by admin | Jun 12, 2019 | Featured, News, Programs, Youth Programs, Youth Programs
This summer, as it has every year since 2010, Big Creek People in Action will once again be offering its Super Why Reading Camps and Odd Squad Math Camp in collaboration with West Virginia Public Broadcasting expected to serve about 60 children with educational fun...
by admin | Jun 10, 2019 | Education, News, Programs, Youth Programs
In many respects Juan was a typical middle school boy, but he also suffered from isolation. He had no friends and was shy because he could not speak clearly with his classmates. “He often felt alone and afraid, so he mostly kept to himself,” we were told by Mary...
by admin | May 1, 2018 | Featured, News, Youth Programs, Youth Programs
In the summer of 2017, hundreds of hungry children in rural Appalachian Tennessee waiting anxiously each weekday to hear their favorite sound. And no, it wasn’t the ring of the bell of an ice cream truck loaded with sweet treats for sale on a hot summer’s day. In...
by admin | Nov 15, 2017 | Deliquency Prevention, Personal Stories, Youth Programs, Youth Programs
Leslie joined the L.A.M.P program because she was failing school. “Nobody cared, so why should I” she questioned. But at L.A.M.P she did find people who cared- plenty of them. With that realization, her life would change forever. I have a mentor who...
by admin | Jun 29, 2017 | Youth Programs, Youth Programs
Summer time comes and students get a break to turn back into kids and explore their world around them. We remember when we were children, spending a few weeks at summer camp, making new friends, staying active, continue learning in a nontraditional classroom, one that...
by admin | Jun 2, 2017 | Youth Programs
Many children in Appalachia don’t have summers filled with carefree bike riding or playing with their friends. It’s usually a time of boredom, isolation, and loneliness. In McDowell County, West Virginia our partner, Big Creek People in Action (BCPIA), run...
