Your contributions encouraged us and made a significant difference on the ground. Our region was changed by this storm. Needs were immense and immediate. The work is ongoing, and it will take years. But funding for quick, early grants and recovery meant that nonprofits and organizations could move forward knowing that resources were there. Your donations were a lifeline in a time of deep, extended crisis in WNC.
We are deeply grateful to the funders that contacted us in the days immediately following the storm to check on us, to offer emotional support, and to commit funds for our response. We were profoundly supported by our community foundation colleagues in NC and around the country, along with many of their fundholders. Our WNC Funding partners, Dogwood Health Trust and WNC Bridge Foundation, have stood with us from day one. As always, we remain grateful to CFWNC's fundholders, who continue to support our work, and our Board Directors for their guidance and commitment to CFWNC's role as a philanthropic first responder.
People requested donations in lieu of wedding gifts, because they love to hike and kayak here, perhaps they remember a vacation or summer camp, or maybe they see what happened here and think of their own homes and communities. The reasons for giving are as varied as the people, businesses and foundations that made contributions but the impulse to help is universal.
Carolina Climbers, photo by Angelo Gianni
Photo by Colby Rabon
Black Wall Street RiverLink clean up, photo by Derek DiLuzio
