Sep 8, 2026
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...
Aug 4, 2026
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...
Jan 7, 2025
Quality education is a fundamental stepping stone to a brighter future, yet for many children in America’s rural communities, especially in Appalachia, this stepping stone is fraught with challenges. Limited resources, poverty, and lack of access to basic educational...
Aug 6, 2024
Despite the pouring rain on the morning of Thursday, July 25 in the small town of Jefferson City, Tennessee, hundreds of families and hundreds more children were lined up and waiting patiently to receive backpacks filled with school supplies and more. Our partner...
Oct 18, 2023
A Summer of Memories, and Meal, for Hundreds of Appalachian children Summer’s over for children throughout Appalachia, and school has resumed. Hundreds of children have exciting stories to share when asked, “What did you do this summer?”...
