For the past several years, our partners who operate summer day camps throughout Appalachia have been 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 able to...
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 the learning...
At Americans Helping Americans® we fight food insecurity in Appalachia in a variety of ways including by providing food boxes to struggling low-income families and the elderly and disabled getting by on meager fixed incomes, supporting a food delivery program in rural...
One might say it takes a “village” to repair a house or mobile home to enable low-income elderly and disabled homeowners to be able to continue to live in the place they love and call home. But the reality is, it takes much more than that. It takes a small local...
Americans Helping Americans® is honored to award Lev Burstein as our Helper of the Month for March. Congratulations, Lev! Lev Burstein, who is 13 years old, started Hot Sauce 4 Heat, which is dedicated to providing proceeds of every sale of its hot sauce to help...
As spring has arrived (technically, anyway), our gardening programs in Kentucky and Virginia are working diligently to ensure they are ready to hit the ground running when it comes time to put seeds and seedling to ground. In Kentucky, our partner, the Puckett Family...
Although the year has just begun, our partner, Big Creek People in Action, in McDowell County has been operating its programs supported by Americans Helping Americans® at full steam ahead. Among them are its vocational tutoring program at the county’s Career &...
On Friday, April 22, the Heber Dunaway Gymnasium at Lee, Kentucky, County Middle High School in will be packed with students proudly showing off their science fair projects to their fellow classmates, teachers, parents, and, of course, the judges. And with the help of...
What a difference a year makes! On Monday, March 1, 2021, Lexington, Kentucky TV station LEX18 was reporting “Beattyville, a small mountain town in Kentucky, is under water following a downpour of rain this past weekend. Boats could be seen floating down Main Street....
Americans Helping Americans® is honored to award Jessica Higgs as our Helper of the Month for February. Congratulations, Jessica! Jessica, who works for a grocery delivery service, received an order from a woman who was ordering food for her older father who couldn’t...
The Tahisco Tech Robotics Team at Tate High School in Cantonment, Florida is described as “a very young but driven team led by hard work and determination alone.” On March 16-19, 15-member the team hopes to be able to compete at The Inaugural Tallahassee Regional...
In the small town of Cleveland, Georgia, our partner, Community Helping Hands Clinic (CHHC), provides residents of the surrounding White County who meet low-income requirements and who do not have health insurance are seen at no charge by medical professionals who...