Families volunteering at Bethlehem Farm, a Catholic community in Appalachia, help residents in need from the surrounding area by teaching sustainable living practices. Families with children at least 16 years of age are welcome to volunteer in a weeklong program. Volunteers stay in bunk style accommodations in a log cabin retreat home on the property.
Bethlehem Farm
PO Box 274
Pence Springs, WV 24962
304-445-7143
www.bethelehemfarm.net
For families looking for an international volunteer experience, Project FIAT is a U.S. based Catholic organization that sends volunteers to San Salvador, El Salvador in South America to help needy locals in a variety of ways. Volunteers are given tasks and projects that may include helping children with schoolwork, visiting senior citizens and feeding the hungry in soup kitchens. Families with children ages 16 and older are welcome for stays of eight to ten days and accommodations are in a retreat home in a safe neighborhood of San Salvador.
Project FIAT
1242 S. Broad St
Philadelphia, PA 19146
215-468-6368
www.projectfiat.org
Franciscans for the Poor help disadvantaged residents of Cincinnati, Ohio and Northern Kentucky. Volunteer work is outreach to the poor including serving in soup kitchens, helping in day care centers, homeless shelters and housing projects. Stays are six days long for families with children ages 14 and older and volunteers stay in a community house.
Franciscans For The Poor
60 Compton Road
Cincinnati, OH 45215
513-761-9040
www.franforthepoor.org
Located in rural West Virginia Appalachia, Nazareth Farm is a Roman Catholic community helping those less fortunate in the area. Their focus is on helping to repair substandard housing and visiting elderly and shut-in local residents. Families with children ages 16 and older are welcome to participate in weeklong service retreats. Volunteers stay in a bunk style dormitory.
Nazareth Farm
Route 2, Box 194-3
Salem, WV 26426
304-782-2742
www.nazarethfarm.org
PV Volunteer Program helps families and individuals in need by providing home repair, helping at children camp, tutoring to assist with literacy or simply providing a sympathetic ear in rural West Virginia. Families are welcome to volunteer for two to ten week periods during the summer and stay in the community home.
PV Volunteer Program
347-217-3619
PO Box 295
Pineville, WV 24874
www.pvprogram.org
