Appalachian South Folklife Center

We need your help to provide an exciting and educational summer experience for children of southern West Virginia ! Please join individuals, foundations, and businesses in providing financial support for Learning Day Camp at the Appalachian South Folklife Center (ASFC)! OUR MISSION is to foster a love of learning in an enriching, stress-free, natural environment! Learning Day Camp has provided opportunities and learning fun for hundreds of children in the hills of southern West Virginia for more than 35 years.

• Children attend camp free or on a sliding scale

• We aim to extend inclusivity to all children and embrace underserved families

• We provide healthy lunches and snacks daily

• Camp provides enlightening instruction on Appalachian culture, environmental science, multicultural education, and literary enrichment by accredited teachers.

• Academics are blended with American Sign Language, yoga, art, music, dance, play and field trips

• We are a nonprofit that is completely funded by grants and donations

The LDC experience supplies each child with art materials, journals, books, tee-shirts, reusable water bottles, science equipment, global studies materials, and more!

Financial support will go towards scholarships that ensure we can maintain an open door policy to any child despite income. Looking back, we watched so many success stories as this community of young people and their multigenerational families have enjoyed the benefits of LDC. Our intention is to share positive concepts in all the we do. Looking ahead we are grateful to be involved with the youth of our community in this way. We are grateful for any donation that is provided towards this endeavor.

For many years, First Church Bedford has been raising money for our mission partners in West Virginia, particularly the Appalachian South Folklife Center, where we stay on our mission trips. The Center hosts work parties from all over the country to come and help those in need. They have helped thousands of clients and impacted the lives of tens of thousands of volunteers who have come to help. The fees that groups pay to the Folklife Center cover basic expenses that keep things going at the center.

Yet, a need arises that goes beyond the Center's regular funding. Last year, the Center's truck fell apart. This truck has been faithfully serving the Center for many, many years. It has carried sheetrock, insulation, lumber, nails and screws, and plaster to our worksites. It has also taken away loads and loads of junk!

The center needs a new truck desperately! Your donation to this truck fund can make this a reality. We hope and pray you give generously so that more vital home repairs can be done, bringing hope to countless lives.