Giving Tuesday: Appawlachia Sturdy - Oh My Canine!

One of many nicest folks I’ve met by means of this neighborhood is Rebecca Pepin, information anchor by day and founding father of Fetching Attire on the aspect.

We had the possibility to function Rebecca and Fetching Attire within the vacation reward information a number of years in the past, and now I’m honored to have this chance to share an unimaginable reward she’s striving to provide her neighborhood.

“Fetching Attire is my ardour venture,” she mentioned, and she or he certain does pour ardour into it. “My full-time job is anchor/reporter at WCYB and WEMT in Bristol, Virginia. It’s troublesome to explain what I noticed out within the area within the days following Helene. Properties fully washed away or knocked off their foundations. Roads obliterated. Folks misplaced their lives. It was DEVASTATING, and the highway to restoration will probably be lengthy.”

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(All the photographs on this put up had been kindly offered by Rebecca.)

“Our area is Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Unicoi County was hit arduous. Johnson County too, amongst others. Asheville, NC, is an hour and a half from my information station in Bristol, VA,” Rebecca defined. “The Unicoi County, TN, Animal Shelter was destroyed, together with all of their provides. Volunteers and employees had been capable of get all of the animals out safely. Brother Wolf Animal Rescue in Asheville, North Carolina was decimated!”

Animal rescuers needed to scramble to position the pets who had been of their shelters. Shelters that weren’t instantly hit got here collectively and opened their doorways to assist home animals. They collected donations and provides for pet homeowners who misplaced the whole lot within the flooding.

Rebecca wished to assist.

“My buddy got here up with the Appawlachia Sturdy concept, and we rapidly went to work to create the tees and sweatshirts. We’re donating 100% of earnings from our Appawlachia Sturdy tees and sweatshirts to shelters affected by Helenehowever we truly give again all yr lengthy by donating 20% of earnings from each buy.”

YOU might help Rebecca present for the animals and other people devastated by Helene. Click on on this hyperlink or the picture above to order an Appawlachia Sturdy tee and sweatshirt to ship 100% of the proceeds to native shelters. Since Rebecca lives within the space and has “boots on the bottom,” she is aware of what’s wanted and the place.

I can’t even think about this devastation and what it can take to get better.