GO TO THE VOLUNTEER TAB AND SCROLL DOWN TO FIND THE CORRECT LINK FOR OPEN APPLICATIONS 
NEW/RETURNING ADULT APPLICATION FOA2023Trip 
RETURNING YOUTH APPLICATION FOA2023Trip

Parents and New Volunteers
are invited! 
FOA2023 Kick-Off Meeting with 2022 Trip Video
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2022
7 PM – 8:30 PM  
at the Trumbull High School Library
New Volunteer Application will open after this meeting.  

 FOA2022Trip Volunteer Reflection
​ & Thank You - 
Now that we're all home safe and sound, I want to take a moment to say thank you.

To all the donors that made it possible over the years, Thank you, thank you, thank you. No matter the amount, YOU helped us make homes warmer, safer, drier.

With your exceptional donations, we were able to buy a stove and microwave for a family that couldn't afford to get theirs replaced AND we even ended up leaving behind an extra $3500 behind so @appservproject can continue to serve those in need in Central Appalachia and the citizens of Floyd County, Kentucky

Volunteers, all 34 of you from all over CT and beyond came together for a week to not only help others, but to maybe help yourself. Just like my first trip back in 2006. I didn't really know why I wanted to go on this trip but something kept pushing me to go and you know what. It literally changed my life.

Still to this day, after 15 trips (17 years technically with Covid) and dedicating what spare time I had to help create an organization that someday another freshman in high school can have the same feeling as I did after my first trip and will want to continue this and maybe take over my spot someday...well....maybe...

This might be the end of this years trip but its not the end of your volunteering career. You are now apart of this family for LIFE. Be proud to wear this shirt every time you put it on and to always remember those families you worked for and the hope you give them.

I can still remember every family I worked for and how much they helped me just as much as I helped them. Our family got a little bigger this year and it brings great joy knowing this isn't the end, but the start of something new.

"13 years of moving mountains
13 years of serving with love
13 years of changing lives
Where ever we go, we are Friends of Appalachia."

Love, Kyle Peters 

P.S. Anyone else already ready to go back?? I am. 
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CHECK OUR MERCHANDISE TAB
FOR ITEMS THAT ARE FOR SALE
 ​
 HelpBuildHope@gmail.com   

​ Thank you to Fire Engine Pizza
  https://www.thefireenginepizzaco.com/shelton/index.php
during our welcome home post-trip picnic! 
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Thank you to all
our 2022 Taste of Spring ​Fundraiser Sponsors!! 
Please check out their websites and products! 
Please mention that you saw their ads
​at a FOA's fundraiser or on our website!
Tom Tesoro at SMP Corp                   Terry Baksay Fishing
 NCU Computers 

PAYPAL DONATIONS to FOA - by clicking HERE
 
 
check donation - please put the volunteers name
 you are supporting in the memo section SO WE CAN
CREDIT THEM WITH YOUR DONATION! 

YOUR GENEROUS DONATIONS
CAN BE USED IN TWO WAYS!  
MAKE A DONATION TO A SPECIFIC VOLUNTEER TO HELP WITH THEIR TRIP EXPENSES
or 
MAKE A DONATION TO OUR "GENERAL FUND" AND HAVE YOUR GENEROUS DONATION HELP PAY DIRECTLY FOR MUCH NEEDED SUPPLIES/ITEMS/VEHICLES

• $25 Paint a Room/ Roll of Insulation
• $50 Lay a floor
• $75 Dig a drainage ditch
• $100 Repair a foundation
• $125 Build a porch
• $250 Re-Shingle Roof/Hot Water Heater
• $500 Cabinets/Replacing Tin Roof
• $1o00 Build an Addition
• $1500 Rent One Trip Vehicle
• $1500 Build an addition and bathroom
• $55,000 New Home Build

Donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. 

COFFEE fundraiser
​ORDER FORM - click here

FOA Volunteers are still selling Whole Bean or Ground Coffee from   Shearwater Roasters in Trumbull, CT. If you are interested in purchasing coffee please use the link above for the order form. If you have any further questions  please check out the FUNDRAISERS TAB above or email helpbuildhope@gmail.com 

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          Friends of Appalachia, Inc. proudly supports:          
​ Appalachia Service Project, Inc.                 www.asphome.org 
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FOA volunteers travel from Connecticut to Central Appalachia and work directly with families for a week in the rain and hot summer sun to make homes warmer, safer, and drier. FOA has traditionally been able to go above and beyond by providing additional money directly to the projects we work on. ​

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