The great 20th Century thinker, GK Chesterton (the "Apostle of Common Sense"), once observed that "The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less...

We at the Christian Appalachian Project Volunteer Office are excited for next month, when the first of our more than 20 new long-term volunteers will begin arriving. If you would like to join our fall class (some of whom are featured here), we still...

When I came to Kentucky to serve as a long-term volunteer in 2009,  I wanted to work in a program that I really had no experience in whatsoever. I had spent the last four years in school studying Psychology and I needed a break from it, so I picked...

I’m Christine, a long-term volunteer with the Christian Appalachian Project. I’m the Elderly Services Caseworker in Owsley County. My term of service is coming to an end, and this past year of post-graduate service (I’m a 2012 graduate of Hiram...

If you sat down and spoke with Bonnie, you would think that gardening is her pastime … that it’s just something she does for enjoyment … that she loves to “piddle and crawl” through the tomato plants, weeding, pulling and harvesting her vegetables....