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....
More than two months ago, Beattyville, Kentucky, and surrounding Lee County where our partner Cumberland Mountain Outreach operates, suffered an historic, 100-year flood. Dozens of businesses in the small town’s downtown area were forced to close, and hundreds of...
With the historic flooding that has devastated downtown Beattyville, Kentucky, Americans Helping Americans® is stepping up with $85,000 in grant funding to assist dozens of families and an additional $50,000 to assist numerous small businesses in the downtown area...
In rural Lee County, Kentucky, considered by The New York Times as one of the “hardest” places to live in the country, the elderly, disabled, and struggling families rely primarily on their family members and friends to bring them their groceries. But now, our partner...
For many Appalachian parents, being able to support the educational efforts of their children can be challenging. Now, with the coronavirus pandemic continuing to plague the communities you help us serve, the topic that is on most parents’ minds is what...
