On Friday, April 25th, strong storms rocked the eastern coastal plains of North Carolina causing tornadoes that damaged many homes, some destroyed completely in. This is not a regular occurrence in our region and the damage was devastating for many families.
Part of our mission as the Food Bank of the Albemarle is to respond to disasters when they happen. Food is essential and we respond by helping provide water and food to other emergency response agencies as well as people who are directly in need. When the tornadoes struck, the staff at the Food Bank of the Albemarle immediately responded, despite being without power temporarily and without phone or internet service for 5 days. Counties in our service territory that needed help were Beaufort, Chowan, Pasquotank and Perquimans.
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A delivery of disaster relief supplies from God's Pit Crew
arrived at the Food Bank of the Albemarle following
the storm. |
We were blessed that
God's Pit Crew, a disaster relief organization from Virginia, saw what had happened in northeast North Carolina and delivered water and Gatorade to us the Sunday following the storm. We were able to provide those supplies to the City of Elizabeth City as well as the Red Cross to help them as they served people whose houses were lost. We opened our food pantry to people who had been affected by the storms and provided 45 households with groceries to get them through the next difficult phase of their lives as they rebuild all they've lost.
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The Red Cross received food from the Food Bank of the
Albemarle |
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Water and Gatorade that was provided to people and
organizations who needed it. |
