Local and state businesses,
groups respond to
South Carolina flooding
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Local businesses and
organizations are respond
ing to the severe flooding
in South Carolina.
The state received more
than 2 feet of rain the first
weekend of the month,
resulting in rapid flooding
that left houses and streets
under water, and affecting
13 dams. About 270 state
maintained roads and 140
bridges have been closed.
The flooding has killed at
last 17 people and did an
estimated $1 billion in
damage.
There's been a massive
response to the flooding.
Duke Energy, which had
more than 1 million cus
tomers effected by the dis
aster, donated $100j000 to
the American Red Cross
efforts in both North
Carolina and South
Carolina. Lowe's Foods, a
grocery store chain based
in Winston-Salem, donated
three truckloads of bottled
water to the South Carolina
Emergency Management
Disaster Receiving Center
in Winnsboro, S.C.
Churches have also
responded. Locally First
Baptist Church of
Stanleyville sent a team of
15 volunteers to help with
Hughes
disaster relief as part of
N.C. Baptist Men, an auxil
iary of the Baptist State
Convention of North
Carolina. N.C. Baptist Men
sent volunteers to coastal
Horry County and
Johnsonville, S.C., as well
Brunswick County, N.C.,
which has also had flood
ing.
The state government
of North Carolina sent six
pallets of bottled water, 500
road barricades to block
dangerous roads, three
Civil Air Patrol planes,
three Helicopter and
Aquatic Rescue Teams and
personnel to help South
Carolina. There have been
545 N.C. National Guard
soldiers and airmen with
more than 200 vehicles
deployed to help in clearing
roads, reinforcing dams
and removing debris.
Salvation Army units
across North and South
Carolina have sent mobile
Allison
feeding units,
which provide
water and spiritual
care to residents
and first respon
ded in the hard hit
areas. They had
served 37,472
meals (hot and
cold) to hard-hit
areas of South
Carolina as ot
Tuesday, Oct. 13.
Major James Allison,
area commander of the
Salvation Army of the
Greater Winston-Salem
Area, said people can help
by giving to the Salvation
Army's efforts.
"The best way to help is
certainly through monetary
donations, because that
way we have the resources
to purchase the items we
actually need in the quanti
ty that we need them and
get them to where we need
them," he said.
Piedmont Triad Red
Cross Director John
Hughes also said the best
way to help with his orga
nization's efforts was
through monetary dona
tions that'll go directly to
disaster relief.
In response to the
flooding. Red Cross
opened 35 shelters for dis
placed residents. The non
profit also mobilized 700
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Jordan Bennett, of Rock Hill, S.C., paddles up to flooded cars on a street in
Columbia, S.C., Sunday, Oct. 4,2015. The rainstorm drenching the US. East
Coast brought more misery Sunday to South Carolina, cutting power to thou
sands, forcing hundreds of water rescues and closing many roads because of
floodwaters.
workers and more than 27
emergency response vehi
cles. As of last week, the
local Red Cross has sent 10
people and an Emergency
Response Vehicle, which
distributes food and water,
? to affected areas.
Hughes said the flood
ing was "mammoth" in
scale and Red Cross will be
there in the coming weeks
to help with the recovery.
"It's going to be weeks
and* months of recovery
and the people of South
Carolina need all the help
they can get," he said.
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Salvation Army, visit *
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"he Salvation Army sent several mobile feeding
inits to help feed those hit by flooding in South
Carolina.
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Alzheimer's walk at Tanglewood
Park to raise money, provide
reflection
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Locals will have a
chance to support the
Alzheimer's disease
research and care at the
Walk to End
Alzheimer's on Saturday.
Oct. 31.
The Western Carolina
Chapter of the Alzheimer's
Association, which covers
49 counties in Western
North Carolina, will be
holding the walk at
Tangle wood Park.
Registration begins at 9
a.m. and the walk starts at
10:15 a.m. Alzheimer's is a
type of dementia that caus
es problems with memory,
thinking and behavior.
The re're more than 5 mil
lion people living with the
disease in the United States
with more than 170,000 of
them in North Carolina.
The greatest known risk
factor is aging, with the
majority of those with the
disease being 65 or older,
but there is also a higher
risk among the African
American and Hispanic
populations.
The association pro
vides educational pro
grams, support groups and
other types of help for
those with Alzheimer 's and
their caretakers.
It also funds research
for Alzheimer's.
Nationally, the Alzheimer's
Association has awarded
more than $350 million to
more than 2300
Alzheimer's research proj
ects since 1982. It is the
largest non-profit funder of
Alzheimer's research and
is the third largest funder
period, with only the
United States and Chinese
governments spending
more on Alzheimer s
research.
The walk is not just a
fundraiser, but also chance
to reflect on Alzheimer's.
Participants will be given
Promise Flowers with dif
ferent colors representing
their connections to
Alzheimer's: orange for a
supporter of the cause, pur
ple for those who've lost a
loved one to the disease,
blue for those living with
the disease and yellow for
caregivers. Shortly before
the walk, there will be a
ceremony when a story
from each of these perspec
tives will be shared. As
they start the walk, partici
pants will "plant" their
flowers, which can they
can inscribe messages or
the name of loved ones on,
in the ground as a Promise
Garden. The trek will end
back at the garden, where
participants will gather
their Promise Flowers and
take them home.
"It's a really neat expe
rience as you walk back in
from the walk to have this
whole garden of support
and a garden of promise
that's grown while you've
been out on the walk," said
Katherine Lambert, CEO
of the Western Carolina
Alzheimer's Association.
The walk is one of 16
walks the regional chapter
is holding this year that are
major fundraisers for the
organization.
"With no way to slow
progression or no way to
prevent onset at this point
for treatment or a cure, it's
a significant public health
issue for us as a country,"
said Lambert
Among those who've
received research grants
from the Alzheimer's
Association is Tao Ma,
PhD., a neuroscientist at
Wake Forest University
School of Medicine. Ma is
looking into the causes for
the disease, hoping to lay
the ground work for effec
tive ways to treat it.
"We still don't have a
very good understanding of
the disease," said Ma.
He said he was grateful
to receive funding to try
and help change that. Ma
and his grad students will
be among the participants
at the walk.
"It's one of those
opportunities to let people
know that we care and we
can help, that they can
help," he said. "It lets more
people know about
Alzheimer's disease and to
support Alzheimer's dis
ease research."
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Jones." So if anyone would like to show their support for
a candidate, feel free to email us."
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Oct. 27.
To make a recommendation or to show support for one
of the candidates visit the school boards official website,
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