NC Volunteer Help

To Whom A May Concern,

Hello my name is Justin Cecil, I am the owner at Matrix Evolutions LLC based out of Kingsley MI. We are a licensed home building company who also does full excavation site work & site clearing. I Have Family In Lower WV area and NC In The Affected Disaster Areas.

We are looking provide help to the residents of NC Affected by hurricane Helene in the following areas:

⁃ Burnsville

⁃ Black Mountain

⁃ Marshall

⁃ & few smaller remote towns in the surrounding area

We are looking for your help in supporting us for the next fiscal year “2025” to allow us the opportunity to spend the year in NC volunteering & helping to rebuild homes & business damaged during the hurricane. We plan to provide our equipment services with excavators, skid loaders, and dump/disposal services, along with being a licensed builder in the state of Michigan we plan to assist in rebuilding homes with labor being donated at no charge to NC resident.

Funds will be spent of our equipment, fuel, travel, housing, food, building materials, & labor to allow us the opportunity to take the next year off and assist full time in NC with relief efforts.

Your funding will help us ensure that we can make a difference in these peoples lives, and being a blessing to them in a time of great need. My hope is be able to use my gifts to help others, please join us in blessing those affected with the hurricane in NC.

Original Fundraiser Below;

We are partnering with Roy’s General Store in Traverse City to provide Chainsaws, Fuel, & Bar Oil to help with clean up & rescue operations. Roy’s will be providing us at cost discounts on 20 chainsaws, 40 cases of per mixed 50:1 fuel, & 60 gallons of bar oil, they will also be giving us extra chains & sharpening tools for “FREE” as part of their donation efforts towards to relief help.

Total Cost For Chainsaw Package Is $12,731 From Roy’s General Store In Traverse City. We Will Be Donating These Saws To The Local Fire Departments For Rescue Operations.

We are looking for help with covering cost of chainsaws, fuel, & bar oil, aswell as travel expenses to haul equipment down aswell for help with clean up relief efforts. We Are currently awaiting a call back from “Samaritan’s Purse” contact “Matt Reed” to find out where we can be the most useful with our equipment. (Excavators & Skid Steers)

We Will Be filling a 18’ enclosed trailer with basic need supplies to drop off at various drop points in NC areas mentioned above.

“Let’s Fill The Trailer!”

Basic need item for donation include the follow:

⁃ Baby Wipes

⁃ Diapers/Pull-Ups

⁃ Bottled Water

⁃ Dog/Cat Food

⁃ Shampoo & Soaps

⁃ Tooth Brush & Tooth Paste

⁃ 5 Gallon Gas Cans With Gasoline

⁃ Generators/Power Banks (All Sizes)

Drop Off Location Located At Our Home (Address: 3424 Starlight Trl Kingsley MI 49649)

We are planning to leave Friday evening (Oct. 11th, 2024) to head down with our load of chainsaws and what ever supplies we have collected at that time. We will be planning a second trip back down the following Friday (Oct. 18th, 2024) with anymore collected supplies and plan to stay to assist in the recovery efforts for as many days as we can. If you would like to be involved with the volunteer efforts please reach out the Justin Cecil @ [phone redacted] Ext. 5 to coordinate rides & sleeping arrangements. (We will be sleeping in our vehicles or enclosed trailer as to not hinder the relief efforts for local families in need of housing. Sleeping bags, pillows, & cots would be good to have on hand if you plan to assist with clean up efforts.

We have collected $1,100.00 so far from friends & family towards the relief efforts we anticipate needing a total of $15,500.00 to cover $12,731.00 for the chainsaw package & have a remaining $2,769.00 in travel & food expenses for our volunteer team to make the trip down this Friday Oct. 11th, 2024. The follow trip planned for Oct. 18th, 2024 will be in addition to this trip cost. If you would like to continue to support our team for a second trip back the following week please contact Justin Cecil @ [phone redacted] Ext. 5

Thank You To Everyone For Your Support & Prayers!