Helene hit Greenville hard, but the damage in the Upstate was nothing compared to what happened in western North Carolina and East Tennessee. The mountains, lakes and rivers we love made the hurricane worse — and the recovery so much harder for those communities.
Donation boxes at the NEXT Innovation Center
JDG has donation boxes in our office, located at 411 University Ridge in Greenville. We’re planning to take all the supplies we gather up to western North Carolina on or around October 25.
Here’s our listed of requested and suggested items:
- Polydent for elders’ dentures
- Coffee and cream
- Ibuprofen/Tylenol (kids + adults)
- Ketchup and mustard
- Juice for children
- Juice/food for infants
- Baby formula
- Paper products (plates, bowls, paper towels, etc.)
- Batteries (AA, AAA, C, D)
- Solar-charged lanterns, lights, etc.
- Minute Rice/ Minutes pasta
- Gas/ Propane/ Butane
- Oranges
- Portable showers
- Head lamps
- Hand warmers (Hot Hands)
- Rubber boots
- Rubber/work gloves
- Masks
- Hand sanitizer
- Disinfectants
- Contractor trash bags
- Ensure Protein Shakes
- Gatorade
- Socks
- Coolers
If you’d like to donate money, this list of non-profits would appreciate the help.
Beloved Asheville
Venmo@BeLoved-Asheville
Or by mail:
PO Box 6386
Asheville, NC 28816
Shiloh Community Association GoFundMe
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee
Thanks for helping rebuild these communities in western North Carolina and East Tennessee. These people have urgent need of our help.
If you have any questions, please contact Kim Johnston at 864.250.0701 or kim@jdg.us.
