FROM THE PRESIDENT
As we close another fiscal year, I look back at what has been accomplished with gratitude and appreciation. Because of your generosity, 11,336 lives were changed this year in Eastern Kentucky through Christian Appalachian Project (CAP). Your commitment to CAP’s mission of building hope, transforming lives, and sharing Christ’s love through service in Appalachia is providing critical services to people in our region and meeting the most basic human needs.
Because of you, seniors like Fern Coffey have a home that is safe, warm, and dry. Her home had fallen into such disrepair that it was nearly unlivable. Due to faulty electricity, she relied on a flashlight to see at night and her floors were weak and dangerous to walk on. Her roof rattled in the wind, and she relied on kerosene heaters and a wood stove for warmth in the winter. Your compassion built her a new home that she is proud of and no longer fears.
Because of you, children in Appalachia receive critical developmental care. Lori Ross, an Infant/Toddler caseworker at CAP’s Eagle Community Center, drives our mobile classroom and serves children from birth to 3 years old, providing developmental screenings and specialized lessons to meet the individual needs of each child. Your faithful support has transformed the lives of children like Kason and Clara Jane, who have learned social-emotional skills from their sessions in the mobile classroom.
Because of you, people in our region receive transformative mental health services. Mattie Craft, a counselor in CAP’s Family Life Counseling Services, walks alongside our
participants through their mental health journeys and sees the life-changing impact your kindness makes in the lives of children, their families, and seniors in Appalachia. Your generosity also opened a new counseling center, where our participants feel valued and cared for during their sessions.
This year, we celebrated the conclusion of our greatest philanthropic effort – RISE and Shine: The Campaign for Christian Appalachian Project. Because of your faithful support, we surpassed our three-year goal to raise $95 million to support critical programming. A total of $117,966,787 was raised to give help and hope to communities in need in Appalachia. With the success of RISE and Shine, CAP continues to achieve new accomplishments in our goal of serving more people and serving them better.
We ended our fiscal year by honoring CAP’s 60th anniversary and kicking off a year of celebration. When our founder, Rev. Ralph W. Beiting, came to Appalachia decades ago, he said he had a dream the size of a mustard seed to make an impact on the great need he saw in Eastern Kentucky. Through his unwavering faith and dedication to helping people, and the support of volunteers and donors like you, his dream became a reality and continues to grow today. Thank you for being a part of this devoted mission and serving our brothers and sisters in need in Appalachia.
Blessings,
Guy Adams President/CEO
Summer Toy Distributions
For the fifth year, CAP partnered with Marine Toys for Tots Foundation and Good360 to distribute around 40,000 toys to 12,000 children in Appalachia. Each child received three age-appropriate toys, and each family also received $300 worth of essential items, including food, drinks, and cleaning supplies. This year, Operation Sharing worked with partners Community Bridge, an outreach program in St. Albans, West Virginia, and Hurricane HYPE, a youth center operated by New St. Hurricane Missionary Baptist Church in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, to expand toy distributions into communities beyond Eastern Kentucky.
The Campaign for Christian Appalachian Project
RISE and Shine: The Campaign for Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) has been a story of hope from its inception in September 2021. This three-year effort set forth a bold vision to serve more and serve better in Appalachia. By God’s grace and with the help of committed partners like you, we are pleased to announce that at the conclusion of the campaign in August 2024, CAP exceeded the $95 million goal for RISE and Shine: The Campaign, raising $117,966,787 to give help and hope to communities in need in Appalachia. We are so incredibly grateful for the outpouring of support, prayers, and compassionate generosity from faithful partners all over the country who came together during this season to make a difference for the people we are blessed to serve.
With your help, we have made remarkable strides in RISE and Shine’s four campaign priorities: Standing with Appalachian Youth and Families, Meeting the Most Basic Human Needs, Building Strategic Partnerships, and Strengthening the Heartbeat of Volunteerism.
During the campaign's three years, we served over 10,500 children and youth through comprehensive Youth Empowerment Services programs, increased participation and engagement precipitously in teen leadership initiatives, and provided professional counseling services to 1,152 low-income and at-risk family members. We constructed two new, purpose-built food pantries and served 13,595 participants through our pantry network. We helped more than 100 families back into their homes after the deadly floods of 2022. We repaired or rebuilt 739 homes, making them safe, warm, and dry.
At CAP, we know we can do so much more together, whether through partnership or with the help of passionate
volunteers. During RISE and Shine, CAP expanded our Operation Sharing partner network by 53.2% with core growth in Central Appalachia to serve individuals with corporate gift-in-kind donations across the 13 Appalachian states, Arkansas, and Missouri. We expanded our capacity to receive groups of volunteers, further bolstering our critical home repair work. We have also made key investments in the personal and professional growth of volunteer members who are often called to the mountains to help their neighbors in this extraordinary mission.
With the success of RISE and Shine, CAP has been able to reach new heights in our efforts to provide impactful services for people in Appalachia. As we continue to grow strategically and sustainably in our fourth strategic plan launching in 2025; the prayers, support, and leadership of committed, missionminded partners like you will be crucial to CAP’s future impact in the lives of people and communities in Appalachia.
We look to the future with the happiness to know that the sun continues to rise and shine brighter each day in Appalachia because of CAP friends like you. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
Special thanks to the Campaign Steering Committee for their excellent leadership throughout this endeavor: Rob Lawson (co-chair), Brittany Lawson (co-chair), Mark Barrens, Adam Gross, Bob Hutchison, Holly James, Andrew Wegrzyn, and Amanda Wegrzyn.
Blessings,
Grant Harned Comprehensive Campaign Manager
Lori Ross serves children in McCreary County through CAP's mobile classroom.
Serving in God’s Mission
Two-year-old Kason stands at his front door anxiously waiting. When the colorful mobile classroom from Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) turns into his driveway, he cheers and eagerly waves to the driver. Lori Ross, CAP’s Infant/Toddler caseworker, makes the stop to see Kason and his 1-yearold sister, Clara Jane, every other week for their lessons.
“These kids have my heart,” Ross said. “Having a child excited to see you tells you you’re doing something right. I’m proud to see the impact the mobile classroom is making on children in our area. I love my job.”
The mobile classroom is an initiative of CAP’s Eagle Community Center in McCreary County, which launched in 2023 in partnership with Save the Children. The
mobile classroom ensures children from birth to 3 years old receive critical developmental care. Ross works with children and their families, offering developmental screenings and specialized lessons to meet the needs of the children she serves. Ross also performs maternal health screenings, promotes self-care and self-confidence in guardians, and evaluates needs to connect families to essential services CAP or other organizations may offer.
Like many children she sees, Ross works with Kason and Clara Jane on social-emotional skills—skills Ross has discovered children in her area need help developing. However, the geography of Appalachia can pose challenges in finding services or opportunities that are available to help children, their families, and seniors in the region.
The mobile classroom launched in partnership with Save the Children in 2023.
“We are thankful and respectful of each dollar or resource we receive, that we use it to help build the families we serve and our region. We are all serving God through this mission, and you can tell He is in everything that we do.”
— Lori Ross
“Social-emotional skills are so incredibly important,” Ross said. “I see almost every one of the children I work with struggle with it. Services for families are not something that is readily available in our area because it is so rural. We are isolated. I want to help as many families as I can. I want to be there to say, ‘I’m in your corner, we’re going to get through this together, and you are not alone.’”
Ross finds that consistency in her lessons is key to making progress in skills and building trust with the children and families she serves. When she first met Kason and Clara Jane, they were very shy and only comfortable being with their mother. Through consistent lessons and encouraging video messages during the week, Ross gained their trust and developed their social skills through imagination play, reading books, learning colors and letters, and simple playtime. Today, the brother and sister are open to being with other people, making new friends at church, and attending play groups and events
hosted at Eagle Community Center alongside other children and their families.
“We absolutely love when Ms. Lori comes for our visit,” said Valerie, Kason and Clara Jane’s mother. “We signed up for the mobile classroom in hopes that it would help them with their social skills and to form relationships with others. There’s something about Lori—they’ve bonded with her since the first day they’ve met her. I am so thankful for this program and what it has done for my kids already.”
Ross is proud of the work she does in her community and is grateful for CAP supporters who make it possible. “Our supporters are just as much a part of everything we do as I am,” she said. “We are thankful and respectful of each dollar or resource we receive, that we use it to help build the families we serve and our region. We are all serving God through this mission, and you can tell He is in everything that we do.”
Clara Jane enjoys her time with Ross on the mobile classroom.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Operation Sharing employees, like Jerry Oaks, gift-in-kind distribution coordinator in Paintsville, volunteer during partner distribution events in Appalachian communities.
A Commitment to Excellence
As our region has faced a series of challenges in recent years, Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) has seen an increase in basic needs from children, their families, and seniors. CAP’s Operation Sharing program strives to deliver essential items to the people who need it most across our region. In recent years, the program continued to set record-breaking numbers, and FY24 was no different. This year, the program received and distributed 1,260 truckloads of gift-in-kind (GIK) products valued at $184 million.
“FY24 became our largest year to date, breaking every record we’ve ever set before,” said Ben Ridner, manager of
Aaron Thoms, Operation Sharing manager in Paintsville, organizes and facilitates community distributions with partners. (below) Nathan Stepp, warehouse service associate in Corbin, loads gift-in-kind products onto tractor trailers.
CAP’s Operation Sharing program in Corbin. “We don’t set out to break our records each year, but we are encouraged to see the success of our program. We give glory to God for guiding our work and for the many hands that are a part of our mission.”
This fiscal year, Operation Sharing saw an increase in GIK donors and recipient partners who receive GIK products from the program and distribute them to people in need in communities across the region. Operation Sharing partners with a network of 1,500 nonprofits, schools, churches, and community-based agencies in all 13 Appalachian states, as well as two Ozark states, Arkansas and Missouri.
CAP's tractor trailer drivers, like David Fairchild, deliver essential items to community partners across the region.
“We cannot do what we do without our generous donors and partners as well as our dedicated employees,” said Aaron Thoms, manager of CAP’s Operation Sharing program in Paintsville. “We strive to work efficiently in our day-to-day operations to uphold our longstanding commitment to our donors while also maintaining a standard with our partners to ensure each GIK item helps people in need.”
A highlight of FY24 was the expansion of Operation Sharing’s summer toy distributions made possible through an ongoing partnership with Good360 and Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. While distributions typically take place across Eastern Kentucky, this year, Operation Sharing traveled to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and St. Albans, West Virginia, to host distributions through partner agencies in those areas. See more about the distributions on page 4.
Part of Operation Sharing’s efforts in FY24 included continued disaster recovery support to Eastern Kentucky communities impacted by the 2022 floods. While truckloads following the disaster contained essential items to meet immediate needs, today’s loads also include building supplies, furniture, and small household items to help families get back on their feet.
“Six months after a disaster happens the needs of people and the communities impacted fall out of the news cycle
and are often forgotten about. Operation Sharing is there for the long haul,” Ridner said. “We typically support communities impacted by disaster for three years. We continue to supply product to communities in Eastern Kentucky, and as we start our new fiscal year, we are sending critical supplies to communities impacted by Hurricane Helene. We look forward to being able to continue helping our neighbors in need.”
Looking toward the next fiscal year, Operation Sharing aims to continue the expansion of its donor and partner network. The program also continues plans and discussions to establish additional satellite hubs in the region, which will allow Operation Sharing to bring product closer to partners rather than them driving to Paintsville or Corbin to receive it. During FY24, the first satellite hub, established in Clay County in 2022, expanded into a larger facility to accommodate more product from Operation Sharing because of the increase of partners who now utilize the facility.
“Whether it’s our donors who donate generous funds, donors supplying GIK, our partners, or whoever it is, every person makes our mission possible,” Ridner said. “It is clear we all have the same heart for helping people in need.”
“It takes all of us to make a difference,” Thoms added.
In Arkansas, Ben Ridner, Operation Sharing program manager in Corbin, coordinated a community distribution of toys and essential items with Keely Easter of Hurricane HYPE.
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54,974
Geographic locations of CAP’s donors: 50 U.S. States, 6 U.S. Territories, 2 Canadian Provinces, 1 Mexican State, 1 Great Britain Region, 1 Australian Province, 1 Austrian Province, 1 Japanese Prefecture, 1 New Zealand Region
CAP Celebrates 60th Anniversary
On Aug. 27 CAP celebrated 60 years of service in Appalachia. CAP has one mission, but many ways to serve. That mission is to build hope, transform lives, and share Christ’s love through service in Appalachia which started through the faith, service, and compassion of one man who chose to answer God’s call on his life. Today, we all get to be a part of this story happening in Appalachia: participants, volunteers, employees, partners, donors, and supporters. We are all a part of this amazing story six decades in the making. Join us in honoring our past, being rooted in our present, and advancing faithfully into the future.
Learn more about CAP’s history at WeAreCAP.org or by scanning the QR code.
Fenton has served as a teacher in CAP's Parents Are Teachers initiative for 35 years.
Unconditional Love
Without supportive programs like Christian Appalachian Project’s (CAP) child development centers, many children and their families in the region would fall through the cracks. This year, CAP’s Parents Are Teachers initiative celebrated 45 years of providing early intervention to children with developmental delays.
“It’s a ministry for me where I can provide hope and transform lives by providing different resources and walking alongside families who may be unsure of the future,” said Suzann Fenton. She has been with CAP for 37 years and has served as a teacher in Parents Are Teachers for the past 35 years. “Without Parents Are Teachers and CAP, a lot of families wouldn’t have hope. They wouldn’t
Suzann
“I hope that I have made a difference in people’s lives through living out our mission. CAP truly cares about people. We want to help make an impact in their lives.”
— Suzann Fenton
know where they would go or don’t have a support system to help them. Parents Are Teachers has truly changed my life. I just can’t express how grateful I am for this opportunity to serve.”
Fenton’s drive to help children reach their full potential comes from personal experience. She herself struggled through school and was told by her guidance counselor she would never be accepted into college, let alone make it through her classes. She learned in that moment that people can make a difference in their own lives if they are willing to work at it rather than accepting judgment that has been passed on them.
In her role, she has served hundreds of children in Eastern Kentucky. At times, Fenton meets families at their lowest, after they have been informed their child may never walk, talk, or thrive. She approaches her work with compassion and unconditional love, and without judgment. She strives to help each child reach their full potential as well as demonstrate to the parent how they can offer support and be an advocate for their child.
In one case, Fenton met a single mother with three children one week before the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. The youngest son, who was nearly 2 years old at the time, had a rare genetic condition that impacted his development and overall health. When Fenton visited their home, the little boy spent most of his time lying on his back with little movement, not interacting with anyone or anything around him. His mother was told he would never walk or talk.
Fenton connected the boy with physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy, and although facing pandemic closures and restrictions, she consistently did sessions virtually with the boy and his mother. After
a year of hard work, the boy was able to sit up on his own and scoot around the room, and he could pull himself up to stand with a walker. He started to smile, play, and, for the first time, look his mother in the eye.
“It’s amazing to see the difference that can be made in the lives of families through Parents Are Teachers,” Fenton said.
Another highlight of her career happened this school year. A child she worked with in his early life is attending CAP’s Family Life Child Development Center. Each day, she sees the difference made in his life by the early intervention services she provided and rejoices that he is reaching his full potential. He is excelling in school, follows daily routines, and listens intently to his teachers. Whether it’s a child or parent she helped years ago or a teacher she worked alongside, Fenton is hopeful for the ministry that will continue through her time with Parents Are Teachers and the lives that are changed because of it.
“I hope that I have made a difference in people’s lives through living out our mission. CAP truly cares about people. We want to help make an impact in their lives,” she said. “I am thankful for what CAP has done for me and for the work the organization has done in ministering to others for the past 60 years.”
In her work, Fenton utilizes a variety of therapies with children to address developmental delays.
CAP's Family Life Counseling Services (FLCS) counselors, like Mattie Craft, work diligently to meet mental health needs in the region.
A Healing Journey
In the realm of mental health, stories of transformation can serve as beacons of hope, which is what Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) strives to impart on the people we serve. In CAP’s service area, the need for mental health providers and services is four times greater than the national average. The counselors in CAP’s Family Life Counseling Services (FLCS) are working diligently to meet that need.
“We are meeting people where they are in their mental health journey. However, in our region, it can be challenging for an individual to focus on mental health if they are not able to meet their basic needs,” said FLCS counselor Mattie Craft. “That’s why our mission at CAP is a good thing. We build relationships and work together to address all the needs of a person.”
CAP’s FLCS counselors invest in the lives of participants in the program and offer consistent services and encouragement while maintaining a network of other agencies and partners that can provide additional resources
as needed. A participant’s journey to bettering their mental health takes time, and in some cases, it can take years.
“This is some of the hardest work that these people will do, but we are there to let them know someone cares about them,” Craft said.
Nearly four years ago, Craft began counseling services with a woman who had experienced childhood trauma, alienation from her family, unhealthy relationships, and physical challenges, among other challenges. The woman experienced struggles during her counseling journey, not attending sessions, slipping back into unhealthy habits, and not following through with the plans or resources Craft coordinated for her. But that’s not the end of her story. She asked Craft to not give up on her, she took accountability for her actions, and she focused on making a change in her life.
“When someone is trying to make a change in their life, sometimes they have a relapse and it may lead to a downward spiral,” Craft said. “We encourage them and
remind them that relapse is just a moment. They can stay in it and let it get worse, or they can turn it around. Despite her moment, this woman has changed her life.”
Today, the woman has overcome her challenges and has discovered a passion for helping others, continues to work, went back to school, and is rebuilding relationships with her family. “I wish you could see her smile. She smiles so big, gives thanks, and can say she is proud of herself, too. This woman loves the life she is living in this present moment,” Craft added. “This is a story of hope, transformation, and redemption.”
During FY24, FLCS served 457 participants in Eastern Kentucky through telehealth and in-person sessions. This year, the generosity of CAP supporters made it possible for the program to move into a new facility.
“I believe our donors have made a major impact in the work that we do,” Craft said. “Our new counseling center has been a beautiful thing. We want people to know their worth, and walking into this space makes them feel important and cared for. We are thankful for the work we are able to do, and our participants are appreciative of the services they receive, all because of the generosity of our donors.”
“We are thankful for the work we are able to do, and our participants are appreciative of the services they receive, all because of the generosity of our donors.”
— Mattie Craft
In 2024 FLCS moved into a new facility that features high-quality security cameras, a large waiting room, and soundproof walls to ensure privacy for program participants.
No Worries
Ahome is usually a place of comfort, but Fern Coffey feared hers. With faulty electricity, the home’s lighting was unreliable, and the only way the 73-year-old could see at night was with a flashlight and candles. She spent most of her time in the living room because the floors were weak and already collapsing in other rooms. Her water heater fell through the floor, leaving her without hot water for two years. With only one working outlet, she relied on kerosene heaters and a wood stove for warmth. With no underpinning on the trailer, her water pipes froze during the winter. When the wind would blow during a storm, the deteriorating roof rattled and the trailer shook.
But then one day, there was a knock at her door.
“I didn’t know how much longer I was going to last in my trailer. I was in pretty bad shape until Clarence came and rescued me,” Coffey said. “When he came to my door, I was in shock.”
Clarence Bowles, a Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) Home Repair crew leader, led efforts to give Coffey a safe, warm, and dry home. After evaluating the trailer and the extensive repairs that were needed, the trailer was deemed beyond repair, and CAP made plans to build a new home in its place.
“Fern deserved it,” Bowles said. “She is selfless. She has put a lot of people in the community first, ahead of herself. It was a blessing we got to build this so she will never have to worry about anything again in her home.”
Fern Coffey looked forward to making a warm meal on her stove in her new home (pictured in top photo above).
Coffey's trailer was deemed beyond repair and was deconstructed in January. Construction of a new, custom home began the following month and work was completed in June. Students from the Jackson Area Technology Center built cabinets for Coffey's kitchen.
Construction started in February during CAP’s annual WorkFest, an alternative spring break trip for college students, and was completed in early June. Volunteers from across the country worked alongside CAP employees to build the nearly 500-square-foot home and customize it as much as possible for Coffey, who is 4 feet 4 inches tall.
“While we worked, we brought in Fern and measured everything against her to ensure it was easily accessible and just right for her,” Bowles said. Special features of the home included steps off the front and back porch with a lower rise and a lowered height of the light switches, showerhead, and bathroom vanity.
As she watched her new home come to life, Coffey looked forward to cooking in her kitchen. In her trailer, she did not have a working cooking stove and relied on meals that could be cooked in a microwave or heated on her wood stove. This year, CAP began a partnership with Jackson Area Technology Center in Jackson County, in which carpentry students build cabinets for Home Repair projects. For this project, the students built custom cabinets for Coffey’s kitchen and CAP installed new appliances.
“We are grateful for this new partnership we have and for the hard work of each student,” Bowles said. “They are making an impact on the community they live in and are transforming the lives of people like Fern.”
When work was complete and it was time to give Coffey the keys to her new home, CAP employees and volunteers were
“The first thing I did when I moved in was just sit there for a minute and take it in. I sure am grateful for the work that was done on this home.”
— Fern Coffey
there to celebrate the occasion. CAP provided her with a variety of small household items, like a fan and cooking utensils, as housewarming gifts. Like with each project he completes, Bowles also said a prayer over the home.
“I’m excited to have hot water and a floor that won’t fall through. I don’t have to fool with another stick of wood. No more wood, no more candles” Coffey said. “The first thing I did when I moved in was just sit there for a minute and take it in. I sure am grateful for the work that was done on this home.”
In addition to Home Repair, Coffey is also a participant in CAP’s Gardens and Seeds initiative, which provides individuals with seeds or vouchers to purchase produce plants for home gardens. She also participates in CAP's Christmas distributions, which provide Christmas gifts and a ham for families and seniors, and she receives a monthly commodity food box.
Pictured is Coffey with CAP Home Repair program members, from left, Shannon Jewell, assistant crew leader; Heather Peters, caseworker; Ken Stuber, manager; Cory Gudenrath, AmeriCorps member; Clarence Bowles, crew leader; and John Harris, Elderly Home Repair crew leader.
BY THE NUMBERS
3,006 people received critical, emergency, and familyoriented community services through the Family Advocacy program.
1,067 students received in-school curriculum, tutoring, mentoring, and leadership training.
11,336 participants received direct service through CAP’s human services programs in Eastern Kentucky.
1.8 million
individuals impacted by corporate gift-in-kind donations valued at $184 million and distributed by CAP's Operation Sharing program in 13 Appalachian states, plus the Ozarks region of Missouri and Arkansas.
358 at-risk children received educational support through preschool, Infant/Toddler, Parents Are Teachers, and SPARK after-school program.
1,348 people volunteered their time and talents to the mission of Christian Appalachian Project.
276 homes repaired and/or rebuilt.
131 participants received home visits, transports, and in-home respite in our Elderly Services program.
5,435 participants served at the Grateful Bread Food Pantry, Eagle Food Pantry, and Water Into Wine, CAP's pantry partner.
457 low-income or at-risk family members received professional counseling services.
456 children attended summer camp.
CAP Brings Christmas to Appalachia
For Christmas, CAP’s Operation Sharing program partnered with Marine Toys for Tots Foundation to distribute around 2.8 million toys to children in all 54 Appalachian counties in Eastern Kentucky, as well as distressed Appalachian counties in Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia, and Ohio. Children impacted by Hurricane Helene in several North Carolina counties also received toys. The toys went to children under the age of 12 in partnership with local school systems. During a distribution event at Lee County Elementary School, Kentucky Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman helped Operation Sharing pass out toys to students. The children were served cookies and hot chocolate, visited with Santa Claus, and received a bag of toys with an estimated value of $150. CAP's Family Advocacy program also distributed toys through Christmas distribution events, which provided presents and a holiday ham for families in Eastern Kentucky.
AREA OF SERVICE
• Disaster Relief
• Eagle Child Development Center
• Eagle Food Pantry
• Elderly Services
• Family Advocacy
• Family Life Child Development Center
• Family Life Counseling Services
• Grateful Bread Food Pantry
• Grateful Threadz Thrift Store*
• Home Repair
• Operation Sharing
• Water Into Wine Food Pantry partner
• Youth Empowerment Services
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Cumberland Valley Region
Sandy Valley Region
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FY24 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Each member of Christian Appalachian Project's Board of Directors contributes significant amounts of time, talent, and charitable support to ensure we stay focused on our mission of building hope, transforming lives, and sharing Christ’s love through service in Appalachia. We are grateful for their service.
Bob Hutchison Board Chair Staffordsville, KY
Andrew Wegrzyn Vice Board Chair Clayton, MO
Guy Adams President/CEO Lexington, KY
Mark Barrens Louisville, KY
Alan Cornett Lexington, KY
Joyce Taylor Cummins Mount Vernon, KY
Teresa Kash Davis Berea, KY
Lula Bowling Ford Pikeville, KY
Frank Heaberlin Prestonsburg, KY
Holly James Lexington, KY
Kathy Kluesener Lancaster, KY
Rob Lawson Lexington, KY
Marty Preston Lexington, KY
Chris Tackett Ivel, KY
Tina Terry Pikeville, KY
Rebecca Whitenack Tyler Versailles, KY
Judge B Wilson II Berea, KY
Corporate Officers & Legal
Gloria Jordan
Senior VP of Administration Paintsville, KY
Anita Seals VP of Human Services Mount Vernon, KY
Brian Stiefel Chief Financial Officer Mount Vernon, KY
Phyllis Caudill VP of Philanthropy Lexington, KY
John Rhorer Legal Lexington, KY
Kyle Bunnell Legal Lexington, KY
Lauren Weaver
Recording Secretary Mount Vernon, KY
