October 2, 2024

World Renew Disaster Response Services (DRS) is collaborating daily with officials and other voluntary organizations to plan a coordinated response to Hurricane Helene, which is now reported to have killed more than 160 people, with thousands still missing across four states. Helene made landfall as a Category 4 storm, causing massive damage in the Florida panhandle before moving inland through Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and beyond starting Thursday, Sept. 26. 2024.

World Renew is requesting financial donations to fund Hurricane Helene Response. Your gifts underpin the work of World Renew DRS, which provides volunteers to muck-out homes, mitigate mold, and repair and rebuild homes in the most affected areas.

World Renew DRS is making plans to assist with coordinated clean-up, repair, and reconstruction services among homeowners affected by destruction from hurricane winds and storm surge, even as flooding and mudslides are still affecting homes and communities in the Appalachian region this week. DRS partner, Mennonite Disaster Services is setting up services in Asheville, North Carolina, and World Renew DRS will offer assistance.

World Renew has more than 50 years of experience providing long-term, community-based assistance in disaster-prone areas of the United States and Canada. World Renew DRS provides communities that have experienced a disaster with short-term clean up as well as long-term disaster recovery work that may be requested over the next one to three years or longer. DRS is currently working in Sarasota, Florida, repairing and rebuilding homes after Hurricane Ian in 2022.

Your donation today means we can help families find hope and rebuild their homes. Thank you for sharing Christ’s love—and helping to respond to the needs of people living in communities devastated by these storms.