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Programs |
Appalachia CARES
… an AmeriCorps National Service Program
Our Mission
Service Opportunities / Internships
Our Mission
Appalachia CARES is a grant funded AmeriCorps program. The grant comes from the Tennessee Commission on National and Community Service in Nashville, Tennessee. The Clinch-Powell RC&D Council and the Appalachian RC&D Council are the sponsors of the Appalachia CARES program.
Appalachia CARES promotes COMMUNITY, ACTION, RESPONSIBILITY, EDUCATION and SERVICE as the center of its program. AmeriCorps members involved in the Appalachia CARES program will be in direct service to students in primarily rural school systems in eleven Northeast Tennessee counties (Union, Claiborne, Hancock, Grainger, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington, Carter, Johnson, Greene and Unicoi).
Our mission is to provide thoughtfully organized experiences, which integrate students' academic learning with service that meets actual community needs. Service Learning brings relevance to student classroom work by providing "real world" opportunities to confront problems, consider alternatives and find solutions. Through this process, students become motivated and realize they can utilize their own skills and knowledge to make a difference.
What do Appalachia CARES/AmeriCorps members do?
Appalachia CARES participants will serve in classrooms to train, organize and facilitate service learning through three primary activities:
Identify
primary concerns students have about their school and community
Working
with students to research and learn all they can about the problems/concerns
Developing,
organizing and implementing meaningful service projects to address
the concern
Working together, the teacher and the Appalachia CARES participant will determine how the research, organization and projects can integrate into the required curriculum.
“All programs and assistance of the RC&D Council are available without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or family status. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).”
