by admin | Oct 27, 2021 | Basic Needs, Helper of the Month, News
Americans Helping Americans® is honored to award Sharon Stone as our Helper of the Month for October. Congratulations, Sharon! Sharon created the Free Book Bus; a mobile effort to bring books at no cost to children and young adults throughout Charlottesville City,...
by admin | Oct 13, 2021 | Basic Needs, News
In many places in rural Appalachia, toothbrushes, toothpaste and dental floss are not seen as basic needs for keeping children’s teeth clean and healthy, but sadly a “luxury” that many parents simply cannot afford. In fact, for these children, their parents have...
by admin | Oct 5, 2021 | Basic Needs, Healthcare, News
The mission of Americans Helping Americans® partner, Community Helping Hands Clinic in Cleveland, Georgia, is to provide healthcare to the “medically underserved” in White County where there is just one physician for every 4,100 residents – more than two-and-a-half...
by admin | Sep 17, 2021 | News, Tutoring Programs
The McDowell County, West Virginia, Career & Technology Center partners with Big Creek People in Action, on a tutoring program for students who need additional help in specific academic areas. The program’s tutors, who are funded with grant money from Americans...
by admin | Sep 10, 2021 | Barefeet, Basic Needs, News
Big Creek People in Action in McDowell County, West Virginia has long been a partner of Americans Helping Americans® as we have worked together to provide needy children with backpacks filled with school supplies, and warm coats, hats and gloves to keep them warm all...
by admin | Sep 1, 2021 | Basic Needs, Food Box, News
Throughout Appalachia, struggling families and the elderly and disabled getting by month to month on meager fixed incomes often have to make a difficult choice: pay their utility bills, rent — or put food on the table for themselves and their children. But this...
