By Christine Baer | Grants Manager
Hi Friends,
All Hands and Hearts sharing our work helping the residents of Asheville, North Carolina recover from the severe effects of Hurricane Helene. Our vision is to create a community-driven response that not only addresses immediate recovery needs but also strengthens preparedness for future challenges, fostering hope and stability in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
Program Accomplishments - to date
Response Scopes
Muck and Guts - 72
Mold Sanitations - 56
Debris Removals - 16
Tree Removals - 24
Moisture Barriers - 3
TOTAL - 179
Recovery Scopes
Interior home repairs - 2
Community Partner Work - providing volunteers for:
Adventure in Relief - Mission activities
American Red Cross - Distribution of essential goods
Black Mountain Home for Youth,Children and Families - Cleanup services
Cheryl’s Thrift - Sorting clothing donations
CORE - Cleanup and rebuild services for mobile home community
Grassroots Aid Partnership - Packing food boxes
Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center - Base improvements in exchange for group housing
Land of the Sky United Church - Cleanup services
Mountain Project - Housing recovery
Savage Ops - Assembly of water filtration systems
Silverados - Distribution of essential goods
Sylvia’s - Distribution of food and non-food items
Toolbank - Tool sharing
World Central Kitchen - Food prep and distribution
Program Challenges:
Another base move - a disruptive move, but a suitable base in every way except that it puts us further away from the homes in our recovery queue which creates its own challenges
Winter weather - winter 2025 was challenging due to extreme weather including heavy snowfall, freezing temperatures, wildfires, and something we called the “mudpocalypse” when temperatures began to rise.
Our Overall Impact To Date:
9,443 # ofIndividuals impacted (largely credited to the food and distribution work)
128 # of households served
179 # of unique response scopes of work
2 # of completed interior home repairs
541 # of Residential Volunteers
293 # of Day Volunteers
823 # of Volunteers in total
38,147 # of Volunteer Hours (the equivalent of $1,335,145 in donated labor at $35/per hour)
Volunteer Feedback
"I came to this program at a very transitional and hard time in my life, I was desperate for a change and this program gave me that. I learned so much in my time here, made tons of real friends and connections, and feel I got the spark back in my life."
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