The Appalachian Poverty Project -
Phone 410-876-2610
Our Mission:
Primary Focus:
The thrust of APP is to provide donated materials for the poverty areas of Appalachia, which are not currently being provided. These items are primarily, but not limited to, appliances such as refrigerators, stoves and clothes washers. Although these items are available in abundance they are not generally donated due to lack of transportation availability. Our function is to pickup these appliances, check them for proper operation and deliver them to a distribution point where they are shipped Southwestern West Virginia.
We will, also, provide assistance to volunteers in local Appalachian missions.
Secondary Focus:
To continue to make mission trips to the poverty areas of Appalachia for the purpose of providing assistance to local missions.
To raise public awareness in Carroll County of the poverty conditions of nearby Appalachia and to educate the citizenry in ways that they can help.
History:
The project was started in September of 2005 by Mr. Leslie Schaub.
During the two mission trips to Pikeville, Kentucky that we made that year, we saw extreme poverty and the loving work of many volunteers. Our hearts were moved to help in the best way that we could. Since major appliances are badly needed and seldom donated, we decided that we would work to fill that need.
During the remainder of 2005, we were able to collect a small number of appliances but found that volunteers with pickup trucks were scarce. In December 2005, we acquired a pickup truck and began to pickup appliances on a regular basis. As you can see in the photo above, there was no equipment on the truck to help load or unload. The truck has since been equipped with a rack and winch so that one person can load and unload. Our current goal of ten appliances a month is limited to the equipment available. Each appliance collect must be first picked up, unloaded to a place to be cleaned up and checked for operability, then delivered to the distribution site where they are made available to missions working to relieve poverty in Appalachia, the Carroll County Department of Human Resources and the American Red Cross of Central Maryland..
We hope that we can acquire a larger truck with a lift gate. This would allow the appliances to be checked out ON the truck and allow fewer trips to the distribution site.
Update November 2007 - Over 170 appliances delivered. We are now accepting motor vehicles to be given to needy families (full fair market tax deductible).
We have begun filming a documentary series to be televised on Comcast channel 19
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Links:
The School for Life in Gary, WV - Hands on service in McDowell County, WV. Home re-hab, education, mercy needs. Has 150 beds to house mission teams
Waterboyz for Jesus- A interdenominational men’s ministry dedicated to helping ordinary men become mighty warriors in the Kingdom
Depend on God Ministries- A tutoring mission for children in McDowell County, WV
The folks that manage our funding
The Helping-Up Mission in Baltimore
The mission focuses on drug rehabilitation
Appalachian Ministries
Ministry to children in Eastern Kentucky
Christian Appalachian Project
Serving Central Kentucky. A large diverse mission
William Gedney - Kentucky Thumbnails
Old photos that still tell of today's poverty
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