Creating community in Lucky Fork, Kentucky

"Kentucky's Owsley County is one of the poorest counties in the U.S. -- there wasn't running water until the mid-1960s. Our prime project was to work with locals on a bathhouse in a church, hospital and community center complex built in the 1930s. The hope is that the community will use the buildings for events, which will bring people and income back to the area. I particularly liked that I did things with local people, not for them. Learning about their community was probably more important than the project. This trip made me appreciate how diverse our country is and helped me understand why people here have so many political and social perceptions." -- Carli MacColl, 59, Seattle, Washington