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.
Keep More Than 2,000 Children Warm This Winter With #Coats4Americans
In McDowell County, West Virginia one-third of children living there go hungry at night. A large percentage lack adequate outerwear to keep them warm during the cold West Virginia winters high in the Appalachian Mountains. Earlier this year, we heard from our partner...
Why Do We Need #Coats4Americans?
Life in Appalachia can be harsh, especially for children. Going to bed hungry and waking up eager to get to school and a filling nutritious breakfast. And the situation is exacerbated during the winter months when freezing cold weather sets in and children have no...
Distributing Winter Coats, Shoes, Blankets and More in Georgia
This October, Americans Helping Americans® Executive Director Beth Tessema and staff had the opportunity to visit two of our partners in northeast Georgia to witness the distribution of hundreds of winter coats and more to families in need. Over the course of two...
Giving the Gift of Clear Vision
Throughout Appalachia there are tens of thousands of children who have just returned to school who can’t see the blackboard clearly because of a lack of eyeglasses. There are also millions of aging adults whose eyesight is gradually worsening affecting their ability...
“Back to School Bash:” Investing in the Future of Children in Appalachia
Before the Fourth of July, many parents in Rogersville, Tennessee were already thinking about the upcoming school year. Not that they would be glad to have their kids back in class and no longer underfoot at home, but worrying how they would outfit them for school,...
Home Rehabilitation in Appalachia: Rebuilding Homes, Rebuilding Lives
Summer is here, and for many high school and college age students, part of their vacation is spent helping needy homeowners in Appalachia by volunteering to work during the sweltering months of June, July and August repairing homes. The nails they hammer, the paint...