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Helping Appalachian Students Prepare for Careers Through the Want2Work Program
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...
Helping Children in Appalachia Start School with Backpacks and Supplies
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...
A Virtual Trip to Hawaii Brings Summer Camp to Life in Appalachia
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...