High-school teens and adults can attend an information session on Thurs., Feb. 2 offering details about a meaningful week of volunteer home-repair this summer through Jesse Lee Appalachia Service Project (ASP).
This no-obligation meeting will introduce students and their parents – and any other interested adults – to the Appalachia Service Project overall, and especially to the developing plan for the local ASP group’s mission trip July 1-9.
The session will start at 7:30 p.m. at Jesse Lee Memorial United Methodist Church, 207 Main St. Meet in the church’s Carriage House, the Tudor-style building at the west end of the parking lot.
ASP is a national Christian volunteer organization founded by Rev. Glenn “Tex” Evans, a Methodist minister, in 1969. Since then, more than 375,000 volunteers from across the nation have participated in weeklong mission trips to make 17,300 homes in West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina “warmer, safer and drier.”
This is the 34th year for Jesse Lee ASP. Last summer, a record-tying 183 local students and adults worked to restore the homes (and hope) of folks in three counties in eastern Kentucky.
Previous ASP volunteers need not attend the Feb. 2 information session. However, they should plan to attend one of the two initial 2017 rallies on Feb. 23 and 28.
You don’t have to pre-register for the Feb. 2 meeting. For more details, go online to www.jesseleeasp.org or call Linda Shackelford at (914) 763-8165.