Hurricane Relief
As our parish community looks for ways to support and help our neighbors affected by the recent hurricane, we recognize the desire to give and make a difference. There are many opportunities to provide aid, and we’ve compiled a few suggestions of reputable relief efforts that are making an impact. Your generosity can bring much-needed hope and resources to those in need during this difficult time.
Ways to Help
Acts 1:8 has already allocated and released $6,000 to the hurricane relief efforts. If you want want to donate additionally, you can give through the Anglican Relief Development Fund: https://ardf.org/
If you would like to volunteer to go and serve, click the link below. Volunteers are needed to provide transport, clean up, mud-out, and assist with home repair. ARDF is coordinating with churches who have folks who want to go and serve in the area and matching them with staging churches who can welcome volunteers.
Click here to volunteer: https://www.shelbygiving.com/App/Form/8ed9895b-2208-401a-8e5b-356cf23119e3
St Paul’s is partnering with Trinity Classical Academy and Madison at Fair Springs Stables, who will be taking supplies in her truck and horse trailer to North Carolina weekly. She will be making several trips in the coming days/weeks to areas hardest hit by flooding.
One area Madison is delivering to this weekend has a high population of senior citizens. Below is a list of items needed. These items may be dropped off at Scardon Hall during regular business hours until further notice.
- Diapers
- Baby Food
- Formula
- Distilled water
- Bottled drinking water
- Baby wipes
- Cleaning supplies
- Pull Tab Canned Goods
- Peanut Butter
- Bread
- Fruit Cups
- Any other non-perishable foods
- Canned soft drinks
- Powdered drink packets
- Elder care needs (soft foods, Ensure, incontinence products)
- Other hygiene products (soap, toothbrush/toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo & conditioner, feminine products)
- Gas cans
- Propane tanks
- Shovels
- Trash bags
- Flashlights
- Batteries
- Dry Dog Food
- Dry Cat Food
- Trash bags
- Work gloves
- Hard hats
- Tarps
- Safety goggles
- Waterproof boots
- Bug Spray
- Anything else you can think of that might be needed or appreciated by someone!
Samaritan’s Purse is responding in five locations across four states following the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene. The organization has mobilized medical emergency triage and is coordinating air relief to deliver basic necessities using helicopters and other aircraft. Volunteers are assisting with mudding out homes, removing downed trees, tarping roofs, and clearing debris to help families recover from the crisis.
Learn more here: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/article/pray-for-those-in-helenes-path/
Water Mission, a Charleston-based non-profit, is mobilizing to provide clean water to the hardest-hit areas of Western North Carolina. Starting in Boone, their disaster response team is on the ground, installing 175 generators for electricity and deploying water treatment systems to ensure safe drinking water.
Donations to support this effort can be made here: https://give.watermission.org/p/hurricane-helene-response
The Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief Team is doing chainsaw and muck out work in Pickens County, SC, devastatingly impacted by
Hurricane Helene. There are not enough teams to deal with the overwhelming need.
They are asking for volunteer teams that can assist with chainsaw work now. Assistance will be needed eventually with mucking out flooded homes. It is tough and strenuous work. Volunteer teams and groups will work under the umbrella of the Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief Team for leadership, support and a mission assignment. They are a well respected volunteer organization, active in disaster relief.
Interested volunteer teams and groups should contact:
Danny Rhodes
Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief Team
(864) 247-6389
They ask that only one member of a team or group contact them, since they do not have the time to respond to individual phone calls.