by admin | Apr 3, 2018 | Featured, Home Rehabilitation, News, Personal Stories, Uncategorized
Roy, his wife, and their two adult sons are all disabled for one reason or another. Living together in the small West Virginia community of Cucumber (pop. 94, and the only community in the U.S. with this name), Roy came to Americans Helping Americans® partner serving...
by admin | Apr 3, 2018 | Featured, Home Page, Home Rehabilitation, News, Personal Stories, Programs, Uncategorized
by admin | Feb 21, 2018 | Basic Needs, Featured, Gen, General, Home Gen, Home Page, News, Personal Stories, Utility Assistance
For the first time in 65 years of married life, after coming home from the hospital himself, Mr. Jones was scared his wife would also return from the hospital to a cold home. He had been out for three hours driving from one church to another determined to find someone...
by admin | Jan 25, 2018 | Basic Needs, Featured, News, Personal Stories, Utility Assistance
“Somebody does care ‘bout an old woman and her dog,” Ms. Stella told us after worrying about how to pay her power bill last winter. She and her four-legged companion Joe literally could’ve been out on the street as public housing will evict a tenant if their...
by admin | Dec 15, 2017 | Featured, Personal Stories
To the loyal supporters of Americans Helping Americans®, What a year it’s been…and indeed what a lifetime it has been! Last week, as I approached my 90th birthday, I couldn’t help but reflect on all that we together have accomplished to help many of the most...
by admin | Nov 15, 2017 | Deliquency Prevention, Personal Stories, Youth Programs, Youth Programs
Leslie joined the L.A.M.P program because she was failing school. “Nobody cared, so why should I” she questioned. But at L.A.M.P she did find people who cared- plenty of them. With that realization, her life would change forever. I have a mentor who...