Metallica's All Within My Hands Foundation has donated $100,000 for immediate disaster relief in communities affected by Hurricane Helene.
All Within My Hands is donating $50,000 to World Central Kitchen and $50,000 to Team Rubicon to support their Hurricane Helene relief operations.
Hurricane Helene made landfall on Thursday, September 26, and hit several communities across a 500-mile stretch, leaving in its wake a path of destruction throughout Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee. It is now the third-deadliest storm to hit the U.S. this century, with over 215 lives lost and hundreds of people still unaccounted for.
World Central Kitchen's response includes vital food and clean water, reaching isolated communities using helicopters and airboats.
"WCK has partnered with 35 food trucks across Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee, and 16 restaurants across North Carolina and Tennessee, already providing tens of thousands of hot meals and sandwiches to families in need," reads a statement on the All Within My Hands website. "'Last-mile' deliveries ensuring everyone who needs nourishment is reached are accomplished by truck, ATV, or by foot . Additionally, WCK water tanks, capable of providing 100,000 gallons of potable water per day, have arrived in Asheville, NC."
Meanwhile, Team Rubicon is working with federal and state emergency response agencies, including FEMA and state Emergency Operations Centers, to provide immediate disaster relief assistance.
"More than 140 Greyshirts (Team Rubicon volunteers) comprise five recon teams serving more than 35 communities across the affected area. These route clearance teams have already cleared more than 400 dump trucks worth of debris and continue to work diligently across Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee," continues the All Within My Hands announcement.
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