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HARVEST AND THE DISTRIBUTION SITE AT THE HISTORIC NORTH WILKESBORO SPEEDWAY CONTINUES TO ALSO GROW WITH FOOD AND SUPPLIES FOR HURRICANE VICTIMS. OUR KARA PETERS GIVES US A CLOSER LOOK AT THEIR EFFORTS, AND THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE PITCHING IN TO HELP. YOURE LOOKING AT NORTH WILKESBORO SPEEDWAY EXHIBIT HALL TURNED SUPPLY WAREHOUSE. IT HAS EVERYTHING FROM BABY FORMULA TO DIAPERS AND DRY FOOD. ITS BEEN AN ALL HANDS ON DECK OPERATION TO DISTRIBUTE THESE ITEMS TO THOSE ALL ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. AS THE TRACK SITS EMPTY. THE ENTRANCE TO NORTH WILKESBORO SPEEDWAY IS FILLED WITH PALLETS OF WATER, DIAPERS, AND SUPPLIES, ALL FOR VICTIMS OF HURRICANE HELENE, AN EFFORT THAT HAS GROWN DRASTICALLY WITHIN A NEAR TWO WEEK SPAN. BEFORE WE WERE EXPECTING JUST 5 TO 10 TRUCKS, WE GOT 47 TRUCKS FROM FEMA, AND WE HAD A TOTAL OF 70 TRUCKS THE FIRST WEEK THAT CAME IN, AND THATS TRACTOR AND TRAILER LOADS, 11 GUARDSMEN ASSISTING THE SPEEDWAY IN BREAKING DOWN ITEMS AND SENDING THE SUPPLIES ACROSS 72 LOCATIONS. AND COUNTING ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. FEDERAL PARTNERS NOT ONLY SENDING AID, BUT ALSO PEOPLE FROM STATES AWAY. TODAY WE HAD A LADY THAT DROVE ALL THE WAY FROM PITTSBURGH WITH A BOX TRUCK AND SHE BROUGHT BED FRAMES. SHE SHE BROUGHT BED FRAMES FROM A GROUP OF NUNS THAT LIVE UP THERE. THEYRE IN THEIR 80S. THEY KNEW THAT A NURSING HOME HAD GOTTEN DESTROYED. AND THOSE RESIDENTS WERE HAVING TO SLEEP ON COTS. SO THEY TOOK THEIR OWN BEDS AND PUT THEIR MATTRESSES ON THE FLOOR, TOOK THEIR BED FRAMES APART AND SHIPPED THEIR BED FRAMES TO US. WILKES COUNTY NATIVES BAILEY BROWN AND MADISON CHURCH, SPENDING THEIR AFTERNOON DROPPING OFF ITEMS TO NORTH WILKESBORO SPEEDWAY. THEY SAY IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO HELP IN THIS WAY. I FEEL LIKE THE MOUNTAINS ARE REALLY THE HEART OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND ITS WHAT MAKES NORTH CAROLINA SO SPECIAL, AT LEAST TO ME. SO TO SEE SO MUCH DEVASTATION AND SO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE IN OUR MOUNTAINS IS REALLY HEARTBREAKING. THESE DONATIONS COME AS THE SPEEDWAY PREPARES FOR RACES NEXT WEEK. THE PLAN IS TO MOVE AND CONSOLIDATE THESE ITEMS WITHOUT PRESSING PAUSE ON THEIR DISTRIBUTION EFFORTS IN NORTH WILKESBORO. IM KARA PETERS FOR WXII 12 NEWS. KARA. THANK YOU. YOU CAN FIND DONATION SITES AROUND THE PIEDMONT TRIAD BY SCANNING THIS QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN. WE PUT TOGETHER A LIST WHICH INCLUDES DATES AND EXACT LOCATIONS. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR MOBILE APP OR WEBSITE TO DONA