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By Brianna Stephens

A man stood over a small charcoal grill in his yard cooking a meal for this family. A trailer that was washed away by flood waters took down the power lines on his street and narrowly missed his home. He had a generator for power, but it broke after just three days, leaving him to rely on the grill to cook food for himself, his brother, and 14-year-old daughter.

“I never dreamed our home would be nearly washed away,” he said, looking over the piles of soiled belongings surrounding his home and powdery sand and dried mud where lush grass once grew.

Christian Appalachian Project Collects 12,159 Pounds of Food During Annual Hunger Walk 

Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) partnered with local schools, businesses, and community organizations to spotlight food insecurity in Eastern Kentucky through the annual Hunger Walk which is held each September as part of Hunger Action Month. This year’s event collected 12,159 pounds of food which will be used to help feed children, their families, and seniors in CAP’s service area. 

By Brianna Stephens

As Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) celebrates 60 years of service, we continue to seek ways to serve more and to serve better. In Appalachia, 1 in 5 people face food insecurity, which impacts far too many children, their families, and seniors in the region each year.  

Supporters of Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) now have the option to give to help their neighbors in need in Appalachia through Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments. ACH payments are an efficient way to give on a recurring basis directly from a bank account without using paper checks, credit cards, wire transfers, or cash.

By Brianna Stephens 

More than a year after the July 2022 floods displaced their family, the Caudills moved back into their home. Christian Appalachian Project’s (CAP) Home Repair program hosted a housewarming for the family to celebrate the momentous occasion with a cake and gifts.     

By Brianna Stephens 

Rockcastle County Schools has a tradition of excellence and strives to create opportunities for learners in the school system to become leaders among their peers and in the community. Students in Rockcastle County High School’s JROTC program demonstrated just that after collecting around 400 pounds of clothing for Christian Appalachian Project’s (CAP) Grateful Threadz Thrift Store through a clothing drive at the start of the holiday season. 

By Brianna Stephens 

By Kacie Renfro 

Every December for the past eight years, with a brief hiatus during COVID, students attending St. Aloysius Parish in New Canaan, Connecticut, have partnered with Christian Appalachian Project’s (CAP) Operation Sharing program to bring Christmas cheer to children and families in Eastern Kentucky through Project 1,000. 

Earlier this month, a group of students, mainly juniors and seniors, from St. Aloysius joined CAP employees and local partners to distribute 1,000 stockings and hams in Whitley and Knox Counties.  

By Eugenia Johnson-Smith 

Christian Appalachian Project’s (CAP) Youth Empowerment Services invests in Appalachian youth with practical skills to help them embrace their leadership potential. At their annual combined teen leadership retreat, youth from Camp AJ and Camp Shawnee united to learn how they can impact the next generation.  

By Tina V. Bryson 

And then there was light. For Brenda and her granddaughter, they had no electricity or running water in their bathroom since the floods of July 2022. But through strategic partnerships and committed volunteers, Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) was able to help this family that had fallen through the cracks.  

“I promised him I’d take care of her,” said Brenda, who is raising her teenage granddaughter after her son passed away from cancer.