Helping Appalachia Communities with Food and Essential Resources
Our Mission is to join communities, build and strengthen neighbor relations, and work side by side with residents to address community-wide concerns linking them to the resources supportive of a healthy, safe and economically vibrant standard of living.
food boxes distributed last year, each food box enough to feed a family of four for a week
children received school supplies to get a good education in 2025.
kids participated in summer camps.
students received vocational education, training, and professional equipment.
home repair projects completed in 2025.
Featured Programs
Food Box Program
Provides thousands of food boxes, each enough to feed a family of 4 for a week, to communities in need.
EDUCATION PROGRAM
Offers children academic assistance, school supplies and the support they need to be successful in school.
HOME REHABILITATION
Provides families with safe and stable housing, including repairing roofs, floors, rotting porches and stairs and more .
BASIC NEEDS
Provides essentials such as coats, blankets, footwear, and dental kits, along with grants to local partners for utility bill assistance, preventing evictions, and ensuring electricity for medical needs.
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty in Appalachia
Generations of families in Appalachia face crushing poverty and limited opportunities. Americans Helping Americans works to provide essential resources—food, housing, education, and more—to empower these communities and create lasting change.
OUR PARTNERS
We are thankful for the organizations who have partnered with Americans Helping Americans to make positive changes to the lives of many in our nation.
OUR IMPACT
Learn about ways that Americans Helping Americans is making a difference in the lives of families and individuals in our communities.
There are many ways you can help support Americans Helping Americans® and our important programs.
AHA Partner Helps Children, Families, Seniors and Veterans in Georgia
LAMP Ministries, Americans Helping Americans® partner in Gainesville, Georgia, provides services to those most in need in Hall County with basic needs, utility assistance, youth development as well as temporary shelter for homeless families. Since July, thanks to the...
Helping to Restore Electricity for Single Mother and Her Children
Donna lives in low-income housing in Beattyville, Kentucky, a distressed region of Appalachia where Americans Helping Americans® partner there, Cumberland Mountain Outreach, serves those most in the hard-hit community. Donna is a single mother struggling to raise...
Mighty Molars Dental Kits
There’s plenty to smile about while living in Appalachia. Your friends and family are nearby and life slows down a bit as the mountains keep you protected from the hustle and bustle of city life. One thing that is no smiling matter, however, is the improper care of...
Two Christmas Parties and Thousands of Coats for Appalachia
Congratulations to David Garrison – Our Helper of the Month for January!
We would like to acknowledge David Garrison as the recipient of the Americans Helping Americans® – Helper of the Month award for January! Congratulations, David! David became involved with our partner, Caring Hands Ministries of Cleveland, Georgia, several years ago...
Helping Families Keep Warm over the Winter
In the small hard-hit communities of Jefferson City, Tennessee, Beattyville and London, Kentucky, and Cleveland and Gainesville, Georgia, 1,155 residents are still living in their homes, toasty warm even on the coldest days of the year. These children, their parents...