Summer Camp volunteering: Apply today!
Want to do something meaningful this summer? Christian Appalachian Project is currently accepting applications for volunteer summer camp counselors, lifeguards, office helpers, nurses and arts & crafts instructors. Our camps are nestled in the beautiful Appalachian mountains of eastern Kentucky, and our campers come from some of the poorest communities in the nation. Our camps [...]
Oh, kids.
Kids have a lot of creative energy. But, alas! They all too often use it on the wrong things. It was homework/reading time during SPARK (the afterschool program in which I serve) the other day. One of the boys, “Dale,” came into the room where the kids work on their homework. He had just been [...]
Walk down this mountain with your heart held high
This year at WorkFest some of the long-term volunteers put on a skit about what it’s like to be a volunteer. We focused mainly on funny (but true) realities of volunteer life: “Being a volunteer is having a year’s supply of expired Gatorade.” “Being a volunteer is eating three lunches a day because you can’t [...]
Long-term volunteering: Apply today!
Though our May 1 deadline has passed, we will continue to accept applications for long-term volunteering until positions are filled. Positions are still available in Housing, Elderly Services, Disaster Relief, Educational and Recreational Programming, Group hosting, Domestic Abuse Centers, Family Advocacy, and Human Resources. Volunteers may begin their service as early as August 1 and [...]
If I get to forty and I don’t have a spouse…
When working with children, it’s pretty typical for them to ask about your personal life, and they are especially interested in whether you’re married or have any kids. In Kentucky, not only do they ask, but they express concern if you are not where they expect you to be in life. For a long time, [...]
Application deadlines approaching
April is application season at Christian Appalachian Project Volunteer Program. With the May 1 deadline for long-term volunteer applications approaching, we check our email and postal mail each day excited to learn the names of potential volunteers. We’ve already accepted 11 long-term volunteers who applied by our February 1 early deadline, and we have conducted 10 [...]
Life ain’t always what you think it ought to be
About a month and a half ago I made two important and somewhat scary decisions. The first was to run a half-marathon and the second was to extend my time at Christian Appalachian Project. I’ll talk about CAP first. My decision to extend was not a sudden one – the possibility had been weighing on [...]
CAP Connection Spring 2012
April 15, 2012 by admin
Filed under CAP Connection
Survey sets our direction You are still giving to CAP today. One way this has happened during the past year is that 412 volunteer alumni participated in a survey that helped the volunteer office gather updated volunteer information and solicit opinions on alumni programming. After extensive study, Amy Schill, Manager of Volunteer Admissions and recruitment, [...]
I need your grace to remind me to find my own
Two weeks ago, I had my last classes at Tyner, my favorite school. (I know teachers aren’t supposed to have favorites, but I can’t help it. This was the school where I spent the most time, so I got to know the kids really well.) It was also my first time leading a lesson that [...]
Urgent need for long-term volunteers in CAP’s Domestic Violence Shelters
Christian Appalachian Project is seeking a long-term (12-month commitment) volunteers to serve in our domestic violence shelters in eastern Kentucky. These positions are available immediately and the usual admissions timeline and application dates for long-term volunteers do not apply. Volunteers may begin immediately after completing the application and admissions process (typically 1-2 months). Christian Appalachian [...]
