Stewards of Appalachia is beginning our 11th year since our first trip to Mississippi to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina and we have been blessed from the beginning with dedicated donors and the greatest and most loyal volunteers and we would not exist without you. As you know, we operate with all volunteers allowing us to utilize all of our donations to support our mission. In fact, we purchased material this past week for a family whose mobile home was badly damaged by a fallen tree. Because we are able to operate without salaries or corporate overheads, we were able to secure a $10,000 grant from UPS. This money will be used to procure building materials and services for our annual trip in October. As always, all remaining funds from our fund raising effort will be used to purchase materials for winter and spring projects when volunteer groups are scarce. Thank you for supporting our mission and making this work possible.
