natural disasters
Developer makes 10 apartments available rent-free for seniors displaced by Helene
Oct. 5. Developer Jake Palillo is making 10 senior units near Birkdale Village available rent-free for six months for seniors who have lost their homes due to Tropical Storm Helene. “I have the apartments ready to move in today, I need help finding the people that need housing and help furnishing them,” the Cornelius resident […]
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Helene update: Logistics are a challenge amidst devastation
Oct. 3. Relief efforts continue after Hurricane Helene killed at least 191 people in the Southeast. Tyler Beardsley, assistant town manager, said between Cornelius and Davidson, three trailer loads and four pickups filled with water were sent to Avery and Ashe counties yesterday. A relief effort organized by businessman John Hettwer has focused on McDowell […]
Go to Town Hall 9 am to 4 pm to support Western NC relief operation
Oct. 2. Cornelius Police have resumed accepting donations for victims of Tropical Storm Helene, but due to the amount of donations, the relief operation has been moved to the Community Room in Town Hall. The collection operation is open from 9 am to 4 pm today through Friday. Volunteer Volunteers are needed 9 am to […]
Unprecedented disaster: Resources are pouring in
Oct. 1. Police departments, businesses and churches are rushing emergency supplies into Western North Carolina in an unprecedented response to an unprecedented tragedy. Cornelius Police took five loads of emergency supplies to flood victims in Boone, Sparta, Newland and Black Mountain, but they’re on pause right now, in part because of the overwhelming response from […]
Mt. Zion collecting ‘flood buckets’ for victims of Helene
Oct. 1. You can donate items to make Flood Buckets that will be taken to disaster victims and bring them to Mt. Zion United Methodist Church by Thursday of this week. You may bring items to the church office by Thursday at 4 PM. Anyone interested may help assemble buckets aat 4:30 pm Sunday at […]
Donate online via NC Disaster Relief fund
Oct. 1. The North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund is now accepting online contributions for hurricane damage. Contributions help with the unmet needs of hurricane victims. The United Way of North Carolina is the fiscal agent for the fund. Click here to make a secure contribution.
Emergency supplies can be taken to Temple Kol Tikvah
Oct. 1. Cornelius residents Andrea and Howie Kaplan are organizing a supply drive at Temple Kol Tikvah in Davidson, 605 South Street, for Operation Airdrop which flies in supplies to communities in desperate need. Items can be dropped off from 10 am to 2 pm and 4 pm to 8 pm Tuesday.
Donation locations added for McDowell County Emergency Supply Center
Oct. 1. More local businesses are serving as collection sites for emergency items needed in flood-devastated McDowell County. They effort, organized by John Hettwer of Payroll Plus, continues for the next several days. Non-perishable food is most needed. Payroll Plus HCM – Cornelius (8:30 am – 6:00 pm) 19300 Statesville Road Southwire (Main Lobby) – […]
Home badly damaged as tree falls; how to donate on a statewide basis
Sept. 30. A massive tree fell and struck the home of long-time residents Jennifer and Edward Hahn on Magnolia Estates Drive during the height of Tropical Storm Helene’s passage through Lake Norman. The couple said no one was injured, although Jennifer was home at the time. She heard a crashing noise as the tree broke […]
