After Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina, it didn’t take long for local individuals, churches and businesses to jump into action and start working on relief efforts. Dozens of people have spent hours and days collecting, sorting, and boxing goods, then hauling them to collection centers for distribution to victims of the disaster.
Cathy Farmer of Farmer’s Septic Service in Moon said her husband Allen walked in the morning of Monday, Sept. 30, just four days after the hurricane made landfall in Florida and began its deadly trek through Georgia and the Carolinas, and told her he was going to collect goods for the storm-ravaged Asheville area.
“He said ‘get the word out,’” said Cathy, and by that afternoon she had done her research to determine what items were needed and had posted a Hurricane Helene Support notice on Facebook.
“Our neighbors in Asheville, N.C., need our help after the devastation of Hurricane Helene, and we’re stepping up,” said the post. There was a list of items neede...