North Carolina Farm Bureau Response to Hurricane Helene
Words cannot describe the heartbreak we all feel for the people of western North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. In response to the devastation, North Carolina Farm Bureau has activated our Hurricane Relief Fund to assist with immediate humanitarian relief efforts and to help address agriculture-specific needs. Contributions can be made by clicking here or by mailing a check to the following address:
North Carolina Farm Bureau Foundation
Re: Disaster Relief Fund
PO Box 27766
Raleigh, NC 27611
We also encourage you to consider supporting the following organizations who have boots on the ground working to help people in need. These organizations also have options for people who would like to volunteer their time to help.
The Disaster Hay and Livestock Resources Assistance Portal is a resource to connect farmers who have been impacted by Hurricane Helene with donated resources. No sales or transactions are made on this website. The requests and offers are collected and sent to NCSU Cooperative Extension where they are matched and coordinated by Extension personnel.
WNC Communities empowers the people of Western North Carolina to cultivate the vitality and prosperity of mountain communities through collaboration and agricultural opportunities. Your support can help provide immediate relief, ensuring that these communities and the farmers who sustain them can rebuild and thrive once again. Every contribution, no matter the size, will make a meaningful difference.
At the storm’s peak, the organization opened more than 15 shelter locations in Western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina.
You can volunteer to serve with the American Red Cross or you can donate blood, which assists medical facilities in responding to disasters.
You can make an online donation or give by texting Helene to 90999.
The road to recovery will be long and difficult, but our faith, coupled with our love and care for one another, will help us persevere through these tragic circumstances. Our prayers are for wisdom in the days ahead and for comfort for all those who are hurting.
Sincerely,
President, North Carolina Farm Bureau
About the NCFB Hurricane Relief Fund
North Carolina Farm Bureau cares about our farm families and the challenges our farmers face every day. Many of the challenges they face are completely out of their control, particularly the weather. The unprecedented storms of 2018 left many of our states farmers and ranchers in dire circumstances in a time where our agricultural economy had not completely recovered from previous weather disasters and lowered net farm income. We knew that we had to act to help our farm families that were devastated by Hurricane Florence and Tropical Storm Michael. The North Carolina Farm Bureau Hurricane Relief Fund was instituted to compliment other organizations and government agencies who demonstrated a long term commitment to helping farmers and rural communities recover from Hurricane Season 2018.
Today, the Hurricane Relief Fund continues to serve farm families and rural communities that are severely impacted by storms through various assistance and outreach programs.