by admin | Aug 19, 2019 | Basic Needs, Education, Featured, Home Page, Home Rehabilitation, News, Youth Programs
Our friends at Big Creek People in Action in War, West Virginia, one of the groups Americans Helping Americans has been supporting for nearly 20 years, have made a big impact on their community. With our help, they have repaired what seems to be every other house on...
by admin | Aug 13, 2019 | Featured, Home Page, News, Youth Programs, Youth Programs
Earlier this summer, I spent some time “being a kid” at summer camps in small towns throughout Appalachia. In Kentucky and West Virginia at summer camps that are sponsored by Americans Helpings Americans, children find a place where they can be with friends and learn...
by admin | Aug 8, 2019 | Featured, Home Page, Home Page Teasers, Home Rehabilitation, News, Personal Stories
Every year, close to 100 home repair projects are sponsored by Americans Helping Americans and this year is no different. I participated on a few sites, making sure handicap ramps were built, roofs were patched, and kitchen floors were repaired. I met some interesting...
by admin | Aug 7, 2019 | Basic Needs, Education, Featured, Home Page, News
Parents and their children who attend Lee County Elementary School in rural eastern Kentucky were up long before sunrise on Friday, August 2, to take part in the school’s annual “Readifest” event, a tradition there for 26 years to ensure students are ready for the...
by admin | Aug 1, 2019 | Featured, Home Gen, Home Page, Home Page Teasers, News, Personal Stories
My granddad has always been my superhero. I’ve always been inspired by his experiences; growing up during the depression, serving in the Air Force during WWII, meeting presidents, working at the White House, getting a PhD, and starting Americans Helping Americans....
