Kentucky novelties, recruiting and the picnic table that wasn’t

Ever since I came to Kentucky, there is one place that I wanted to visit before I left. I wasn’t able to visit it last year so last week when I had the chance to go the ORIGINAL KFC, it was like a dream come true. Amy Schill (CAP’s Volunteer Recruiter) and I were on our [...]

Jennifer Zupicich: Community

When applying to serve with CAP, you not only agree to serve as a volunteer but as a community member in the house in which you are placed. I have lived at the Johnson Volunteer House for a little over a year now and plan to stay until June. Needless to say, not everyone stays [...]

A little bit of everything

Since I last wrote in my blog there have been a lot changes going on at the Floyd House as well as in my program. The Floyd Volunteer House is now up to 12 long-term volunteers, which is the most I’ve ever experienced since living here. And the crazy thing is it all happened so [...]

New Kid on the Blog

Hello readers, I’m new to this blog! My name is Catherine Mack, and I’ve been a volunteer in the Community Development department at CAP since September 2009, and will be here until September 2011. I’m from Boca Raton, Florida, which means in January I’ll probably write at least one post about the cold weather in [...]

Community

Christian Appalachian Project’s Volunteer Program has three guiding principles, or pillars, that reflect what volunteering for CAP is all about: Service, Spirituality and Community. We use the three-legged table metaphor to illustrate the importance of each pillar—all are essential to keeping volunteer life balanced. Because CAP is a Christian volunteer organization, the service and spirituality [...]