Appalachia Service Project
Appalachia Service Project (ASP) is a hands-on home-repair ministry that is sponsored locally by Jesse Lee Church. It makes a huge difference for families who live in the mountains of West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina, some of the most poverty-stricken areas of our country. We work not only to make their homes warmer, safer and drier but also to give them hope.
About Appalachia Service Project
Jesse Lee Appalachia Service Project (ASP) made its 40th life-changing home-repair mission trip on June 29 – July 7, 2024. Some 270 teen and adult volunteers participated, again making Jesse Lee ASP one of the largest local ASP groups in America.
ASP is a national Christian volunteer organization whose participants make an annual weeklong mission trip where they work to make local folks’ homes warmer, safer and drier. Since its founding in 1969, more than 425,000 volunteers from across the nation have repaired nearly 19,000 homes in central Appalachia.
To prepare for the trip, volunteers attend monthly orientation meetings from February to June. In addition, new volunteers receive basic skills training (ladders, power tools, hammers, etc) in late April, while all volunteers put their training to use in May by building wheelchair-ramp sections, which Jesse Lee’s Spirit Builders employ in their construction ministry.
Support ASP
There are significant costs in taking 270-some volunteers down to Appalachia for a week. YOU CAN HELP in two ways: by purchasing “stock” at $10 each from a volunteer, or making a donation toward vehicle rentals.
ASP 2025
Appalachia Service Project’s Anticipated Dates for 2025 are June 28 – July 6, 2025. More information and registration information will be available in January.