Our hearts are heavy this week. Our dwelling state of North Carolina was hit so laborious by Hurricane Helene.
Volunteers are working across the clock to offer satisfactory shelter, meals, and water to canines and cats (and people) in want. Nevertheless, the sources are extraordinarily restricted, together with operating water, energy, and web.
Fortunately, the storm didn’t severely injury the Asheville Humane Society‘s (AHS) amenities. Nevertheless, a scarcity of potable water made it troublesome to take care of animals within the Buncombe County Animal Shelter.
Consequently, AHS has flown round 100 animals to Forsyth Humane Society (in our hometown of Winston-Salem) to maintain them secure in shelters and foster houses away from the destruction.
How You Can Assist
2 major wants of the AHS right now are fuel + financial donations through their Venmo @ashevillehumane
Canine Journal donated pet food to the Asheville and Watauga County (Boone) Humane Society throughout these troublesome instances.
Listed below are the hyperlinks to Amazon want lists for NC shelters:
- ASHEVILLE: right here and right here
- BOONE: right here
- FORSYTH: right here (gathering to drop objects to Western NC shelters in want)
Please unfold the phrase and provides when you’ve got the means. And when you’ve got suffered from this storm, our hearts exit to you.
