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Appalachia Service Project
Tranforming Life in Central Appalachia
ASP provides vital housing services to low-income families living in Central Appalachia as well as transformational life experiences to those we serve, volunteers offering their service, congregations involved with ASP, and entire communities. Using the links on the left, find out more about ASP's purpose, service area, values, history and stories of our work.
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 June 21 to June 27, 2009
Perry County Kentucky
“Not by force, nor by strength, but by my Spirit.”
Zechariah 4.6
This year, our 32nd year of ASP, we sent our high school students and their adult advisors to Perry County, Kentucky. Our youth left Chardon on Saturday, June 2oth, and returned on June 27th. They told their stories Sunday, June 28th at each service (8:15 am, 9:30 am, and 10:45 am). They talked of hard work, with minimal injuries. They talked of families that they were sent to help. Even in an area of recent flooding, the hope and faith of these families touched both our youth and their advisors. Please review the ASP 2009 Photo Album.
We thank those who helped pay their way, and particularly thank those who went on the trip. And we continue to pray for the families that they helped. |
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Thiry-one years later, we again sent our high school students and their adult advisors out to "get 'er done". Our youth left Chardon on Saturday, June 21st, and returned on June 28th. They told their stories Sunday, June 29th at each service (8:15 am, 9:30 am, and 10:45 am). They told it all; the good, the bad and the ugly. And, about the love, the maturing and the faith. Please review the ASP 2008 Photo Album.
We thank those who invested in ASP by buying one or more 'bricks' and those who supported the spaghetti dinner and auction. |
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 Appalachia Service Project (ASP) is a Christian ministry, open to all people, that fosters human development by addressing the housing needs of Central Appalachia. Each year through their ministry about 15,000 volunteers repair homes for 400-500 low-income families in rural areas of Central Appalachia. Their goal is to make homes warmer, safer and drier for families in need, while offering transformational experiences for families, volunteers and staff alike.
The home repairs made can take place from the ground up to the roof, and everywhere in-between. Typical repairs include: repairing roofs, building room additions, providing wheelchair ramps, installing or repairing plumbing, updating unsafe wiring, securing foundations, digging drainage ditches, constructing porches and steps, installing insulation and siding, and weatherizing homes. They even provide first-time electricity and indoor plumbing for multiple families each year.
The majority of their volunteers are high school aged youth (14 years+) who perform most of the repairs themselves under the watchful eyes and guidance of adult leaders during their summer program. The remainder of their volunteers are mostly young adult and adult volunteers participating in their non-summer program. It is truly amazing what their willing hearts and hands can accomplish. Since 1969, more than 12,500 homes have been repaired with the assistance of over 240,000 volunteers. |
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Appalachia Service Project serves the mountainous Central Appalachian region where Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia come together. All of the areas we serve have poverty rates well above the national average, and many of the counties are classified as "distressed" by the Appalachian Regional Commission.
The communities in which ASP serves generally have poverty rates up to three times the national average. One in four (25.04%) people live in poverty in these areas. |
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