Fox News: Two Hurricane Helene victims, a family of four and a Vietnam veteran, gifted campers on Christmas Day

[riky]

Two Hurricane Helene victims, a family of four and a Vietnam veteran, gifted campers on Christmas Day

A new family of four and a Vietnam veteran, both of whom lost their homes in North Carolina to Hurricane Helene, were gifted campers by EmergencyRV on Christmas Day.......                    ...                        ...Two You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login who were impacted by Hurricane Helene received the gifts of a lifetime on Christmas Day – a new place to call home.......The first recipient was the Penley family, of Boone, North Carolina, who lost everything during the storm.......The family of four was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday following the birth of their second child and was planning on moving into a homeless shelter until EmergencyRV stepped in......."We weren't gonna have that at EmergencyRV. We got this trailer here for them and it's going to be a great place for them to stay now," the company said in a video posted on X.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The RV gifted to the Penleys will comfortably fit their family, which consists of two adults, a toddler and a newborn. It has a bedroom on one side of the camper and two sleeping areas on the other side, along with a nice-sized bathroom and a large kitchen area with seating at a table and a couch.......The second recipient was Timothy McCord, a 70-year-old You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login who served in Vietnam. Helene tore the roof off of his camper, where he continued to live despite experiencing leaks and other damage.......EmergencyRV traveled to Canton, North Carolina, to gift him a brand-new camper after McCord's daughter contacted the company explaining that he needed help......."You helped me turn my life around and I appreciate it," McCord said when his new home was delivered.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......EmergencyRV is a non-profit organization that provides housing to displaced survivors of natural disasters and has You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to people impacted by Helene since the storm wreaked havoc in the Carolinas, Georgia and Tennessee at the end of September. The RVs are gifted completely free with a clean title in the recipient's name.......The organization said it has 700 families on its waiting list who have been fully vetted and are truly in need of help following a natural disaster......."We take this seriously as we have limited resources," the organization said on X. "We also ensure that the family has a legal and safe place to park an RV before we will gift it and deliver to them."......Though they prioritize veterans and first responders, EmergencyRV said they have helped families and singles who lost their home or You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......EmergencyRV was established by Woody Faircloth and his then 6-year-old daughter in 2018 in response to the deadly You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Their goal was to raise enough money to bless one family impacted by the fire with a RV. They were able to do that and have since donated hundreds of RVs to victims of wildfires and other natural disasters....

Source: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login