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Locust Grove Baptist Transitions to a Disaster Rebuild Site for NC Baptists on Mission
NC Baptists On Mission are here and we have boots on the ground helping our community. The group is partnering with churches and community leaders to put 1,000 western N.C. families back into their homes before the worst of winter. In response to a once-in-a-lifetime hurricane that devastated much of western North Carolina in late September, North Carolina Baptists and Baptists on Mission are partnering with churches and community leaders to launch a new emphasis aimed at putting 1,000 families back into their homes as quickly as possible.
Called the Essential Rapid Repairs (ERR) program, this new emphasis seeks to assist western North Carolina families who have been displaced from their homes by making the repairs necessary to bring them back into their houses in a timely manner. According to Richard Brunson, executive director-treasurer for Baptists on Mission, the ERR program is not designed to provide finished homes for residents immediately, but it will allow families to return to a safe and warm environment before winter approaches.
“We want to get them into a home that’s safe, secure, functional,” Brunson said.
Volunteers will come back at a later time to complete long-term repairs.
The program was developed in recent weeks to address the destruction caused by Hurricane Helene, which swept through the southeastern United States on Sept. 26-29. The storm caused unprecedented levels of damage in western North Carolina after leaving an estimated 100,000 homes destroyed or in disrepair. Without secure living conditions, people have reported sleeping in cars, garages and tents in the aftermath of the storm.
With the onset of winter quickly approaching, N.C. Baptists and Baptists on Mission leaders have said that they aim to get people back into their homes “as soon as possible.” “There were so many homes affected by Helene, and winters are brutal in the west,” Brunson said. “Our goal is 500 to 1,000 families back in their homes before the worst of winter.”
Called the Essential Rapid Repairs (ERR) program, this new emphasis seeks to assist western North Carolina families who have been displaced from their homes by making the repairs necessary to bring them back into their houses in a timely manner. According to Richard Brunson, executive director-treasurer for Baptists on Mission, the ERR program is not designed to provide finished homes for residents immediately, but it will allow families to return to a safe and warm environment before winter approaches.
“We want to get them into a home that’s safe, secure, functional,” Brunson said.
Volunteers will come back at a later time to complete long-term repairs.
The program was developed in recent weeks to address the destruction caused by Hurricane Helene, which swept through the southeastern United States on Sept. 26-29. The storm caused unprecedented levels of damage in western North Carolina after leaving an estimated 100,000 homes destroyed or in disrepair. Without secure living conditions, people have reported sleeping in cars, garages and tents in the aftermath of the storm.
With the onset of winter quickly approaching, N.C. Baptists and Baptists on Mission leaders have said that they aim to get people back into their homes “as soon as possible.” “There were so many homes affected by Helene, and winters are brutal in the west,” Brunson said. “Our goal is 500 to 1,000 families back in their homes before the worst of winter.”
