Volunteers on Call, Inc. sent a team in the summer of 2004 to assist in this impoverished area and hopes to make this an annual effort.

Servicing the needs of the local West Virginia Appalachia population is an ongoing need. The demand is greatest for medical assistance as well as rebuilding and refurbishing projects of marginalized residents.

Year round, teams from various parts of the country visit the SRSH project with volunteers ready and willing to help where the need is greatest. In some instances houses lack the basic necessities like running water and sewage systems.

Many local residents of this area suffer from malnutrition as evidenced in their lackluster countenances, listless bodies and loss of hair. Many have severe dental conditions due to poor diets.

Many are uneducated since they live too far from schools and cannot afford transportation. Illiteracy is rampant in this part of the United States.

SCOTT'S RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE, INC
Rev. Ruth L. Simmons,
PO Box 398, Osage,
WV 26543. 304/599-5020,
Fax: 304/599-8016,
Email: admin@srsh.org,
Executive Director: Jacki Englehardt Max 30-40.

Visit them at www.srsh.org