Donate
JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER

Helping Poverty Stricken Children Go Back to School

July 31, 2009

Helping Poverty Stricken Children Go Back to School

July 31, 2009

July 29, 2009 – Foster Folly News
For decades, charities have helped Appalachian children experience the simple joys that most kids take for granted. For example, Americans Helping Americans (AHA), an affiliate of Christian Relief Services, started its Bare Feet program in Kentucky. The program allows schoolchildren to go to a store and choose new shoes for school, a luxury their families cannot afford. Last year, over 1,212 children enjoyed safer, warmer walks to school thanks to AHA’s efforts…
Read full article

Related Blogs

Back to School in Appalachia: Call to Donate School Supplies

Back to School in Appalachia: Call to Donate School Supplies

by | Jul 25, 2023

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...

Providing health care for the most needy

Providing health care for the most needy

by | Sep 14, 2022

In White County, GA, there is one doctor physician for nearly 4,000 residents.  That’s more than four times the national average of 631 per physician.  That’s why, without our partner, Community Helping Hands Clinic (CHHC) in Cleveland, Georgia, hundreds of...