Move On – October 2, 2024

Dear MoveOn member,

In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, entire communities have been “wiped off the map.”¹ And millions of survivors are struggling to get food, water, and electricity.²

The mayor of Asheville, North Carolina—which was devastated by Helene—said, “It’s hard to describe the chaos that it looks like. It really feels like a post-apocalyptic scene.”³

Disasters like Helene are becoming more and more common as global warming creates the conditions that produce these deadly storms, and this is one of the worst climate disasters the United States has ever seen. As we continue to work for clean energy solutions, we must also care for our communities as they are impacted by the warming world.

World Central Kitchen, the emergency humanitarian aid organization founded by chef José Andrés in 2010, is on the ground delivering fresh meals and water in the most devastated areas with the highest need. With many roads flooded or destroyed, World Central Kitchen is flying in emergency supplies via helicopter.

World Central Kitchen needs our help to expand their reach, as soon as possible. Please make a tax-deductible donation to help World Central Kitchen continue and expand their lifesaving efforts. 100% of your donation will go directly to World Central Kitchen.

For more than a decade, World Central Kitchen has been on the front lines of humanitarian disasters in the United States and around the world. And when disaster has struck, MoveOn members have been right by their side to help.

For example, when Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, leaving thousands of Ukrainian families in harm’s way, World Central Kitchen was there to serve fresh meals to people forced to flee the invasion. MoveOn members sprang into action to help, donating more than $1 million to World Central Kitchen and United Help Ukraine to support emergency relief efforts.

Now, we must come together once again to help people whose lives have been destroyed by Hurricane Helene and who are struggling to get their next meal.

Please show your support for the families in Helene’s path and the brave humanitarian workers who are risking their lives to provide families with meals in dangerous conditions by making tax-deductible donation to World Central Kitchen right now. Whether you can donate $5 or $500, every cent will help World Central Kitchen continue to do this important humanitarian work. Please help today.

Thanks for all you do.

–Kelly, Alyssa, Emma, Toni, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. “Helene left at least 128 people dead and communities ‘wiped off the map.’ Now, survivors are struggling to get food and water,” CNN, September 30, 2024
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/30/weather/hurricane-helene-recovery-cleanup-monday/index.html

2. Ibid.

3. Ibid.

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