America, October 22, 2024 –
State-activated Guard units from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida are continuing to save and serve their neighbors in the devastated Appalachians after Helene’s destruction.

• Royce Too donated 1,200 pairs of top-notch military socks. On behalf of America's military service members, Thank you, Royce Too! 
• Off-duty soldiers stopped by one of our distribution centers and helped sort, pack, and load.
• The Guard continues delivering goods donated by Great American companies and individuals, for resorting and packaging according to their specifications. They then pick them up and distribute them to North Carolinians in the destroyed areas.
• The VFW is helping ferry the goods to the deployed Guard units. They are also distributing goods to North Carolinians in the destroyed areas.
• The Daughters of the American Revolution brought donations to make up 60 Christmas bags!
• America is a truly exceptional and amazing place where, on a moment’s notice, everyday people show up to help each other out, simply based on faith, trust, and goodwill.

And all the while, SOT is acquiring goods and packaging them, and they are being transferred to units deploying overseas.

This fluid, adaptable, ever-clever way Americans pitch in together and get things done like this in emergencies is a hallmark of the American way.

What a great place to live!

~~ Your SOT Team