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.
Founder and Volunteer Spokesperson Eugene L. Krizek
Gene Krizek, the charismatic founder of Americans Helping Americans®, has earned a place in the hearts of thousands of Americans in need. We celebrate his 85th year by sharing with you a glimpse into his amazing life. Growing up as a child of the Great Depression and...
Feeding our Military and Veterans
Each month Americans Helping Americans provides 430 nutritious food baskets to military families and veterans. It is appropriate and fitting that March is National Nutrition Month, since it is in between winter and spring. Winter holiday gatherings have past and left...
Fixing Our Roof
Appreciative of the new roof volunteers at our community partner in West Virginia built for them, Mr. and Mrs. Price, seniors in dire need of a new roof, presented volunteers with the following poem written by Mrs. Price. Fixing Our Roof Some people go on big...
Repairing Homes and Healing Hearts
Story submitted by our community partner, Ococee Outreach in Cleveland, Tennessee "Sarah (name changed) from Cleveland, Tennessee is a single mom with a fourteen year old son. She was recently laid off from her job of ten years. Sarah is one of the most optimistic...
Did You Know You Could Help Us by Selling on eBay?
Did you know that when you sell items on eBay, the proceeds from those sales could come to us, your favorite nonprofit? Or, if you have a Paypal account, you can donate directly through Donate Now on eBay. It's simple, fast and secure. Learn more about how you can...
Honoring and Thanking Veterans and Active Duty Military
Veterans Day is for thanking the men and women that have served honorably in the military during times of both war and peace and we pay homage to all of those who made the ultimate sacrifice to defend the freedom of the United States of America. By their courage,...