Last year at this time, our partners that operate summer day camps in Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia were unsure how, or even if, they were going to be able hold their programs for low-income children in distressed, rural Appalachia. And although they were not...
On March 1, Americans Helping Americans® learned that the small town of Beattyville, Kentucky, and the surrounding Lee County where our partner Cumberland Mountain Outreach serves those most in need, suffered an historic and devastating flood. Thanks to our...
Here are the latest news articles from throughout Appalachia that we’re currently following. We hope each one will inspire, motivate, educate, and even challenge you. News You Can Use from Appalachia for March 20 News You Can Use from Appalachia for March 12...
Americans Helping Americans® Hero of the Month is Raymond Tavita, who, after his wheelchair was stolen and his community stepped up to help him, has started his own nonprofit organization for wheelchair-bound individuals as a way to that kindness forward....
With the emergency flood relief grant funding received from Americans Helping Americans®, dozens of small businesses in downtown Beattyville, Kentucky which have been shuttered due to a once-in-a-lifetime flood earlier this month, they are now seeing a light at the...
With the historic flooding that has devastated downtown Beattyville, Kentucky, Americans Helping Americans® is stepping up with $85,000 in grant funding to assist dozens of families and an additional $50,000 to assist numerous small businesses in the downtown area...
