Program Overview
Not being able to pay rent or utilities can often mean eviction and
homelessness. We ensure thousands of lights stay on, respiratory
assisting machines operate, and children stay warm during the cold winter
months. We also ensure hundreds of children get new shoes, as well as
warm winter coats and winter gear.

LATEST NEWS/ BLOGS
Big Creek People in Action to Again Offer Super Why and Odd Squad Educational Camps
This summer, as it has every year since 2010, Big Creek People in Action will once again be offering its Super Why Reading Camps and Odd Squad Math Camp in collaboration with West Virginia Public Broadcasting expected to serve about 60 children with educational fun...
Afterschool Program in Georgia Transforms Shy Teen into Successful Student
In many respects Juan was a typical middle school boy, but he also suffered from isolation. He had no friends and was shy because he could not speak clearly with his classmates. “He often felt alone and afraid, so he mostly kept to himself,” we were told by Mary...
Medical Program History
For the past nearly 15 years Americans Helping Americans® has been helping people throughout Appalachia see, eat and smile better through our eyeglasses and dental programs, as well as providing them with emergency medical assistance for necessary prescriptions in...



