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Here's how to get help

By Lightning Reports, Published: October 5, 2024

Here's a roundup of how to get help:

All fees are now being waived at the Henderson County Transfer Station for Henderson County residents only.

Henderson County and South Buncombe emergency shelters are at Henderson County Athletics & Activity Center, 708 S. Grove St., Edneyville Elementary School, 2875 Pace Road; and WNC Ag Center on N.C. 280.

Resource hubs:

• Etowah Elementary, 320 Etowah School Roa.
• Rugby Middle School, 3345 Haywood Road
• East Henderson High School, 150 Eagle Pride Drive
• North Henderson High School, 35 Fruitland Road
• Mills River Town Hall, 124 Town Center Drive, Mills River
• Fletcher Town Hall, 300 Old Cane Creek Road, Fletcher

Here are sources of help:

• For general information or questions, call the emergency operations center at 828-771-6670. Do not call 911 about road conditions, trees down, power outages or cell phone outages.
• To start the process for FEMA relief for property damage, go to disasterassistance.gov or call 800-621-3362.
• To report a missing loved one, call the nonemergency number (above), 211 or the Red Cross, 800-733-2767.
• For the United Way’s clearinghouse of resources, call 211.
• To volunteer, go to hendersoncountync.gov.

The county's donation drop-off site at 118 McAbee Court, Flat Rock, continues to accept donations. One item we do not need currently is diapers. Non-perishable food items are a major need, especially meal-type canned goods. We also are in need of cleaning supplies, tarps, plasticware, paper plates, cups, flashlights and batteries. We are not accepting perishable food or new/used clothing items at this time. This site is for donation drop offs only. Visit www.visithendersonvillenc.org/helene-relief for a full list of accepted items, donation information.

Immaculata Catholic School, located at 711 Buncombe Street in downtown Hendersonville, is currently the post-Helene primary distribution site for Catholic Charities for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte. At Immaculata, those in need will find necessary items like water, non-perishable food (canned, cereal, snacks, peanut butter), toilet paper, paper towels, diapers, baby wipes, adult diapers, disinfectant wipes, dog and cat food, personal hygiene products.

Nonprofit Pisgah Legal Services is hosting free walk-in clinic 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, at 440 S. Church St. for people affected by Tropical Storm Helene who need to apply for aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assistance. No advance appointments are necessary. Clients will be served on a first-come, first-served basis. For more inforamtioon visit  www.pisgahlegal.org/fema

The clinics will be held from 10am – 4pm at the following Pisgah Legal’s offices:

“Pisgah Legal stands ready to help our local communities," PLS Executive Director Jackie Kiger said. "Securing aid from governmental agencies can be intimidating, but our legal advocates successfully navigate bureaucratic systems every day for our clients. We look forward to helping our neighbors begin their recovery during these extremely difficult times.”

The Community Foundation of Henderson County has set up three funds — Henderson County Disaster Relief, WNC Disaster Relief and Chimney Rock & Lake Lure Disaster Relief. Click here to donate.