Wendover Bed & Breakfast and Retreat Center

Wendover Report

Education Partner Luncheon Held at Wendover

On Friday, December 6, Wendover Bed & Breakfast and Retreat Center hosted the Education Partner Luncheon. The luncheon was held as a celebration of key partners in the local school systems, including Family and Youth Resource Center (FYRC) directors, Berea College’s Partner Corps and AmeriCorps VISTA, Save the Children, UNITE, and 21st Century Directors.

After lunch, gifts purchased via FNU’s Christmas and Children’s fund were given to all FYRC directors in attendance. The FYRC directors from each school provided FNU with a list of students who were in need during the holiday season. FNU purchased necessities and gifts for nearly 40 students in the county, ranging from kindergarten through 12th grade. Most students received new outfits, new shoes, a new coat, and other essential items. Mary Breckinridge’s holiday tradition of distributing fruits and candies to all of these students as well as those in attendance at the luncheon was also upheld.

Special thanks Berea College’s PartnerCorp program for assisting with gift wrapping and to the Leslie County School System for coordinating the distribution of the gifts. Additional thanks to the staff of the JCPenney in Hazard for their diligence, patience, and assistance with the gift-buying process.

Wendover Featured on KET

Wendover Bed & Breakfast and Retreat Center was featured on “Kentucky Life” on Kentucky Educational Television (KET) in February. According to a statement from KET, the show, which aired several times, featured “the mountain home built in the 1920s that became the heart of the Frontier Nursing School, founded by Mary Breckinridge. Today, Wendover is a retreat center, a bed and breakfast, and an enduring symbol of Breckinridge’s enduring commitment to families of Appalachia.” FNU President Dr. Susan Stone, FNU Board of Directors member Carlyle Carter, and FNU Leadership Council member Julia Breckinridge Davis were among those who appeared in on-camera interviews for the program. To watch the episode, please visit https://youtu.be/N3VSRm-TaiA or search “Wendover on Kentucky Life” on YouTube.

Book Your Stay or Retreat at Wendover Bed & Breakfast and Retreat Center

To plan your stay, please contact Wendover Operations Manager, Debra Turner, at 606-672-2317 or visit wendover@frontier.edu to book online. You can follow Wendover on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

To make reservations online. Please visit our website at wendoverbb.com