March Madness
Another WorkFest has come to an end. Week 3 started off great with lots of warm weather. The first 3 days of the week it was in the 70′s which was a nice change compared to all the rain and cold weather we had in Weeks 1 and 2. Week 3 we pretty much got [...]
WorkFest 2011…Rain, Rain and More Rain
Well WorkFest is in full swing! Currently we are in the midst of Week 3, our last week. It has been a busy and exhausting last couple of weeks, but our crew has gotten a lot of work done and I’ve gotten to meet some amazing people over the last few weeks. Out of the [...]
WorkFest 2011
We are continuing our March tradition of partnering with colleges to make a difference in the lives of eastern Kentucky families. We look forward to hosting students during the following weeks: Week One: March 6-11 Week Two: March 13-18 Week Three: March 20-25 Participating Schools See who will be at WorkFest 2011. Speaker/Artist Bios We’ve [...]
It’s here!!!!!
It’s that time of year again. The time when hundreds of college students from all over make a trip to Kentucky and serve the people of Appalachia. Yes, it’s WorkFest time! Today begins the first week of WorkFest for both the Sandy Valley and Cumberland Valley, or as most long term volunteers like to call [...]
Whose House?…R-House!!
February 20, 2011 by Sara Crombie
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My first introduction to CAP was almost five years ago when I was just a freshman in college looking forward to a spring break of service. I came with my university to participate in WorkFest, CAP’s alternative spring break program. After that one week of serving the people in Appalachia, I fell in love with [...]
New Year
Well this is my first official blog post of 2011!!! I believe the last time I wrote I was getting ready to go home to CT for the holidays. My visit home was wonderful! I was able to see lots of friends and family and even got to experience a snowstorm in CT. I was [...]
Family
This past week we finally gotback into our normal schedule, even though we had a shortened week because of Easter. So on Tuesday we headed out to Jane’s house (Pink Team’s WorkFest job) and we finished her deck. She was very thrilled to have new stairs and handrails up. She even sat on the deck [...]
Bye bye WorkFest, hello YouthFest
WorkFest 2010 was a huge success: more than 400 college students served on 20 different jobsites throughout March, repairing homes, meeting the people of Appalachia and having a life-changing experience. Repeated over and over again during student reflection time was that students didnot want WorkFest to be an isolated time in their lives, but the [...]
John 3:16
The week after WorkFest has been a catch up week for Housing. We spent most of Monday driving around to all our sites and collecting all the tools and then inventoried everything we had. So the rest of Monday and all of Tuesday was spent cleaning up and straightening out our tool trailer, which is [...]
Week 3- Pink Awesome
Well on Friday morning we finished up our last week of WorkFest at Camp Caleb. Honestly I can’t believe WorkFest is over already. It seems like we were just getting ready for it and now its all over. But week 3 was a great end to WorkFest. The Pink team or now Pink Awesome had [...]
