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Helene piled on additional stress, challenges during pregnancy and delivery
Pregnant and newly postpartum women found themselves displaced by Helene — confronting canceled appointments, reworked birth plans and the loss of their belongings.
Pregnant and newly postpartum women found themselves displaced by Helene — confronting canceled appointments, reworked birth plans and the loss of their belongings.
Hailey Jones will never forget the first baby she delivered: Her neighbor and best friend’s baby girl entered the world at a home on the banks of the Swannanoa River in Buncombe County on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 9:16 a.m.
While a home birth was always planned, Mother Nature inflicted more challenging circumstances than they’d envisioned.
Diaper Bank of NC on the Do Good Charlotte Podcast
Hurricane Helene recently devastated our mountain towns. Our hearts ache for western NC, and as a state, we're uniting to help our neighbors rebuild.
We can all contribute, and many already have. But the road to recovery is long, which is why we're bringing you this special edition of Do Good Charlotte.
In this episode, we highlight three organizations making a unique impact in the recovery effort – and showing you how you can pitch in.
Featuring Jason Gudzunas, the Executive Director of the Charlotte branch of the American Red Cross; Clark Pennington, COO of The Independence Fund; Michelle Schaefer-Old, the Founder and CEO of the Diaper Bank of NC.
How to Help the Victims of Hurricane Helene
The Diaper Bank of North Carolina is collecting donations to buy diapers, period products, and incontinence supplies for hurricane victims. You can also access their Amazon wishlist here.
From donations to volunteer work, how to help those affected by Helene
The Diaper Bank of North Carolina is working to provide essentials to families in need of diapers, formula and menstrual supplies, with a focus right now on helping those in western North Carolina.
"Every dollar you give will go directly toward helping families affected by this disaster," according to fund organizers.
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.