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.
Home Renovations, Tutoring, and so much more in McDowell County, WV.
Although the year has just begun, our partner, Big Creek People in Action, in McDowell County has been operating its programs supported by Americans Helping Americans® at full steam ahead. Among them are its vocational tutoring program at the county’s Career &...
A science fair for the next generation of scientists
On Friday, April 22, the Heber Dunaway Gymnasium at Lee, Kentucky, County Middle High School in will be packed with students proudly showing off their science fair projects to their fellow classmates, teachers, parents, and, of course, the judges. And with the help of...
Beattyville and Lee County Bounding Back One Year After Devastating Historic Flooding
What a difference a year makes! On Monday, March 1, 2021, Lexington, Kentucky TV station LEX18 was reporting “Beattyville, a small mountain town in Kentucky, is under water following a downpour of rain this past weekend. Boats could be seen floating down Main Street....
Congratulations to Jessica Higgs – Our Helper of the Month for February!
Americans Helping Americans® is honored to award Jessica Higgs as our Helper of the Month for February. Congratulations, Jessica! Jessica, who works for a grocery delivery service, received an order from a woman who was ordering food for her older father who couldn’t...
Funding Robotics for the Future
The Tahisco Tech Robotics Team at Tate High School in Cantonment, Florida is described as “a very young but driven team led by hard work and determination alone.” On March 16-19, 15-member the team hopes to be able to compete at The Inaugural Tallahassee Regional...
Americans Helping Americans® Supports Free Clinic for Indigent in Rural Georgia County
In the small town of Cleveland, Georgia, our partner, Community Helping Hands Clinic (CHHC), provides residents of the surrounding White County who meet low-income requirements and who do not have health insurance are seen at no charge by medical professionals who...