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Food insecurity remained one of the most widespread needs of our partners in distressed Appalachian communities, reported Americans Helping Americans® executive director Cameron Krizek in September. And thanks to the supporters of Americans Helping Americans®, in the...
Greenup County, Kentucky, Area Technology Center student Cameron Whitt accomplished something no student at the school had done before: becoming fully certified in three different career pathways before graduation, Kentucky Teacher (a publication of the Kentucky...
Last spring, Cora was a senior at the Greenup County, Kentucky, Area Technology Center (ATC), where principal Stacey Thompson described her as “an excellent student, hardworking, and demonstrates exceptional character.” As the eldest in a large family with many...
Want2Work helped Trey earn welding certifications, receive professional gear and begin his career before graduating high school.
Through the Americans Helping Americans® Want2Work (W2W) initiative, our partner career and technical education schools throughout Appalachia receive grants that are awarded to the schools to purchase required items such as nursing scrubs, welding helmets, automotive...
Every child deserves a pair of shoes that fits comfortably and allows them to walk into school, play with friends, and go about their day with confidence. But for many families in distressed Appalachian communities, buying a brand-new pair of shoes can...
At Americans Helping Americans®, we understand that many school systems in Appalachia have tight budgets and, in many cases, cannot afford to provide additional funding for classroom needs and other expenses that teachers would like to have to enhance...
This summer, parents of school-age children are not imagining it: “School supplies really do cost more this year,” reported PBS News on July 30. “Pencils are more expensive,” it reported. “So are notebooks, scissors, glue sticks – just about every back-to-school item...
Serving Grainger, Cocke, Jefferson, and Hamblen counties in northeastern Appalachian Tennessee, Appalachian Ministries of the Smokies (AMOS), located in Jefferson City, strives to provide a holistic community approach to service, as it has for more than four decades....
For many years, Americans Helping Americans® has supplied our partner in McDowell County, WV, Big Creek People in Action (BCPIA) with food boxes, along with cash grants for programs including holiday food, home repairs, summer camps, and more. “We are very...
More than a dozen kids in Big Creek People in Action’s (BCPIA) summer camp program, supported by Americans Helping Americans®, were “super-excited” to say the least about their “flight” to Hawaii on the morning of Wednesday, June 10. Many, if not all, of the...
Americans Helping Americans® Provides New Tools for Home Repairs On Wednesday, June 10, staff members from Americans Helping Americans® were in the tiny West Virginia community of Caretta to present a check for $2,500 for new tools to Dyanne Spriggs, executive...