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Rally for Relief: Duke Energy employees and volunteers pack supply kits for western North Carolina
Duke Energy employees, nonprofit partners and other volunteers on Wednesday gathered to pack supply kits for western North Carolina.
More than 200 Duke Energy employees, nonprofit partners and other volunteers came together Wednesday to pack supply kits for western North Carolina.
The “Rally for Relief” event took place between noon and 12 p.m. at the Raleigh Convention Center.
The kits will support ongoing recovery efforts in western North Carolina, and the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle will help with transporting the supplies.
Where and how to help with Hurricane Helene relief efforts from the Triangle
Following Hurricane Helene’s devastating impact on western North Carolina, organizations and community members in the Triangle are providing aid to people affected by the disaster.
Following Hurricane Helene’s devastating impact on western North Carolina, organizations and community members in the Triangle are providing aid to people affected by the disaster.
myTalk 107.1 Raises $31,652 For North Carolina Diaper Drive
In response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina, myTalk 107.1/Minneapolis-St. Paul raised $31,652. The radio station then partnered with the Diaper Bank of North Carolina to purchase over 125,000 diapers for needy families in the Asheville area.
myTalk 107.1/Minneapolis-St. Paul raised $31,652. The radio station then partnered with the Diaper Bank of North Carolina to purchase over 125,000 diapers for needy families in the Asheville area. In response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina, myTalk 107.1/Minneapolis-St. Paul raised $31,652. The radio station then partnered with the Diaper Bank of North Carolina to purchase over 125,000 diapers for needy families in the Asheville area.
Diaper Bank delivering millions of hygiene items to Western NC to help with Helene relief
The Diaper Bank of NC is using every avenue to distribute diapers, baby formula, period products, and other hygiene items to western North Carolina.
Michelle Schaefer-Old and her team are working around the clock to help those impacted by Hurricane Helene.
“We start really early and usually our trucks and vans deploy," Schaefer-Old said. "We usually have about eight deliveries a day. We’re not just going and dumping stuff off at a big distribution center. We are being very intentional, working with mayors of the towns.”
How to help women, children, and LGBTQ+ people impacted by Hurricane Helene
LGBTQ+ people and women face unique needs after climate disasters that are often ignored by federal disaster response. Here's how you can help.
LGBTQ+ people and women face unique needs after climate disasters that are often ignored by federal disaster response. Here's how you can help.
The destruction of Hurricane Helene, which made landfall in Florida on Thursday as a Category 4 storm, is coming sharply into focus as the death toll has continued to climb in North and South Carolina, Florida and Georgia. Tennessee and Virginia have also seen devastating impacts. So far over 100 people have been confirmed dead and hundreds more are missing. Millions in the Southeast are still without power, and many communities are dealing with catastrophic flooding. Homes and roads have been destroyed by the storm, leaving residents stranded or without shelter.
Climate change makes hurricanes more destructive by increasing rainfall and storm surge, and some research has linked the rapid intensification of hurricanes like Helene to warming ocean waters.
LGBTQ+ people and women face unique needs after climate disasters that are often ignored by federal disaster response. LGBTQ+ people are twice as likely to be displaced after a disaster and have a harder time accessing recovery resources. Many of the largest organizations that offer relief post hurricanes are faith-based, and some have discriminated against same-sex couples and transgender people seeking shelter or recovery assistance.
Hurricane Helene: How to Help, Donate, and Join Relief Efforts to Impacted Communities
Here's how to get food, water, hygiene products, and more critical supplies to those affected by the climate disaster.
Hygiene, Diapers, Medical Supplies, and More
The Diaper Bank of North Carolina
The Diaper Bank of North Carolina is helping bring relief to families in Western North Carolina. Donations will go toward diapers for infants and toddlers, period products for menstruating individuals, adult incontinence supplies for seniors and those with disabilities, and formula for infants.
Local organization collects diapers for nonprofits to give to families
Diapers are one of the biggest expenses facing parents of young children. It’s estimated that half of those families struggle to afford diapers.
All this week, Channel 9 is working to raise awareness of the need for diaper donations in our community. You may not know, but there’s a North Carolina Diaper Bank here in Charlotte filling the critical need for so many families.
Diapers are one of the biggest expenses facing parents of young children. It’s estimated that half of those families struggle to afford diapers.
All this week, Channel 9 is working to raise awareness of the need for diaper donations in our community. You may not know, but there’s a North Carolina Diaper Bank here in Charlotte filling the critical need for so many families.
VIDEO- ‘Diaper Bank’ helps support families in North Carolina
VIDEO- ‘Diaper Bank’ helps support families in North Carolina
Breaking the period product insecurity cycle: An observational study of outcomes experienced by recipients of free period products in the United States
The United States is increasingly recognizing period product insecurity, insufficient access to menstrual products and limited private spaces for managing menstruation due to financial constraints, as an issue impacting the well-being and dignity of Americans.
The United States is increasingly recognizing period product insecurity, insufficient access to menstrual products and limited private spaces for managing menstruation due to financial constraints, as an issue impacting the well-being and dignity of Americans. One strategy to address period product insecurity has been distributing free period products via period supply banks. The outcomes of period product distribution outside the school setting are absent from the literature.