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Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
John 12:24

Each January, CAP welcomes a new class of volunteers. This supplements our larger September class with those who prefer to start at a later date, such as college students who graduate in December. We’re happy to have nine new volunteers who chose to spend 2013 dedicating their lives to service in Appalachia.

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. Summer camp volunteers have the opportunity to give children from low-income families a week to have fun, learn respect for themselves and others, and encounter Christ through the faith in action of our volunteers.

The volunteer office has moved, and with our move comes a new mailing address.

Our new address:

Christian Appalachian Project
Volunteer Program
310 Beiting Lane
Mt. Vernon, KY 40456

We look forward to hearing from you!

Christian Appalachian Project is now welcoming applications from individuals interested in beginning a year of service in August/September 2013. Long-term CAP Volunteers make a commitment of 12 months to Service, Community, and Spirituality in Eastern Kentucky. We are seeking volunteers for the following positions:

Christian Appalachian Project is thrilled to welcome back AmeriCorps members. For the 2012-13 year, CAP will have at least 33 long-term CAP Volunteers serving as AmeriCorps members and four summer camp AmeriCorps members.

Our 21 new long-term volunteers come from 11 different states

Christian Appalachian Project is now welcoming applications from individuals interested in beginning a year of service in January 2013. Long-term CAP Volunteers make a commitment of 12 months to Service, Community, and Spirituality in Eastern Kentucky. We are seeking volunteers for the following positions:

 “I wanted people to get their hands dirty and their feet muddy.”

-- Father Ralph Beiting (1924-2012), Founder of Christian Appalachian Project

Christian Appalachian Project (CAP), a nonprofit human services organization serving the poor and marginalized in Appalachia, is seeking home repair volunteers for several projects we have underway in Eastern Kentucky this fall, including a new home for a family in need.

Monsignor Ralph Beiting, shown in 1999. / AP

“As I describe it, that is the day I lost my mind. I no longer was going to think as a human folk. I was no longer going to try to ration things out, according to the sensible way. I was going to put my hands in the hands of God, and I was going to go wherever he led me.”

--Fr. Ralph Beiting, on his decision to begin his mission in Appalachia in 1950.