Lyla Garrity

Clear Eyes. Full Hearts. Can't Lose.

[Amelia Knisely @ameliaknisely]

It's National Foster Care Month.

In West Virginia, 6,238 kids are in foster care.

The system is riddled with pervasive problems including losing track of kids & a crisis level social worker shortage. I've written about WV foster care for 3 years.🧵

[Amelia Knisely @ameliaknisely]

West Virginia’s CPS vacancy rate is climbing. Some counties are missing half of its CPS workforce.

This means abused kids don’t receive help fast enough.

A 🧵 on my new story for @mtnstspotlight:

[Lyla Garrity @H_Gainey]

Came home to what sounded like the club, but it's just my husband on the Peloton. 🚴🚴

[Lyla Garrity @H_Gainey]

@sggainey97 Our dad

[Amelia Knisely @ameliaknisely]

Full story: https://t.co/zDs1EIuj3j

[Lyla Garrity @H_Gainey]

@cmdrakos It will be fire

[Lyla Garrity @H_Gainey]

Happy Birthday, @_kelseyallen !!! 🍻🍻🍻🍻

[Lyla Garrity @H_Gainey]

Randomly..."The first time I tried Mello Yello, I was at Camden Park-"@Noahinho
"WTF-"Me

[Lyla Garrity @H_Gainey]

@_kelseyallen Jealous. Lol.

[Lyla Garrity @H_Gainey]

Noah to me: "Hannah, the dogs are geriatric fucks, they don't give a shit about us or our house."

[Amelia Knisely @ameliaknisely]

INBOX: Educational nonprofit @WaterfordOrg is launching its online kindergarten readiness program in West Virginia for free.

Qualifying families can have access to a free computer and internet, according to email.

Registration/info here: https://t.co/rFX4GtxBL5

[Roadrunner @RoadrunnerMovie]

Anthony Bourdain. A life unknown.

Watch the trailer now for Morgan Neville’s #ROADRUNNER: A Film About Anthony Bourdain. In theaters July 16.

[NCAA Soccer @NCAASoccer]

HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE ‼️

@HerdMSoccer ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME!

#CollegeCup

[Marshall University Foundation and Alumni @formarshallu]

⚽💚🏆NATIONAL CHAMPIONS🏆💚⚽

@HerdMSoccer defeats Indiana 1-0 in OT in #CollegeCup men's national championship game!!! #AllorNothing #GoHerd #MarshallUSoccer #WeAreMarshall

[Barstool Marshall @BarstoolMU]

GET 🆙 ITS A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMEDAY!!

[Lyla Garrity @H_Gainey]

Happy Birthday, @taylormdouthitt!! I hope you celebrate so hard you end the night in the trunk of a Saturn...just like old times. Love youuuuuuuuuu 💕💕

[Amelia Knisely @ameliaknisely]

Good story from @caitycoyne and @jj_severino exposing the state's fragile food system, this time on Charleston's West Side.

A Family Dollar burns down ... now people can't eat. Far too many people in WV rely on Family Dollar aisles for food.

https://t.co/GWZJ9ROrMS

[Amelia Knisely @ameliaknisely]

Today a woman cried as she told me older West Virginians have started going food pantries for wound care items. They can't afford or access incontinence items, so they're making diapers out of towels and duct tape and wounds come later.

@WVGovernor, I hope you read this.

[Lyla Garrity @H_Gainey]

Me to Noah: Do you have any new years resolutions this year?
Noah: Eat more Rons from Tudors....I only had like 5 this year.
Me:......

[Amelia Knisely @ameliaknisely]

I checked in w/ the state auditor's office: Gov. Justice has not directly allocated any CARES Act money for hunger relief efforts in West Virginia.

Ok then.