Today and tomorrow, United Way of North Carolina (UWNC) staff members Michele Otake (Resource Supervisor) and Sara Carlson (Mission Advancement Specialist) are on the ground at North Carolina's Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, NC. They are there on behalf of NC 211, UWNC's information referral service.
Being on site to receive live updates on the hurricane have been beneficial in alerting our local United Ways, community members, and fellow staff on the expectations of the storm and its wrath on parts of our state, especially Western NC.
Otake has been busy keeping regular contact with local agencies to obtain updates for the resource database, ensuring our Resource Specialists have the most up-to-date information to provide our callers.
Carlson has been handling communications, sending email updates to the local United Ways and crafting storm and shelter updates to post on UWNC's and NC 211's Facebook and Instagram pages.
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For Hurricane Helene Updates in your specific area, please visit the following sites:
drivenc.gov for travel and transportation updates.
readync.gov for power outages, evacuation orders, shelter information, and more.
flood.nc.gov and fiman.nc.gov for flood awareness.
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NC 211 is an information referral service receiving calls and messages 24/7/365. Discussions and messages with a Resource Specialist are confidential and are offered in multiple languages. To call, dial 2-1-1 or (888) 892-1162 or visit nc211.org to search our extensive referral database. You may also submit a referral request form and you will be followed up with shortly.