VISION APPALACHIA BRINGS HOPE AND HELP TO CENTRAL APPALACHIA

“Celebrating 12 years serving the wonderful people of Clay.” Vision Appalachia, friends and volunteers headed to Clay, WV the week of June 11-17. This was their twelfth year celebrating a wonderful week of ministry, challenge, and personal growth as they shared life in central WV.

Part of the week’s activities included Vision Appalachia hosting a week-long sports camp for 75 kids from Clay County. Clay County High School provided the campus for the week’s events. There were 110 workers from 8 states with assistance from the staff of Clay County High School.

Vision Appalachia was able to distribute 25K of food and essential life items. Reverend Jesse Boggs, co-founder of Vision Appalachia, said, “We took on a large project to help a family of six with a new two-bedroom addition to their mobile home. We were also able to get our seventh tiny house under-roof in four days. Other projects included a set of hand rails at a house, a new metal roof on a house, new porch and porch roof, installation of windows in a home, new handcrafted trophy cases for the high school, new handicap ramp for a home, improvements at JG Bradley lodge decking, and painting of clay county pool shower rooms.” All this was achieved with the large group of volunteers who sacrificed time and resources to be in Clay, WV as part of the Vision Appalachian project to serve the people of Clay County..

More than 350 people attended the 2023 picnic held at Clay County High School on Thursday, June 15, where thousands of life essential items were distributed. World Vision of Philippi, WV provided much of the life-essential giveaways for the picnic as well as miscellaneous items for the week’s projects. Vision Appalachia provided free food, inflatables and games for the children, music, and fellowship for the community. Also, John Dennis, a natural strong man who has competed worldwide, pulled an ambulance as dozens of children cheered him on.

For more information on Vision Appalachia, check their website visionappalachia.org.