by admin | May 12, 2016 | Basic Needs, Home Page, Youth Programs, Youth Programs
One day a few years back, Sheldon Livesay, founder and executive director of Americans Helping Americans® partner Of One Accord in Rogersville, Tennessee had a brilliant idea. Livesay, a long-time partner of Americans Helping Americans®, was well aware that hundreds,...
by admin | Apr 25, 2016 | General, Youth Programs
Spring is in the Air: But Summer Camps Are Approaching Fast It’s only April and flowers are just beginning to bloom and the first of the year’s leaves are appearing in the trees. And it won’t be long before summer’s here, schools out and millions of American children...
by admin | Jan 15, 2016 | Basic Needs, Featured, General, News, Programs, Youth Programs, Youth Programs
Beattyville, Kentucky has the dubious distinction of being the poorest “white” town in the United States, according to a recent report in The Guardian newspaper. Of communities of more than 1,000 people, Beattyville is among the four lowest income towns in the...
by admin | Aug 21, 2015 | Appalachia, General, Youth Programs, Youth Programs
For many children in Appalachia, the summer break is not a fun-filled vacation with trips to Disneyland and hanging out with friends at the local swimming pool every day. For too many, it’s weeks of not getting the nutritious meals they receive when school is in...
by admin | Aug 21, 2015 | Appalachia, News, Uncategorized, Youth Programs, Youth Programs
Before the Fourth of July, many parents in Rogersville, Tennessee were already thinking about the upcoming school year. Not that they would be glad to have their kids back in class and no longer underfoot at home, but worrying how they would outfit them for school,...
by admin | May 31, 2015 | Youth Programs, Youth Programs
In recent years, in summer camps organized by Big Creek People in Action in War, West Virginia elementary school children have taken “trips” around the world to places such as Hawaii, Australia, Ireland, and New York City – all without leaving the state! Through its...
