Hospitality

Fayetteville Technical Community College delivers supplies for hurricane victims to Blue Ridge Community College

By Staff Report, posted 7 months ago
An FTCC tractor-trailer loaded with supplies for victims of Hurricane Helene arrives Monday, Dec. 16, at Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock, NC, for distribution.
Photo provided by: FTCC 

Fayetteville Technical Community College on Monday, Dec. 16, delivered a tractor-trailer load of high-need supplies to Blue Ridge Community College to help victims of Hurricane Helene.

The supplies were gathered over several weeks through a collection drive at the N.C. Community College System’s biennial conference in October; and through additional collection drives at Bladen Community College, Robeson Community College and FTCC, where faculty, staff, students, community partners and members of the public participated.

Supplies are unloaded at BRCC on Monday. Photo provided by: FTCC 

Collected items included canned meat and other food, blankets, heaters, warm clothing, cleaning products and supplies, toiletries, school supplies, and children’s toys for the upcoming holidays.

Eric Smith, the lead instructor in FTCC’s Commercial Driver’s License program, drove the loaded tractor trailer to Blue Ridge Community College in Hendersonville Monday to make the delivery.

BRCC’s service area, which encompasses Henderson and Transylvania counties, was heavily impacted by the devastation of Hurricane Helene in late September. Many of BRCC’s students and employees remain in dire circumstances because of the catastrophic damage.

Eric Smith, FTCC's lead CDL instructor, and David Summers, FTCC's property control and services supervisor, stand by the loaded truck on Friday afternoon.
Photo provided by: FTCC 

"We are deeply grateful to our friends and colleagues at Fayetteville Technical Community College for their extraordinary generosity and compassion," said Dr. Laura Leatherwood, president of Blue Ridge Community College in a press release. "Thanks to Fayetteville Tech's leadership in coordinating and delivering these vital donations - including contributions from Bladen, Robeson and other community colleges - our students and families most affected by Hurricane Helene will approach the winter months and holiday season with greater safety, warmth and hope."

FTCC will be closed for the holidays, from Dec. 19 through Jan. 1, and will not be collecting items for Helene victims until further notice. The College is grateful for the generosity of all who participated in the collection campaign.

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