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Green Mountain Generator Project

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“Green Mountain, North Carolina, is a small, unincorporated community located in Mitchell County. This area is speckled with many small Appalachian Mountain communities including: Green Mountain, Relief, Tipton Hill, Pigeon Roost, Huntdale and many others. It is nestled along the Toe River, approximately 8 miles north of Burnsville NC and extends to the Tennessee border.

The roads in this region are devastated, and cold weather will arrive before power can be restored. We are raising money on behalf of my friend of 37 years, Joseph Busalacchi, the Griffith Store, and their friends and neighbors of the Green Mountain community. Since the morning after the storm, local volunteers have combed the hills as only they know them, locating survivors and cutting access paths to reconnect the community. There are many people in the area who are medically fragile, requiring heating and cooling, dialysis, insulin, and oxygen for their daily survival. This project seeks to provide electricity, to as many of them as possible, as quickly as we can. To date, we have already provided fifteen generators, fuel supply, connector cords, and volunteer support to maintain and refill fuel for as long as it takes for Green Mt. to recover.

Currently, all generators and supplies are being purchased at the Lowe's in Johnson City, TN, at a negotiated discount. This is an hour each way, and Joe is making the trip as frequently as he can to purchase several at a time.

$1000 purchases a 7500-watt generator, with all necessary supplies. Volunteers unbox, deliver, and set up the equipment. They teach basic generator safety, starting and refueling procedures, and deliver fuel on a schedule for anyone unable to do so themselves.

With your help, our goal is to give 50 more homes the same opportunity to show their resilience in the face of this unfathomable tragedy. People of all stripes and types live in this area, and they all claim the title "Neighbor" as the most important distinction.

Let's show them good neighbors are everywhere.

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Donations 

  • Anne LeBauer
    • $50
    • 2 mos
  • Keith Bradford
    • $50
    • 4 mos
  • Pamela Carda
    • $100
    • 4 mos
  • Daniel LeJeune
    • $300
    • 4 mos
  • Dan McClarnon
    • $200
    • 4 mos
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Fundraising team (5)

John Robertson
Organizer
Bakersville, NC
Joseph Busalacchi
Beneficiary
Darin Spurgeon
Team member
Kate Estes
Team member
Peter Busalacchi
Team member

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