Alison Thompson is raising money on behalf of Third Wave Volunteer
Raised: $22,914 of $35,000 Goal
Fundraiser Story
Dec 9th-2024 North Carolina UPDATE:
It's freezing in Spruce Pine, N.C., where our long-term Third Wave Volunteer camp is set up. It was 7 degrees last night, and I had to pretend I was on a ski trip to get through it. We had a warm stove oven in our tents, but our thoughts were with the many hurricane victims who had lost everything in Hurricane Helene and were still living in their cars, tarps, campers, and tents.
A few days ago, a family with four kids approached us for help. Their youngest was 3 years old and was autistic and deaf, the father was crippled from the war, and the mum had a mass on her brain.
They had lost everything in the disaster and were living out of their truck. Their father had built a little box at the end of the trailer where they could sleep at night.
This is a family we were going to surround in love. Michael reached out to our shared network and found a camper for the family, which made them so happy they returned the next day to give back and volunteer ...