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'One of the hardest days since the hurricane:' Asheville church needs more for rent relief

Sarah Honosky

December 13, 2024 |

Citizen-Times |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Asheville, North Carolina

The Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church in Asheville, North Carolina, is providing rent assistance, including same-day eviction protection, for people impacted by Hurricane Helene.

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After Helene, relief network takes the chaos out of giving

Esmé Fox

December 10, 2024 |

The 9th Street Journal |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, North Carolina

A network of local organizations in North Carolina are supplying people impacted by Hurricane Helene with clothing that can keep them warm as winter arrives. They run clothing drives and then sort the donations to meet specific requests, which is more helpful than giving out boxes of random clothes.

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Where housing needs are huge after Helene's wrath, tiny cabins offer shelter in NC

Nora O’Neill

December 04, 2024 |

The Charlotte Observer |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, North Carolina

The Cabins 4 Christ initiative is providing shed-like shelters for people who lost their homes in the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. The structures include a composting toilet, mattresses, plenty of insulation, and supplies like water and a cooking stove.

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2 Months After Hurricane Helene, How Are Impacted Local Organizers Coping?

Kelly Hayes

December 02, 2024 |

Truthout |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Asheville, North Carolina

Aflorar Herb Collective provides herbs to community members in the wake of Hurricane Helene and intense recovery efforts to address high levels of stress, anxiety, insomnia and other mental health struggles. The group uses locally grown herbs and traditional practices to make teas, salves, soaks and other remedies to calm the parasympathetic nervous system and provide a moment of much-needed self-care and rest to those impacted by the storm.

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Spreadsheets spreading hope in Western North Carolina

Dana Winter

November 26, 2024 |

WHNS-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, North Carolina

A resident of Western North Carolina started a google form and spreadsheet to connect community members with volunteers offering the help they need to recover after Hurricane Helene.

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'We're trusting in God's economy': Asheville church provides low-barrier rent relief to vulnerable residents

Laura Hackett

November 21, 2024 |

Blue Ridge Public Radio |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Asheville, North Carolina

A church is helping residents of Asheville, North Carolina, pay their overdue rent and utility bills after Hurricane Helene. It's using discretionary funds and working with landlords to help those who apply.

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How musicians are helping western North Carolinians replace instruments lost in Helene

Paul Albani-Burgio

November 19, 2024 |

Citizen-Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Asheville, North Carolina

Restring Appalachia matches people who lost their instruments to Hurricane Helene with donors offering up instruments of similar quality. So far, roughly 175 people have signed up to donate about 400 instruments, with about 20 delivered to Asheville so far, though the need still outpaces the supply.

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In the North Carolina mountains, the VA is making house calls to veterans still isolated from Helene

Jay Price

November 04, 2024 |

WUNC |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Asheville, North Carolina

In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, the regional Veterans Affairs system around the Charles George VA Medical Center is sending out teams to provide services and supplies to more than 2,600 high-risk veterans living in isolated areas.

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This disaster relief nonprofit is pioneering a clean energy alternative to noisy, polluting generators

Elizabeth Ouzts

October 24, 2024 |

Energy News Network |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, North Carolina

The Footprint Project is working to make disaster recovery efforts more sustainable by replacing diesel- and gas-powered generators with solar-powered batteries. The team works with local solar companies, nonprofits, community groups, and governments to distribute as much solar-powered climate tech as they can in the wake of disasters.

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Hurricane Helene underscores need for more solar-battery microgrids

Jeff St. John

October 18, 2024 |

Canary Media |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Hot Springs, North Carolina

A small community in the mountains of North Carolina, Hot Springs, relied on a solar-powered microgrid with battery storage when the substation that supplied its power washed away in the flooding after Hurricane Helene. Microgrids like that could be a critical part of building extreme weather resilience elsewhere, too.

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