News

Please sort by category to view blog posts, job openings, best practices award winners, and more!

Best Practices Awards Job Listings Member's Only Member's Only : Member Benefits News Video Library

2016 Best Practice Award Winner: Volunteer/Camper Hospitality
2016 Best Practice Award Winner: Volunteer/Camper Hospitality

Mountain T.O.P. was the recipient. The idea of radical hospitality is a foundational practice at Mountain T.O.P. Simply put, they find ways to say ‘”yes.” If it is within reason and will not contradict the integrity of their programs, they are ready and willing to step... Continue Reading

Date posted12/13/2016


Start with the End in Mind
Start with the End in Mind

Walter Crouch, President/CEO of Appalachia Service Project, gave a thirty-minute closing speech, "Start with the End in Mind" at ReFrame Conference. The focus of the address was on the quality of outcomes rather than just the quantity of outputs. Continue Reading

Date posted11/11/2016


Insulation Instructional Video
Insulation Instructional Video

Detailed instructional video from Appalachia Service Project about installing insulation. Continue Reading

Date posted06/14/2016


Safety Video
Safety Video

Instructional video from Appalachia Service Project about safety. Continue Reading

Date posted06/14/2016


Open Forum: Home Repair Volunteers
Open Forum: Home Repair Volunteers

The webinar starts 16 minutes into the recording. This webinar was an open forum on the topic of volunteers. Participants included people from Housing Assistance Corporation, Christian Appalachian Project, HopeBUILDERS, Kentucky Emergency Management, and Sierra Service Project. Continue Reading

Date posted05/4/2016


2015 Best Practice Award Winner: Volunteer/Camper Hospitality
2015 Best Practice Award Winner: Volunteer/Camper Hospitality

Raise the Roof Project was the recipient. One of their volunteers nominated them and co-director Jan Bailey elaborated for us, “At Raise the Roof Project campers and their leaders are vital to the projects. We have no paid staff except for our summer college interns who are paid a... Continue Reading

Date posted12/6/2015


2015 Best Practice Award Winner: Innovative Home Repair Methods
2015 Best Practice Award Winner: Innovative Home Repair Methods

Appalachia Service Project was the recipient. ASP volunteers nominated them for the award. Dennis Burley, ASP’s Home Repair Coordinator, accepted the award. “We focus on energy efficiency, with the goal of reducing costs for the homeowner,” he explained. One system the... Continue Reading

Date posted12/6/2015


2015 Best Practice Award Winner: Management Excellence
2015 Best Practice Award Winner: Management Excellence

Sierra Service Project was the recipient. Megan Walsh, SSP’s Program Director, accepted the award and explained that their five-person central staff is involved in a variety of courses and meet-up groups through the local Nonprofit Resource Center. SSP pays for these courses and covers a... Continue Reading

Date posted12/6/2015


2015 Best Practice Award Winner: Innovative Fundraising
2015 Best Practice Award Winner: Innovative Fundraising

Alabama Rural Ministry the recipient. ARM replicates poverty housing by having their director and other community members live in “shacks.” These are small houses big enough to put a mattress; they sit in downtown Auburn. Lisa Pierce stays for a week and sleeps in the shack at... Continue Reading

Date posted12/6/2015


Compound Miter Saw Instructional Video
Compound Miter Saw Instructional Video

Detailed instructional video from Appalachia Service Project about using a compound miter saw. Continue Reading

Date posted05/18/2015


Drills Instructional Video
Drills Instructional Video

Detailed instructional video from Appalachia Service Project about drills. Continue Reading

Date posted05/18/2015


Impact Drivers Instructional Video
Impact Drivers Instructional Video

Detailed instructional video from Appalachia Service Project about impact drivers. Continue Reading

Date posted05/18/2015