Mountain T.O.P.

Mountain T.O.P. (Tennessee Outreach Project), is a Christian ministry program that serves families in the Cumberland Mountains of middle Tennessee. It is run as a week long summer camp that sends campers from all over the United States and other countries to the homes of impoverished locals to do minor construction, yardwork, or painting projects. It operates entirely on donations and is associated with the United Methodist Church, though campers that attend are often from different denominations. In 2007, the program reopened their Day Camp program, which had been retired in the 1970's. The Day Camp program used volunteers from the camp to run a day camp for children who live on the mountain.

History

Mountain T.O.P. was started in 1975 by a youth group from Blakemore United Methodist Church, under Mountain T.O.P. founder George Bass Nashville. Since its foundation in 1975, it has grown to include over 250 churches and 1,800 families every year in its service.

External links

• Mountain T.O.P. Official site