Western NC Helene donation options (heath, recommended)

No spots and bruising, no storm damage here.

I watched (skimmed) some press conferences Sunday evening  - one from a hard hit Tennessee county, one from the NC governor. I now have the cheerful thought of propane tanks floating down the French Broad River.

While the Red Cross is probably a good place to donate, i've run across a few others:

This org https://mountainprojects.org/ was suggested by Blue Ridge Public radio. They have an unrestricted emergency fund that they use for responding to individual needs in normal times. The run some really good projects, it appears. I feel like a smaller monthly donation to the emergency fund might be one way i can address what i suspect with be years long recovery. I keep thinking of drives in the Blue Ridge, and all i see in my mind's eye are the little valleys, flat bottom flood plains, filled with barns and farms, crossroad stores, and lovely little babbling brooks. And there's a reason those flood plains are flat.

The WNC Regional Livestock Center facebook page has folks asking for help. One place that caught my eye is https://www.misfitmountainnc.org/ : "Misfit Mountain is a foster-based animal rescue in the Greater Asheville area helping dogs, cats, pigs, chickens, and small animals find their forever home."  They point to another shelter in need: https://www.bwar.org/

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