Disaster Responses & Projects Since 2003

2006 – Western Tennessee – Tornados – Delivered a tractor trailer load of disaster relief to the victims.

2005 – Christmas From The Heart – Helped 600 children in Western NC and 600 children in Mississippi to have a better Christmas.

2005 – Florida – Hurricane Wilma – Advance team contacted churches and assisted in the set up of a relief center Immokalee.

2005 – Louisiana – Texas – Hurricane Rita – Distributed two tractor trailer loads of disaster relief supplies.

2005 – Gulf Coast – United States – Assisted with Hurricane Katrina Relief – Over 180 semi loads of disaster relief supplies and food.  8,000+ man hours spent in service throughout the area.  Over 8 million dollars worth of goods and services distributed throughout the affected region. (ONGOING)

2005 – Florida – Hurricane Dennis – Sent an advance team which assisted local churches in distributing relief supplies.

2005 – Haywood County, NC – Spearheaded a campaign called “Spring Into Action”, a project that will build a flood victim a new home with the help of local businesses.  (ONGOING)

2005 – India Tsunami Relief – Sent a medical/feeding team to Tiruvuru India.  In fourteen days they were able to help a local orphanage to prepare for the rise in orphans in the area, feed nearly 19,000 people, and medically treat nearly 1,000 individuals who were survivors of the tsunami.

2005 – Sri Lanka – Sent over 120,000 pounds of disaster relief supplies in containers to tsunami victims in Sri Lanka. 

2004 – Florida – Provided over $350,000 worth of disaster supplies and food along with over 1,500 volunteer man hours in food distribution and debris removal.

2004 – Western North Carolina Floods – Distributed over $1,000,000 in cash and disaster relief supplies to flood damaged areas with efforts ongoing.

2004 – Christmas From The Heart – Helped over 400 under-privileged children with Christmas in western North Carolina.

2003 – Jackson, Tennessee – Tornados – Sent teams and disaster relief supplies to the Midwest to assist with the night over 300 tornadoes hit the Midwest

2003 – Beacon Fire, Swannanoa Community – Largest fire in western North Carolina; provided logistical support for Buncombe County.

2003 – Asheville, North Carolina – Community Emergency Response Teams (C.E.R.T.) – Set up training for Buncombe County residents for a disaster preparedness course which was initiated by President Bush’s Citizen’s Corp Initiative. (ONGOING)

2003 – Asheville, North Carolina – Developed a four-hour seminar for disaster preparedness called “PIP” (Preparedness Is Paramount). (ONGOING)

2003 – Asheville, North Carolina – Established a voucher program to assist local disaster victims with clothing and other household items through Goodwill Industries, Inc. (ONGOING)

2003 – Asheville, North Carolina – Established a program called “School Tools” to help local underprivileged children with school supplies. (ONGOING)

2003 – Eastern North Carolina – Hurricane Isabel –Over 150,000 pounds of disaster supplies and food distributed along with over 1,000 volunteer man hours in debris removal and food distribution.

2003 – Hatteras Island, NC – Carolina Christmas –Provided food, new rain gear and blankets to children and residents of Hatteras Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Isabel.

2003 – West Virginia Christmas – Directed over 10,000 pounds of food and blankets to a mining area of southern Appalachia.

2003 – Virginia – Assisted a small charity, “Mission of Peace” with food and blankets after their facility was flooded in late November of 2003.

2003 – Christmas From The Heart – Provided over 600 underprivileged children with Christmas in western North Carolina.