Students’ Vision Boards Motivate Our Work

Students’ Vision Boards Motivate Our Work

A vision board is a collage of images and words representing a person’s wishes or goals, intended to serve as inspiration or motivation which is designed to help an individual visualize their success in the future. In the case of children in rural Appalachia, such as...
Project Backpack for 5,500 Students

Project Backpack for 5,500 Students

Meeting the Educational Needs of Underprivileged Students Americans Helping Americans® is excited to contribute to the success of young students by providing essential school kits filled with pencils, notebooks, and other necessary supplies. With the start of the new...
Back to School in Appalachia: Call to Donate School Supplies

Back to School in Appalachia: Call to Donate School Supplies

Believe it or not, it’s almost that time of year again – back to school. Soon stores all across America will be stocking their shelves with school supplies, and families will crowd the aisles checking off items from classroom lists. But for many children in the...
Empowering Appalachia’s Youth: How Summer Camps Make a Difference

Empowering Appalachia’s Youth: How Summer Camps Make a Difference

With the school year now concluded, millions of children throughout the U.S. are looking forward to attending summer camps where they will take part in fun and educational activities, go on field trips to places they have never been, and for many, make new friends and...
The Power of Grants: How Teachers are Making a Difference

The Power of Grants: How Teachers are Making a Difference

Last May, Americans Helping Americans® announced the launching of a new grant program to provide funding to teachers in struggling school systems in Appalachia which lack the resources to meet classroom needs and other expenses that teachers would like to have to...