Dear John,

Our friends need our help. So do our neighbors, coworkers, and relatives.

We have seen heartbreaking devastation come to Western NC. Boone and Asheville have been receiving a lot of news (for good reason); but Appalachia is huge, and there are a lot of areas that we aren’t seeing in the news. 

They need our help.

We ask you to consider sending donations to some of the places not making national news, but that have boots on the ground within these communities. These are just a few of the 25 counties ravaged by Helene. 

Yancey County
Our policy director, Robin Smith lives in Burnsville in Yancey County, and is a witness to the unfathomable devastation there. Please consider making a donation to help folks directly in Yancey county by donating. Then take one more step and ask your friends to do the same. These are a couple of options that Robin has recommended because they are on the ground in her community:
- Fuel Helicopters to Save NC Mountain Communities >> www.gofundme.com/f/fuel-helicopters-to-save-nc-mountain-communities?lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link
- West Burnsville Baptist Church to provide supplies for the victims of Hurricane Helene >> gofund.me/aa5333a3

Mitchell County
- PATH (serving Yancey and Mitchell– indicate hurricane relief on your donation) >> pathwnc.org/

Additionally, the North Carolina Department of public safety put out a document that provides county specific resources for all of the counties in need >> files.nc.gov/dps/documents/2024-10/TS-Helene-resourcesv3.pdf?VersionId=A6mMjYqsfY8z9Goc3CfKZNVy96UwUTGA
The Blueridge Public Radio also shares county specific resources here >> www.bpr.org/bpr-news/2024-09-28/list-ways-to-donate-and-help-flood-victims-in-western-north-carolina-after-hurricane-helene

State Programs 
You can donate to NC's Hurricane Recovery Program here >> pay.payitgov.com/ncdonations
Or donate to Clean Energy Disaster Relief for Western North Carolina for energy purposes >> energync.org/disaster-relief-fund
If you or anyone you know needs help with the FEMA process, you can contact the Southern Coalition for Social Justice’s Hotline at 919-391-0367 or email [email protected].

When we get folks through this tragedy, then we can focus on legislation that helps ameliorate these devastating realities of climate change.
Right now, our neighbors need water, medicine, food, and reconstruction. 

It can’t wait.

Carrie Clark 
Executive Director
NC League of Conservation Voters

Dan Crawford 
Director of Governmental Relations
NC League of Conservation Voters

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