by admin | Jul 24, 2014 | Basic Needs, Youth Programs
While many elementary school-aged children can’t wait for the summer months when school is out to be able to play all day, go swimming and perhaps have a nice vacation with their families, for many low-income children on free- and reduced-lunches programs, it can be a...
by admin | Jun 6, 2014 | News, Veterans Support, Youth Programs
Sticky fingers…on toys…or on computer keyboards, were all buzzing away at the community center in War, WV during the last weeks of May. Children had safe refuge and tutoring in the after-school programs. Adults were taking much-needed computer literacy training in...
by admin | May 19, 2014 | News, Personal Stories, Youth Programs
For many impoverished children in one of our nation’s poorest regions, summer is a long, dull, and often times and potentially dangerous few months as many children are left at home unsupervised. Studies show that children living in rural areas of the US or that...
by admin | Oct 20, 2013 | News, Youth Programs
Support is Needed Throughout the Year. It is difficult for students to do well in school when they are faced with the worry of having enough school supplies to get them through the school year. Americans Helping Americans® provided 1,900 backpacks to five...
by admin | Aug 28, 2013 | Basic Needs, News, Youth Programs
Your support allows Americans Helping Americans to give money for new shoes and other back-to-school gear that helps children to feel confident and succeed in school. As a little girl from Georgia said, “I can go to school and no one can make fun of me. I have...
by admin | Jul 19, 2013 | Basic Needs, News, Youth Programs
Volunteers discover more need while distributing sandwiches at a summer school in Georgia. Some of the children were in desperate need of hygiene supplies and were so disadvantaged, they’d never owned their own books. They were so happy to receive help. The...
