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

Children receiving food boxes from Americans Helping Americans.

Provides thousands of food boxes, each enough to feed a family of 4 for a week, to communities in need.

EDUCATION PROGRAM

Children receiving academic assistance at school.

Offers children academic assistance, school supplies and the support they need to be successful in school.

HOME REHABILITATION

Volunteers repairing a home for the rehabilitation program.

Provides families with safe and stable housing, including repairing roofs, floors, rotting porches and stairs and more .

BASIC NEEDS

Children receiving warm coats through the basic needs assistance program.

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.

Learn More About Poverty in Appalachia

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.

Tornado Relief – Easing the Devastation

In response to the devastating tornadoes that recently beset parts of our country, Americans Helping Americans is sending supplies to Mobile, Alabama, Newcastle, Oklahoma, and Joplin, Missouri. You can help us provide: 600 hygiene kits (soap, shampoo,...

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Vet sends note of gratitude

Vet Sends Note of Gratitude – For Food Boxes

"I would like to once again thank you from the bottom of my heart for yet another wonderful Angel Food Veterans Food Box. I am continually appreciative in receiving these Gifts from Heaven during the times in my life that continue to change. In receiving these...

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Knitted Hats

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...

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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...

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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...

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