https://youtu.be/tYk1fdabB6I It is at this time each year that we look back on all that we have accomplished together – our organization, our grassroots partners in Appalachia, and, of course, our supporters who made it all possible during the past 12 months. While...
Our Goal, with you, this Giving Tuesday. Provide 3,000 winter coats to youth and adults in Appalachia. Winter is not just coming, but it has already arrived in the mountains of Appalachia where the low temperature in the small town of War, in McDowell County, West...
Winter is not just coming, but it has already arrived in the mountains of Appalachia where the low temperature in the small town of War, in McDowell County, West Virginia is predicted to drop to 27 degrees on Sunday, November 13, and where our partner there, Big Creek...
In rural Jefferson, Cocke, Grainger, and Hamblin counties in northeastern Appalachian Tennessee, our longtime partner there, Appalachian Ministries (AMOS) operates a home rehab program for the elderly, disabled, veterans, and other homeowners living in substandard...
Many of us have fond childhood memories of running barefoot on manicured lawns on warm summer days with the carefully tended, freshly cut grass poking up through between our toes. Following that is the excitement of having your mom or dad take you to a local shoe...
There can be no doubt that the best way to develop a love of learning in a student is to start off at an early age – even before they start the first grade. “One of our most rewarding programs is our afterschool program,” says Dyanne Spriggs, co-executive director of...
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...
In McDowell County, West Virginia, there are virtually no opportunities for gainful employment for many, particularly those young adults with no marketable job skills. That’s why Americans Helping Americans® supports a tutoring program offered at the county’s Career...
Christy Brown and Heather Estep Americans Helping Americans® Americans Helping Teachers grant recipients Christy Brown and Heather Estep teach at the Washburn School, a Pre K-12, Title 1 school located in the foothills of Clinch Mountain in the rural community of...
Not again! That was likely the reaction of tens of thousands of residents of eastern Kentucky, first responders, government officials at the local, state and federal levels, and nonprofit organizations serving distressed Appalachian communities, including us here at...
It’s nearly back-to-school time, and for children in Appalachia living in low-income households it’s a time of fear of embarrassment of showing up for the first day of classes and when the teacher tells them to take out their pencils and paper, and they have neither....
The Appalachian Ministries of the Smokies (AMOS), our longtime partner formerly known as Appalachian Outreach, in Jefferson City, Tennessee, has been busy this spring making dreams come true for elderly and disabled homeowners in their community by repairing leaking...