Giving Tuesday:  Appawlachia Sturdy – Oh My Canine!

Considered one of many nicest of us I’ve met by way of this neighborhood is Rebecca Pepin, info anchor by day and founding father of Fetching Apparel on the side.

We had the likelihood to perform Rebecca and Fetching Apparel throughout the trip reward info a variety of years previously, and now I’m honored to have this opportunity to share an unimaginable reward she’s striving to supply her neighborhood.

“Fetching Apparel is my passion enterprise,” she talked about, and he or she sure does pour passion into it. “My full-time job is anchor/reporter at WCYB and WEMT in Bristol, Virginia. It’s troublesome to elucidate what I seen out throughout the space throughout the days following Helene. Properties absolutely washed away or knocked off their foundations. Roads obliterated. People misplaced their lives. It was DEVASTATING, and the freeway to restoration will in all probability be prolonged.”

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(All the pictures on this put up had been kindly supplied by Rebecca.)

“Our space is Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Unicoi County was hit arduous. Johnson County too, amongst others. Asheville, NC, is an hour and a half from my info station in Bristol, VA,” Rebecca outlined. “The Unicoi County, TN, Animal Shelter was destroyed, along with all of their supplies. Volunteers and staff had been able to get all the animals out safely. Brother Wolf Animal Rescue in Asheville, North Carolina was decimated!”

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Animal rescuers wanted to scramble to place the pets who had been of their shelters. Shelters that weren’t immediately hit bought right here collectively and opened their doorways to help dwelling animals. They collected donations and supplies for pet owners who misplaced the whole thing throughout the flooding.

Rebecca wished to help.

“My buddy bought right here up with the Appawlachia Sturdy idea, and we quickly went to work to create the tees and sweatshirts. We’re donating 100% of earnings from our Appawlachia Sturdy tees and sweatshirts to shelters affected by Helenenevertheless we actually give once more all yr prolonged by donating 20% of earnings from every purchase.”

YOU would possibly assist Rebecca current for the animals and different folks devastated by Helene. Click on on on this hyperlink or the image above to order an Appawlachia Sturdy tee and sweatshirt to ship 100% of the proceeds to native shelters. Since Rebecca lives throughout the area and has “boots on the underside,” she is conscious of what’s needed and the place.

I can’t even take into consideration this devastation and what it might probably take to get higher.

I’m grateful for folk like Rebecca who care quite a bit for his or her communities.

Ponder selecting up a tee or sweatshirt to assist this worthy set off–and it’s an excellent current idea for the animals lover in your life!

Click on on proper right here to go to Fetching Apparel!

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