PACERS, a 501(c)(3) organization, has formed community-building partnerships with small rural Alabama schools and communities for more than three decades. Their common projects have included student-published community newspapers, school and community gardens, home and greenhouse construction, collections of student writing, building and operating aquaculture units, and photography.

The PRCNN – PACERS Rural Community Newspaper Network – is the organization's current program, through which community members in Camp Hill, Packers Bend, Beatrice, and Pintlala publish model, professional-quality newspapers. PRCNN publications are archived by the Alabama Department of Archives and History, a process that underscores their value and quality. They serve resident and non-resident community members.