a fun day getting to know each other, doing some painting, puzzles and games! Looking forward to tomorrow. Welcome, Jeanne!