Panax is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that was founded in 2020 by Dr Susan Leopold. Panax is inspired by the medicinal root of ginseng, whose name means “all-healing”. Plants are the panacea to providing endless solutions to seeking balance in the mental, spiritual and physical well-being of our communities. 

Panax recently acquired the Buckeye Bend Bookstore and restoration plans are in the works. The historical two room schoolhouse was described by West Virginia's poet laureate, Loius McNeil, in her book the "Milkweed Ladies". She accounts of a life growing up in the early 1920's pioneer town of Buckeye where she attended school. Her father, GD McNeil, was also an author that published a historical novel of his life in the WV pioneer times called "The Last Forest," giving much description of the Cranberry Glades and Williams River area. The building is an architectural ural and  literary treasure to the region.