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hen April Reynolds was a preschooler in 1993, her parents enrolled her in Christian Appalachian Project’s Child and Family Development Center (CFDC) in Mount Vernon, Kentucky. Now she serves as a teacher’s assistant and bus driver at that very same center. As her life comes full circle, she is in a position to empower others.
Reynolds said. “I know how it is to come from a low-income family where every day can be a struggle to meet basic needs. It makes me happy to be able to help other families, especially parents with children with special needs.”
Those gifts were a tremendous blessing. CAP also provided transportation so Reynolds could attend CAP’s day camps. After high school, she earned her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from the University of the Cumberlands.
Reynolds has had the support of CAP throughout her life. Her family particpated in CAP’s Christmas basket program from the time that “I love that I am able to help oth- Reynolds was in elementary school ers like my family was helped,” until she graduated high school.
“I came from a one-income family that wasn’t making a lot,” Reynolds recalled. “Our family used CAP programs for clothing and school supplies when I was growing up. Family Advocacy helped with
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