Tag: Health

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Blog SALS January 12, 2021
Protect and Continue SALS
Now has come the time when we must ask good friends of SALS for long term support. More
Issues: Community serviceHealthHousing
Newsletter SALS May 30, 2020
SALS Newsletter: vol. 43 iss. 1
Regardless of how southern West Virginians work to overcome the problem of poverty existing in rural communities, a change is coming. As we witnessed during the recent economic slowdown individuals relied upon their cell phones, computers, and mass media for personal business and information. More
Issues: Community serviceHealthHousingVistaYouthBuild
Newsletter SALS August 7, 2017
SALS Journal, Summer 2017
Summer Programs Promote Nutrition & Reading, Sacrifice for Survival, Director’s Report, Changing Lives One Rehab At A Time, SALS YouthBuild Graduation, and more. More
Issues: Community serviceHealthVolunteersYouthBuild
Blog SALS October 22, 2015
Tips on Open Enrollment for Medicaid
Open Enrollment for Medicaid Expansion will be from November 1, 2015 until January 31, 2016. There are several changes that everyone needs to realize. More
Issues: Health
Newsletter SALS December 17, 2013
SALS Journal, Fall-Winter, 2013
At YouthBuild, one of SALS major partners, the recruiting and hosting of volunteers is referred to as volunteer generation. I have always liked the sound of volunteer generation as it has the word generation. More
Issues: Community serviceHealthHousingVolunteersYouthBuild
Newsletter SALS June 3, 2013
SALS Journal, Spring-Summer, 2013
Summertime again brings around Group Work- Camps. Many hundreds of volunteers from across the United States will invade, repair and go off into the sunset with the satisfaction of knowing they made a difference in someone’s life. More
Issues: CoalEconomyHealthHousingVistaYouthBuild
Press SALS April 28, 2013
Public Health Disparities in Appalachian Coal Mining Communities
Dr. Michael Hendryx from the WVU School of Public Health made a presentation at the SALS Historic Oak Hill School on April 8, 2013 about the impact of Mountain Top mining on the health of people in the surrounding communities. More
Issues: HealthMountaintop removal
Newsletter SALS December 17, 2012
SALS Journal, Fall-Winter, 2012
Global Volunteers have been sending us volunteers since 1999. The Millennium Project sponsored by a group of volunteers in the winter of 2000 seems to have been a turning point for our relationship. This summer we hosted our 80th Global Volunteers team. More
Issues: AmeriCorpsCommunity serviceHealthYouthBuild
Newsletter SALS December 9, 2011
SALS Journal, Fall-Winter, 2011
For the past decade Southern Appalachian Labor School has sponsored a major summer influx of faith-based volunteers to engage in modest repairs of homes in Fayette County and the Upper Kanawha Valley. To date, nearly 1000 homes have received work and the project contributes over $600,000 of value and purchases every year. More
Issues: Community serviceHealthVistaVolunteersYouthBuild