Help Rebuild Our Beloved Mountain Community

Hurricane Helene completely destroyed the road up to our beautiful mountain community. Multiple mudslides have rendered the road impassable. Pretty much the entire section of Rush Creek rd in Black Mtn NC has washed away. A well house serving 8 households was destroyed by a mudslide. As we go from the immediate need for food, water, and supplies to the long and difficult task of rebuilding a road which is currently a roaring river, we humbly ask for your help. We are of course going to submit for disaster relief funds from FEMA and any other agencies (we have already started that process) but that process takes a long time and I’m not sure how much assistance we will qualify for. Our mountain community consists of people from all walks of life who have at least two things in common: a love for the mountains of WNC and a desire to help each other. If you feel led to lend your support, I assure you your donations will be put to good use. From the bottom of our hearts and the bottom of our beautiful mountain community, we thank you. ❤️ please and share ❤️

The details:

funds will go to the Rush Creek Highlands HOA and will be used to repair the road and infrastructure on the following roads in Black Mountain, NC:

Rush Creek Rd

Kimberly Rd

Patricia Rd

Florence rd

Flora rd

My name is Hallie Sheaffer. I am the treasurer of the Rush Creek HOA which is a nonprofit whose sole purpose is maintaining the ~5 miles of gravel roads leading up to around 30 homes. I am a native Ashevillian and lived on this mountain from 2002 to 2014.