SUMMER FOOD PROGRAM

Program Overview

When school is closed for the summer children are not guaranteed a meal every day at home. The Summer Food program delivers lunches to children.
Boys sit outside a shoe store proudly holding new shoes from the Barefeet program in Appalachia.

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Cora, a Want2Work participant, starting a career in healthcare

How Want2Work Helped Cora Start a Career in Healthcare

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...

Helping Appalachian Students Prepare for Careers Through the Want2Work Program

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...