Helping Appalachia Communities with Food and Essential Resources
Our Mission is to join communities, build and strengthen neighbor relations, and work side by side with residents to address community-wide concerns linking them to the resources supportive of a healthy, safe and economically vibrant standard of living.
food boxes distributed last year, each food box enough to feed a family of four for a week
children received school supplies to get a good education in 2025.
kids participated in summer camps.
students received vocational education, training, and professional equipment.
home repair projects completed in 2025.
WHAT WE DO ⎯
Featured Programs
Each program answers a practical need: reliable meals, safer homes, school support, and essentials that help families stabilize.
Food Box Program
Provides food boxes, each enough to feed a family of four for a week, to communities facing food insecurity.
Education Program
Offers academic assistance, school supplies, and support that helps children stay ready to learn.
Home Rehabilitation
Repairs roofs, floors, porches, stairs, and other safety risks so families can live with dignity.
Basic Needs
Provides essentials such as coats, blankets, footwear, dental kits, and emergency utility assistance.
Home Rehabilitation
Repairs roofs, floors, porches, stairs, and other safety risks so families can live with dignity.
Basic Needs
Provides essentials such as coats, blankets, footwear, dental kits, and emergency utility assistance.
OUR MISSION ⎯
Breaking the cycle of poverty in Appalachia
Generations of families in Appalachia face limited access to essentials, stable housing, transportation, health care, and education. Americans Helping Americans strengthens community-led work so local partners can respond with speed, trust, and care.
Food Access
Delivering steady food support to families who might otherwise go without reliable meals.
Safe Housing
Repairing and rebuilding homes so seniors, families, and disabled residents can live safely.
Education & Training
Equipping students and adults with supplies, support, and training that widen opportunity.
Our Partners
We are thankful for the organizations who have partnered with Americans Helping Americans to make positive changes to the lives of many in our nation.
Our Impact
Learn about ways that Americans Helping Americans is making a difference in the lives of families and individuals in our communities.
Your gift helps local partners act quickly.
Every contribution supports practical resources like food boxes, home repairs, school supplies, emergency aid, and basic needs assistance.
LATEST UPDATES ⎯
Stories & News
Recent stories from the communities, partners, and families connected to Americans Helping Americans.
Tanya: No Longer ‘Useless’, but a Valuable Georgia Farmer
Tanya, who has learning disabilities, grew up being regarded as “stupid and useless.” However, that did not deter this determined young woman from becoming self-sufficient. Today, thanks to the supporters of Americans Helping Americans®, our partner in Cleveland,…
From bad decisions to fresh starts, a valuable Georgia farmer, and more!
They sacrificed their spring breaks – all to make a stranger’s home better
In March, a total of 48 students from the University of Richmond, Notre Dame University and Rider University spent their spring breaks in McDowell County, West Virginia instead of on a beach in Florida or skiing in Colorado. For several days each, these young men and…