Lend A Hand recently returned from our first trip out to the western part of North Carolina. We worked in a house near the town of Canton, NC, which lies west of Asheville. There is a tremendous amount of work still to be done in the area. As it is with most disaster sites, the rebuild will take 6-10 years. We are hopefully that we will be able to establish a relationship with one of the PDA sites in the area which will be opening up in May.
In January, we worked in the eastern part of the state and were able to finish work on a home damaged from the 2018 hurricane. The person who lives in this house hadn’t been able to live in it since that hurricane. It is hard to imagine the difficulty one would have, not having your home for 6 years!
We have four trips scheduled for the remainder of the year. The week of April 27th we will be returning to the eastern NC area once again. We have trips scheduled for Sept. 7-13, Oct. 5-11 and Nov. 9-15. These trips will be going NC although which side is yet to be determined. Additional information will be available at lendahand.net once detailed are worked out.