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.
Connecting families to utilities, a family is rescued, and more!
Congratulations to Phyllis Delph – Helper of the Month for February!
We would like to acknowledge Phyllis Delph as the recipient of the Americans Helping Americans® – Helper of the Month award for February! Congratulations, Phyllis! Phyllis has volunteered with our partner, Of One Accord Ministry in Sneedville, Tennessee for over 20...
AHA Provides Grant for New Medical Staff at Clinic in Georgia
Dr. Edwin Hendricks Community Helping Hands Clinic in Cleveland, Georgia, which offers free health care for indigent uninsured residents of White County, is the only free health clinic in the county, and among Americans Helping Americans® newest partners. “CHHC...
AHA Partner Helps Children, Families, Seniors and Veterans in Georgia
LAMP Ministries, Americans Helping Americans® partner in Gainesville, Georgia, provides services to those most in need in Hall County with basic needs, utility assistance, youth development as well as temporary shelter for homeless families. Since July, thanks to the...
Helping to Restore Electricity for Single Mother and Her Children
Donna lives in low-income housing in Beattyville, Kentucky, a distressed region of Appalachia where Americans Helping Americans® partner there, Cumberland Mountain Outreach, serves those most in the hard-hit community. Donna is a single mother struggling to raise...
Mighty Molars Dental Kits
There’s plenty to smile about while living in Appalachia. Your friends and family are nearby and life slows down a bit as the mountains keep you protected from the hustle and bustle of city life. One thing that is no smiling matter, however, is the improper care of...