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Charity
Crafting Successful Charity Eligibility Guidelines for Your Corporate Matching Program
Corporate matching programs are powerful tools for amplifying the impact of employee charitable donations. They allow employees to contribute to nonprofit organizations of their choice,…
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How to Administer an Employee Assistance Fund (EAF)
64% of employees cite money issues as a significant source of stress, according to the American Psychological Association. Often times that stress can be a result…
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The Business Case for Employee Volunteer & Skills Giving Programs
What if I told you that having an employee volunteer program could potentially save you money – say $1,000 to $6,000 per employee. Would you…
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Program Helps Prepare Preschoolers for Kindergarten
Christian Appalachian Project’s (CAP) Family Life Child Development Center (CDC) hosts Kindergarten Readiness each year after preschool graduation to prepare students for the upcoming school…
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Christian Appalachian Project and Appalachia Service Project Partner to Build 10 New Homes
FISTY, Ky. (July 26, 2023) – Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman joined Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) and Appalachia Service Project (ASP) to recognize the one-year anniversary…
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Christian Appalachian Project Works to Meet Needs of Arkansas Tornado Survivors
The news cycle moves at the speed of light, but families recovering from natural disasters are still struggling to put their lives back together. Christian…
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Christian Appalachian Project recognized as Eastern Kentucky Hero by SOAR
Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) was recognized as an Eastern Kentucky Hero during the first Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) Eastern Kentucky Gala April 29. CAP…
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Making an Early Impact
The launch of Christian Appalachian Project’s (CAP) mobile classroom, in partnership with Save the Children, is taking the organization’s Infant/Toddler services directly to homes in…
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Breaking the Stigma
The team of professional counselors who make up Christian Appalachian Project’s (CAP) Family Life Counseling Services (FLCS) are committed to meeting the specific needs of…
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Mount St. Joseph University joins Christian Appalachian Project for annual WorkFest
APPALACHIA – (March 20, 2023) Students from Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, Ohio, recently spent their spring break in Eastern Kentucky, making homes safe,…
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A Listening Ear
It’s common for people in Appalachia to live on the same land or in the same community as their parents, grandparents, even their great-grandparents lived.…
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January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
Hunger and malnutrition, limited access to education and other basic services, social discrimination and exclusion, disabilities, restricted access to participation in the democratic process. These are…
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CAP: Help Build Hope and Change the Lives of Millions
For decades, Appalachia has been a region of intense and growing hardship. Children go hungry, families live in deteriorating homes, and the elderly suffer in…
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National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week
National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is an annual program that brings people together to raise awareness for the problems of hunger and homelessness through…
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Christian Appalachian Project: Enabling People in Impoverished Communities to Seek, See, and Secure New Opportunities
Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) operates 17 human service programs in 11 of the 38 most distressed counties in Eastern Kentucky and extends support to nonprofits…
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