Hurricane Helene! Help Kevin Burkhalter's Family Rebuild After Tragic Flooding Loss

Please consider donating to our friend, Kevin, to help him, his family, and his community rebuild their life after the tragic flooding in North Carolina caused by Hurricane Helene.

Kevin & his family reside just outside of Asheville, NC, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Asheville and neighboring areas turned into a “catch basin” during Hurricane Helene, as raging waters gushed down 4,000 feet of elevation from 2 major rivers that intersect around Kevin’s home.

During this storm, Kevin sadly lost his mother, Wanda Burkhalter, as emergency response workers could not reach her in time to evacuate her due to demolished roads and downed bridges.

Along with this dreadful loss, Kevin’s farm, business, and home have suffered immeasurable damage—loss of his livestock (hogs that drowned in the flooding) and fresh drinking water. Kevin’s business, Country Fields Greenhouse & Nursery, has suffered a total loss. The floodwaters washed away Kevin’s products and produce that he relies on for his income.

Kevin and his family are doing everything they can to clean up the rubble around them, but Kevin’s greatest concern is the well-being of his elderly community members. Kevin worries for the senior members in his neighborhood who have gone without food, power, and care for nearly over a week. He’s doing his best to provide food and care to them, but like many, Kevin only has so much in these devastating times.

Donations will be used to supply Kevin with food for his family and neighbors, fresh drinking water, fuel to power his and his neighbors’ generators, and the means to get back on his feet after this horrific storm.

Any donation is very much appreciated.

This fundraiser was created by Tim & Martha Holmberg. Tim & Kevin have become friends over the last couple of years, after doing business together through a mutual mining and aggregate group. Donations will be directly deposited into the account that Kevin determines and supplies.