The Cowan Community Center welcomes and gladly accepts donations or gifts that support the work we do such as the production of the annual Cowan Creek Mountain Music School, and the After-School Program known as Passing the Pick & Bow. All of our work is supported through grants or donations.

The Letcher County School System and Appalshop have partnered together offering After-School Pick & Bow Program into four Letcher County Schools.  Cowan Community Action Group, Inc. received funding thru June 2010 from the Kentucky Arts Council to continue providing this program to Cowan Elementary School. This program provides group and one-on-one instruction in learning to play either the fiddle, banjo, or guitar and is offered two afternoons each week.

The school system has been so impressed with what we have done in the four schools that they have initiated the search to help secure funding so that this program  can expanded.  It is a shared belief that involvement with programs of this nature will have two very positive outcomes:  students will achieve greater academic success, and they will less likely become involved in the serious problem of drug abuse that is so prevalent in this county and in the area.

Anyone wishing to donate may do so by making their checks payable to:

Cowan Community Action Group, Inc.

81 Sturgill Branch

Whitesburg, KY 41858

Telephone: 606-633-3187

Cowan Community Action Group, Inc., the governing body for the Cowan Community Center and all of its activities, is a 501 (3) (c) non-profit organization and your gifts are tax deductible. You will receive an acknowledgement of your gift. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at the center.