Appalachia Service Project Campus Chapters

 

Appalachia Service Project’s College Programs connect young adults across the United States with opportunities to enact change in both their collegiate communities and the Central Appalachian region through advocacy, education, and service, all while equipping students with skills of leadership, entrepreneurship, management, organization and volunteerism.

 

Appalachia Service Project’s Campus Programs seek to provide young adults with a chance experience ASP’s transformational mission trips, and to share the mission of ASP with their surrounding collegiate community.

 

Now in it’s in 50th year, ASP has relied on college-aged young adults to operate its Summer/Youth Program by guiding groups of volunteers through their home repair service project and providing Christian leadership. These summer staffers gain significant skills in organization, leadership, and volunteer management. ASP also attracts several college students as volunteers during our Year-Round Program, with a new focus on Fall, Winter and Spring Break trips to Appalachia. Campus Chapters will continue to engage and re-engage these summer staffers, college volunteers, and graduated youth program volunteers with service and help them gain valuable skills in community outreach.

 

Appalachia Service Project’s Campus Chapters are student-led, collegiate based organizations. Each Campus Chapter is nationally affiliated with Appalachia Service Project, and brings ASP’s organizational mission to their collegiate community and college-aged students to experience and serve in Central Appalachia. Students involved with Campus Chapters will serve, advocate, and raise funds:

 

SERVE

  • Recruit volunteers within their campus serve their community in additional ways that promote service and social justice
  • Recruit for and coordinate at least one trip to one of ASP’s Year-Round centers during the fall, winter, or spring

 

ADVOCATE

  • Host events on campus and in the surrounding community to raise awareness of substandard housing, Central Appalachia, ASP, and other related social issues
  • Recruit potential summer staffer applicants for Appalachia Service Project
  • Recruit local churches as potential ASP volunteers

 

RAISE

  • Host fundraisers and gain community sponsorship in order to raise funds for organizations addressing substandard housing, including ASP

 

 

 

Start a Chapter at Your School

 

If you are interested in launching an ASP Campus Chapter at your school, please take the following steps:

 

ASP College Programs
4523 Bristol Hwy
Johnson City, TN 37601

  • Begin recruiting, networking, fundraising, and raising awareness about your Campus Chapter.  Check out the Chapter Resources that ASP offers for these tasks to get started.
  • You may also request in-person trainings from ASP about how to get started anytime along this process, we train in launching, connecting with community partners, recruiting, fundraising, project planning, and more.  Email our team at gro.e1534618415mohps1534618415a@ege1534618415lloc1534618415 for more information or to schedule a training.

 

Email us with any questions that you may have, or reference our Resources Page and our Frequently Asked Questions.

 

 

Current ASP Campus Chapters

Appalachian State University

Athens Drive High School

Belmont University

East Tennessee State University

George Mason University

Kent State University

North Carolina State University

Union College

University of Kentucky

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of Tennessee

University of Wisconsin at Madison

Virginia Tech

Western Carolina University