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.
Americans Helping Americans® in Action
A great big thank you to the generous women of the Peace Lutheran Sewing Circle, Fort Myers, Florida and Phyllis W. Norwich, CT. Our friends didn’t forget about those suffering harsh winters elsewhere in the country. Thanks to their generous support Americans Helping...
Harsh Winter Goes Out Like a Lion
Although Spring is here, the winter weather remains in many parts of Appalachia. With the rising cost of fuel many families face a difficult decision to heat their homes or face the bitter cold unprotected. Since July of 2010, Americans Helping Americans® has helped...
How Thankful We Are…
(Names were changed by Americans Helping Americans to protect their identies)My name is "Sarah" and I have been a military wife for (many) years, as my husband and I married before he joined (and) it has been one wonderful ride. We have two children a 4 and 3 year...
Adopt a Soldier Program Provides Meals for the Hungry
Along with our partners, American Helping Americans distributed healthy meals to veterans and families through the Adopt a Soldier program. These soldiers have given so much for our country, and in these tough financial times these meals are such a blessing. One of...
Americans Helping Americans® Participates in the Combined Federal Campaign – Select CFC #11962
Americans Helping Americans® is fighting national poverty by aiding needy Appalachian and urban Americans; providing low-income families, elderly, with basic needs, support services and affordable housing. If you or your spouse is a federal employee and you wish to...
HELP SEND APPALACHIAN CHILDREN TO SCHOOL WITH THE SUPPLIES THEY NEED TO SUCCEED
As we all know, it is that time again; and the children are excited (and a bit nervous truth be told) as they return to their schools and new classrooms. Unfortunately, many children in Appalachian America will begin the school year far behind their peers, and often...