Highlands Foundation
Your contribution will help those less fortunate this Holiday Season
As the holiday season approaches, our thoughts turn to gratitude and the importance of giving back to our communities.
The Highlands Foundation is a dedicated nonprofit organization committed to alleviating hunger in eastern Kentucky. Our mission is to support 17 food banks in our region, ensuring that no one goes to bed hungry.
One in eight people in Kentucky is unsure where their next meal will come from. This alarming reality reflects the dire need for support, especially in the eastern part of our state. Hunger is an issue that transcends age, gender, and ethnicity, and it is affecting our friends, neighbors, and even children who should be focusing on their education and dreams rather than the growling of their empty stomachs.
Here are some examples of how your contribution can help:
- A donation of $75 can provide a week’s worth of groceries for a family in need.
- A contribution of $300 can supply a local food bank with essential non-perishable items for families in our communities.
Your kindness can help us create a brighter and more hopeful holiday season for families across eastern Kentucky.
Together, we can ensure that no one in our community goes to bed hungry this holiday season.
Thanks to your incredible generosity, our recent golf outing was an amazing success and we will be able to continue supporting the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program in our service area. We extend our deepest gratitude to every player, sponsor, and volunteer who helped us reach this milestone. In honor of this success, we want to pay special tribute to Dolly Parton and her foundation; her unwavering commitment to youth literacy inspires us daily, and her work ensures that the youngest members of our community can build a bright, literate future right here at home.
As we celebrate this achievement, the changing season brings an urgent challenge to families across our region. The Highlands Foundation is now launching our fall holiday campaign to support the 17 local food banks providing vital nutrition across our five-county area. While books feed the mind, these dedicated pantries ensure our neighbors have food on the table during the holidays. We ask you to open your hearts once again with a financial gift to our holiday food bank drive, ensuring no family in Eastern Kentucky goes hungry this season.
Please click the donate button below to make your tax-deductible contribution, which will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the Highlands Foundation—and you can double your impact even further if your employer offers a corporate matching program!
All donations are tax deductible through Highlands Foundation Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, Prestonsburg KY | IRS ruling year: 2008 | EIN: 20-8036784
Food Banks In The Eastern Kentucky area that we Support:
Appalachian Reach Out
2570 Rockcastle Road, Inez, KY 41224
East Kentucky Dream Center
463 Hambley Boulevard, Pikeville, KY 41501
Fishes and Loaves
2702 South Lake Drive., Prestonsburg, KY 41653
God’s Appalachian Partnership
90 Big Bridge Road, McDowell, KY 41647
God’s Pantry Food Bank
65 Resource Drive, Prestonsburg, KY 41653
Auxier, KY 41602
Martin, KY 4164
Highlands Community Food Basket
1370 Euclid Ave., Paintsville, KY 41240
Prestonsburg, KY 41653
Grethel, KY 41631
57 Open Door Church Road
David, KY 41616
Prater Creek Food Pantry
1491 Mare Creek Road, Stanville, KY 41659
David, KY 41616
Garrett, KY 41630
Soul Food
5204 KY Route 321, Prestonsburg, KY 41653
Water into Wine Food Pantry
5083 Middle Fork Road, Salyersville, KY 41465
12 Baskets Pantry
205 8th Street, Paintsville, KY 41240
Who We Are
When the Highlands Foundation was founded in 2006 it was part of Consolidated Health Systems, a not-for-profit health care system including medical clinics, pharmacies and Highlands Regional Medical Center. When CHS was sold to Appalachian Healthcare System in 2019. Highlands Foundation became a stand-alone company.
Our participation and gift giving comes from the earnings from the foundation endowment and the generous donations from individuals and companies across the region.
Our history
Since its inception in 2006 Highlands Foundation has distributed more than $5,000,000 in our Eastern Kentucky service area through grants and donations to schools, healthcare facilities, food pantries, endowed scholarships, homeless shelters, animal shelters, and other non-profit organizations that fulfill the mission of the foundation. You will find more information about our past donations on our who we support page.
Our Vision
We work to better the lives of our community by supporting the goals of other Charitable and Healthcare Organizations in the Eastern Kentucky service area.
Your generosity in the past has helped us achieve this vision. We have more work to do, so any amount you would like to donate will be appreciated and put to good use.
One Hundred percent of your gifts will be distributed in our community!
Join us with Your Contribution to one of our Local Food Banks - You can Make a Difference!
The Highlands Foundation needs your donations all year long to help communities in Eastern Kentucky, Where Many of our neighbors — including children, seniors, and working families — continue to struggle with hunger. With your support, we can ease that burden.
Whether you’ve given before or are considering your first donation, know that your kindness will go directly to 17 food banks working tirelessly in Eastern Kentucky. These local heroes are distributing groceries, hot meals, and hope to people in urgent need.
Together, we can make this a year of abundance, dignity, and care for all.
Our food banks serve individuals and families in need every single day of the year. Hunger doesn’t follow a calendar — for some, it’s a daily reality. You can visit the Donate page on our website right now and make a meaningful contribution that helps alleviate hunger in Eastern Kentucky, starting today.
Our Mission
TO SUPPORT OTHER CHARITABLE TAX-EXEMPT, GOVERNMENTAL OR EDUCATIONAL ENTITIES WITHIN EASTERN KENTUCKY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH, ESTABLISHING PROGRAMS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION AND INVOLVEMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT OF OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT BENEFIT THE LIVES OF THOSE IN NEED BY DONATING TO OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE EASTERN KENTUCKY AREA.