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.

Raleigh

• Raleigh United Mutual Aid Hub has supply drop-off sites in Raleigh, Durham and Carrboro. You can find the addresses on their Instagram. 
  • You can donate to the organization or sign up to volunteer. 
• The No Woman, No Girl Initiative is a nonprofit with several locations in the Triangle aiming to provide hygiene products to women and girls experiencing a crisis. You can donate products through their Amazon wish list. 
• The American Red Cross has a branch located at 100 N. Peartree Lane, Raleigh. You can learn about volunteering, and making monetary or blood donations on their website. 

Carrboro 

• Back Alley Bikes — located at 100 Boyd St., Carrboro — is another drop-off site for RUMAH. 
  • Jennifer Marshall, a bicycle mechanic, said the store is receiving goods including batteries, baby formula, Gatorade, nonperishable food and toilet paper. She said there are many businesses in the Triangle that are collecting donations.
  • "From what I've seen, this has been a community effort," she said. "I think a lot of people have just wanted to help, especially in this area." 

• Armadillo Grill is collecting goods including N95 masks, flashlights and other nonperishables. Donations can be dropped at the Orange County Social Club located at 108 E. Main St., Carrboro. 

Durham 

• Durham Rescue Mission is a nonprofit homeless shelter. They also provide food, job placements and clothing. You can find ways to help by donating or volunteering. 
• The American Red Cross has another branch in Durham, located at 4737 University Drive, Building 3, Durham. 
• Like others with family in western North Carolina, a man from Durham is raising money for a relative hurt by Helene. Robert Martin started a GoFundMe for his nephew, John Norwood III, who Martin said lost his home and was injured by a landslide. 
  • "Donate somewhere to somebody," Martin said. "They can help John, [or] they can help the whole community by donating something." 

Other Triangle-based groups donating aid

• United Way of North Carolina launched UW Helps NC Fund to provide aid to victims of Helene on Sept. 29. The fund is collecting money to distribute to other relief agencies.

• Gov. Roy Cooper's office runs the N.C. Disaster Relief Fund, which is accepting volunteers and donations. 
  • Cooper's team also leads N.C. Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster. They are looking for volunteers and donations.

• The nonprofit Diaper Bank of North Carolina in Hillsborough is providing supplies to people in western North Carolina. It accepts monetary donations and items through their Amazon wishlist. They are looking for volunteers. 
  • Michelle Schaefer-Old, the CEO and founder, said some necessary supplies include diapers, baby formula, period products and adult incontinence products. Schaefer-Old said families who cannot access these products normally tend to struggle even more during natural disasters. 
  • "That is just amplified, because usually either they're spending their last dollar on getting gas so that they can leave or [to] get to a shelter, or they just are doing without," she said.

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