7 Hurricane Helene Resources for Restaurants

Hurricane Helene has impacted communities across Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and throughout the Southeastern United States. These organizations are available to help.

CORE (Children of Restaurant Employees) - Gives financial assistance to food & beverage service industry employees with children who experience a life-altering health crisis, injury, death, or natural disaster.

Diaper Bank of North Carolina - Supplies hygiene products that are often overlooked in disaster relief efforts like diapers, period products, adult incontinence supplies, and formula.

Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina - Creates emergency food assistance stations to share meals, nonperishable food, water, and basic necessities to impacted counties.

Giving Kitchen - Supports food service workers in crisis through a financial assistance program. Qualifying crises include: injury, illness, death in a food service worker's immediate family (spouse, parent, sibling, child, or caregiver), and housing disaster (flood, fire, or storm damage disrupting a food service worker's work schedule and housing).

Red Cross - Provides safe shelter, food, emotional support, relief supplies, and first aid to those affected in the Southeast by Hurricane Helene. Reunification resources are also available for people trying to find a missing loved one.

Southern Smoke Foundation - Awards grants and emergency relief funding for food and beverage workers to help pay for essentials like groceries, clothing, and medications due to natural disaster damages and lost wages. The non-profit also offers mental health support with no-cost counseling.

World Central Kitchen - Serves free meals using food trucks. There are currently 24 in Florida, 8 in Georgia, and 3 in Tennessee. The organization is also supplying free drinking water across North Carolina. Follow their Instagram account for more details.