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Webster officials coordinate volunteer support after Hurricane Helene; county shelters 80 people
Summary
Mayor Tracy Rodes reported the Jackson County Department on Aging sheltered about 80 people during Hurricane Helene; the board agreed to coordinate donations and volunteers and several commissioners signed up to assist with recovery efforts.
Webster officials on Oct. 2 discussed local volunteer coordination and donation collection to support people affected by Hurricane Helene and learned the county sheltered roughly 80 people during the storm.
Mayor Tracy Rodes told the board that the Jackson County Department on Aging housed about 80 people who needed shelter from Hurricane Helene and that all were either placed in temporary housing or able to return home by the third day after the storm. The board discussed using Town Hall as a collection site for supplies that would be routed to Jackson County Emergency Management for distribution.
Requested donation items included diapers, formula, granola, bread and jelly. Commissioner Leigh Anne Young volunteered to translate at Community Table; Commissioner Brandon Core and Mayor Rodes said they would volunteer with Emergency Management. The board also noted assistance was needed at Cashiers Baptist Church on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The board reached consensus to assist with flood recovery and to coordinate supplies and volunteers with county emergency management and local charities.
