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Providing Holiday Meals Across Appalachia
Each year for more than 20 years, thanks to the supporters of Americans Helping Americans® we have been able to ensure that thousands of children, parents and seniors have a nice turkey meal with all the trimmings over the holiday season. Among our partners who hosts...
Introducing the Americans Helping Americans – Helper of the Month Award!
We would like to acknowledge Brent and Candice Duncil as recipients of the Americans Helping Americans – Helper of the Month award! Congrats Brent and Candice! Brent and Candice are both teachers in Kentucky who go above and beyond the call of duty every day to make...
Creating futures with our tutoring program!
Americans Helping Americans® Supports Appalachian Outreach Back-to-School Bash
“Everything is free” at Americans Helping Americans® partner Appalachian Outreach’s “Back-to-School Bash” in Jefferson City, Tennessee. “This is a fun community event to help kick off the school year,” explained Appalachian Outreach Executive Director Jean-Ann Washam....
When a backpack is more than a backpack
The purpose of Americans Helping Americans® partner Raleigh Rescue Mission’s back-to-school school supplies distribution is two-fold, explained the organization’s director of strategic initiatives Christine Montague-Hicks. First, it provides children with the...
Creating a New Life in Raleigh, North Carolina
On any given day, 40 homeless children will be fed, cared for, educated and counseled through the Children’s New Life Plan (CNLP) operated by Americans Helping Americans® partner in North Carolina, the Raleigh Rescue Mission (RRM). For parents entering the RRM’s...
197 Children in Kentucky Have New Shoes through our Barefeet Program!
With school now in session and cold weather approaching, children throughout Appalachia are in need of new shoes. To meet this need, through our Barefeet program, children are taken to a shoe store and are able to pick out EXACTLY what pair of shoes they want each...
The “Extra Cool Afterschool” program goes the extra mile for students in McDowell County, West Virginia
Thursday, August 15, was the exciting start of a new school year for the children who attend Southside K-8 school in McDowell County, West Virginia. An equally exciting day was Tuesday, August 20, for about two dozen or so Southside students who are fortunate enough...
Three new partners and a family’s home is saved!
New Partner Spotlight: Community Helping Hands Clinic of White County, Georgia
In White County, Georgia there is but one primary care physician for 4,130 residents – ten times the national average of 1 doctor per 435 patients. In addition, 16 out of every 100 county residents lack health insurance and cannot afford preventative care, or to pay...
New Partner Spotlight: Five Loaves & Two Fishes of McDowell County, West Virginia
Five Loaves & Two Fishes is located on Coal Heritage Road (US-52) in the small community of Kimball about five miles from Welch, the county seat of McDowell County, West Virginia, arguably among the poorest counties in the country. The county, once thriving in the...
New Partner Spotlight: Sprouting Hope of Marion, Virginia
Among Americans Helping Americans® newest partners is Sprouting Hope, located in Marion, Virginia in the rural southwest region of the state. Sprouting Hope’s mission is to feed the community by growing and sharing healthy produce, with the vision of everyone having...
