This #GivingTuesday: Help Families Rebuild After Hurricane Helene

3 Dec 2024 · 1 min

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In this Giving Tuesday video, the speaker urges viewers to donate to Patriot Relief, a nonprofit focused on recovery in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. The narrative centers on Irvin, a painting contractor who lost his entire home in the floods and had his commercial generator stolen. Patriot Relief provided Irvin with an insulated temporary tractor‑shed to shelter his family during winter and donated a commercial generator to help him resume work. The organization emphasizes its 100% pass‑through 501(c)(3) model, delivering funds directly to affected neighbors. Their relief efforts include providing heating supplies, supporting small businesses, and funding repairs such as HVAC systems, roofs, and luxury vinyl plank flooring. The speaker calls viewers to donate via patriotrelieffund.com, share the video, and join a community of “patriots” to rebuild the region.

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On Giving Tuesday, you have a ton of options for where you can make a donation. I'm asking you to support Patriot Relief because we're working in Western North Carolina, and in this video right here, which is shared with permission, you will see Irvin. Irvin lost his home right after he finished all of his remodeling projects. He lost it in the floods of Helene, and I mean lost the whole entire house. His family was safe, but he's got to rebuild. He came to visit with us at our work site where we're building insulated temporary tractor sheds that he and his family and one of his workers are able to use to get out of the winter elements and stay warm and safe while they get the rebuilding process going. Now, when Irvin came to visit with us, he told me that as a painting contractor, he had just had his commercial generator stolen from the job site. So what did we do at Patriot Relief? We had a commercial generator donated to get Irvin back to work. So when you donate to us, our 501 is 100% pass-through back to our neighbors in North Carolina. We We are providing housing options. We are providing supplies in the form of heat. We are helping small businesses, and we're now able to fund some repair work in the form of HVAC, roofs, and LVP. So if you would like to join this group of patriots, we'd love to have your help at patriotrelieffund.com. Make sure you share this video because if you show Irvin there's hope, then we can reach him, the rest of his friends, and get our neighborhood put back together.