Supplies For Hurricane Helene Victims To Be Taken To North Carolina Before Christmas
December 6, 2024 at 5:13 p.m.
Supplies are being collected and will be taken to North Carolina for Hurricane Helene victims ahead of the Christmas holiday.
Plymouth resident and Tippecanoe Valley graduate Tim Doud is planning on taking any donations gathered to Asheville, N.C.
People can drop off donations Faith Outreach Center, 1125 E Ninth St., Rochester; JB Furniture, 2101 E. Center St., Warsaw; Tim Doud Allstate, 114 E. Clinton St., Goshen; Tim Doud Allstate, 2039 E. Ireland Road, South Bend; and Tim Doud Allstate, 536 N. Oak Drive, Plymouth.
Donations need to be dropped off by Dec. 14 and the items will be taken to North Carolina Dec. 17, according to Doud.
People can donate items such as 100-foot extension cords, 6,500-watt generators, Little Buddy Heaters with extra tanks, canned or boxed food, especially Masa flour, rice (up to 5-pound bags only); toilet paper and paper towels; lumber, screws/nails, tarps (large and small); and money donations to help purchase new appliances and building material through www.hishandsandfeetintl.com.
This is the second trip to take supplies to North Carolina Doud has made this year.
“In September, I went to help the Hurricane Helene victims in the Asheville, N.C., area. With the help of others, we were able to distribute much-needed supplies. All the donations were greatly appreciated,” Doud said via e-mail.
“The level of destruction in the Black Mountain area was overwhelming. So many people lost everything - 2,400 homes were destroyed and 22,500 were damaged due to the flooding, wind and falling trees. From what I have heard, less than 1% of the people had flood insurance coverage. This area had already received 10-15 inches of rain three days prior to the hurricane hitting. Hurricane Helena dumped 25-35 inches of rain in the Asheville, Black Mountain area over the next four days. The flood waters rose 10-20 feet higher than ever before in history. It was a mess,” according to information provided by Doud.
When asked why he wanted to make another trip to bring supplies to the area, Doud said, “I was watching video online for two hours and was like, Lord someone should do something to help these people. The next morning, I felt like he was telling me to do something so I pushed out that I was collecting items in Rochester at faith outreach church and my three Allstate offices.”
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Supplies are being collected and will be taken to North Carolina for Hurricane Helene victims ahead of the Christmas holiday.
Plymouth resident and Tippecanoe Valley graduate Tim Doud is planning on taking any donations gathered to Asheville, N.C.
People can drop off donations Faith Outreach Center, 1125 E Ninth St., Rochester; JB Furniture, 2101 E. Center St., Warsaw; Tim Doud Allstate, 114 E. Clinton St., Goshen; Tim Doud Allstate, 2039 E. Ireland Road, South Bend; and Tim Doud Allstate, 536 N. Oak Drive, Plymouth.
Donations need to be dropped off by Dec. 14 and the items will be taken to North Carolina Dec. 17, according to Doud.
People can donate items such as 100-foot extension cords, 6,500-watt generators, Little Buddy Heaters with extra tanks, canned or boxed food, especially Masa flour, rice (up to 5-pound bags only); toilet paper and paper towels; lumber, screws/nails, tarps (large and small); and money donations to help purchase new appliances and building material through www.hishandsandfeetintl.com.
This is the second trip to take supplies to North Carolina Doud has made this year.
“In September, I went to help the Hurricane Helene victims in the Asheville, N.C., area. With the help of others, we were able to distribute much-needed supplies. All the donations were greatly appreciated,” Doud said via e-mail.
“The level of destruction in the Black Mountain area was overwhelming. So many people lost everything - 2,400 homes were destroyed and 22,500 were damaged due to the flooding, wind and falling trees. From what I have heard, less than 1% of the people had flood insurance coverage. This area had already received 10-15 inches of rain three days prior to the hurricane hitting. Hurricane Helena dumped 25-35 inches of rain in the Asheville, Black Mountain area over the next four days. The flood waters rose 10-20 feet higher than ever before in history. It was a mess,” according to information provided by Doud.
When asked why he wanted to make another trip to bring supplies to the area, Doud said, “I was watching video online for two hours and was like, Lord someone should do something to help these people. The next morning, I felt like he was telling me to do something so I pushed out that I was collecting items in Rochester at faith outreach church and my three Allstate offices.”