BeLoved Asheville is a nonprofit that’s become a distribution center working to get much-needed supplies to about 15,000 people a day.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Three weeks after Hurricane Helene, the situation in the Asheville region remains dire. Many people are still without power and are relying on the kindness of strangers for basic necessities.
BeLoved Asheville may look like organized chaos, and it’s exactly where Esteban Hernandez said he needs to be right now.
“I’ve been out here helping people load cars with donations because I wanted to get distracted away from home … it was a mess,” Hernandez said.
Hernandez’s family, like so many in this area, lost everything.
“Water just started gushing in through the fence, and we had to get out,” he recalled.
Despite that, he’s among dozens of volunteers who show up here each day to help their neighbors.
BeLoved Asheville is a nonprofit that’s become a distribution center working to get much-needed supplies to …