Local News
A fighting chance: New committee aims to raise funds for Byrd Center
SHEPHERDSTOWN -- Last May, the Friends of the Byrd Center realized that the Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education would be running out of funds in Sept. 2021. Without general funds, employee salaries and operations not-covered by grant funding would be left unpaid, forcing the 501(c)3 nonprofit to shut its doors after 19 years of service to the local community, Shepherd University students and scholars across the country. To prevent this from taking place, the Friends of the Byrd Center established a steering committee, during the Friends of the Byrd Center May ...
