North Carolina Hurricane Victims Request Help From Snowmobile Clubs
Published on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 in Charity, General Announcements, News & Updates

The New Hampshire Snowmobile Associa­tion office received an unusual plea for help recently via phone and email. Rather than explain, we’ll share the basics of the email sent by a relief volunteer.

Thank you for taking the time to speak with me this afternoon. We’ve been active providing supplies for residents displaced as a result of flooding and land­slides from Hurricane Helene.

As I was telling you the situation of the residents of Western North Carolina is ra­ther dire. We have thousands living in tents as well as thousands without power. The areas North of Asheville where we have been delivering supplies, run from 2,750 ft elevation in Burnsville to 5,500 ft in Beech Mountain.

The relief organizations are now re­questing winter (zero degree) rated sleep­ing bags in anticipation of extreme cold in January, February and March (lows of -2 to highs of 6). The people there are not pre­pared for such an event.
Due to the very high cost of sleeping bags for that temperature I thought snowmo­bile suits would be a good alternative.

I was asking if you could contact the snowmobiling community, if they could ship their used suits South. We also need gloves, warm boots and suitable cold weather sleeping bags if they are availa­ble.

Your assistance in this effort would be greatly appreciated.

—Greg Focer

Here’s the list of organizations that can handle distribution of suits, hats, gloves and boots. They ask that each box be marked with the contents and sizes (Used snowmobile jacket and bibs Large, Used snowmobile boots XL, etc.). You may also contact Jeff Miller via email or call 413-369-8092 to make a donation or review any questions.

Bald Creek Relief
100 Bald Creek School Dr.
Burnsville NC 28714
(Serving Yancy County)

Riseteam Relief
601 E. Main St.
Burnsville NC 28714
(Serving Mitchell and Avery counties)

Shingle Hollow Congregational Holy Church
2466 Cove Road
Rutherfordton NC 28139
(Serving Rutherford and McDowell coun­ties)

Moonshine Rescue Foundation
212 Earth Wilson Rd
Burnsville NC 28714
(Serving Ashe county)

Homestead Recovery
2554 NC-105
Boone NC 28607
(Serving Watauga county)

This article was initially published in the United Snowmobile Alliance news report.