by admin | Jun 17, 2019 | Education, News, Programs, Youth Programs
(Pictured: Rosy Moore, second from left, and Aimee Mutter, left, with McDowell County Career and Technology Center students, from left, Christina, Seth, Amanda and Adam) For nearly 10 years, Rosy Moore has been helping students vocational school in West Virginia get...
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 | Nov 9, 2018 | Education, Featured, General
Right now, in fact as you are reading this, there are hundreds of students at Beattyville Elementary School who are hoping that their dream of a having a desktop computer in their home (with broadband internet access, of course) for Christmas will come true. Thanks to...
by admin | Sep 12, 2018 | Education, News, Youth Programs
In McDowell County, West Virginia we support an afterschool program operated by our partner there, Big Creek People in Action (BCPIA). But actually, it’s technically incorrect to call it an “afterschool” program since it’s a service BCPIA provides year-round for...
by admin | Sep 7, 2018 | Education, Featured, General, Home Page, News
Nearly one in four residents of the small town of Lonaconing, located in the Appalachian region of Maryland, live in poverty, about 10 percent higher than the natural average of 14 percent. Many of these children’s parents struggle to just make sure there is plenty of...
by admin | Aug 14, 2018 | Education, Featured, News, Youth Programs
On the morning of August 3, hundreds of Lee County, Kentucky students, and their parents arrived at Beattyville Elementary bright and early to wait in line for the school’s doors to open at 8:30 a.m. No, it wasn’t for the first day of school just yet, but for its...
