FINDLAY, Ohio – EmergencyRV, a non-profit organization that provides housing to displaced survivors of natural disasters and has gifted 77 campers to people impacted by Hurricane Helene since the storm wreaked havoc in the Carolinas, Georgia and Tennessee at the end of September, according to a report by WFIN Radio 95.5 in Findlay.
The RVs are gifted completely free with a clean title in the recipient’s name. Most recently, two families in North Carolina who were impacted by Helene received the gifts of a lifetime on Christmas Day – a new place to call home.
The first recipient was the Penley family, of Boone, N.C., who lost everything during the storm.
The family of four was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday following the birth of their second child and was planning on moving into a homeless shelter until EmergencyRV stepped in.
“We weren’t gonna have that at EmergencyRV. We got this trailer here for them and it’s going to be a great place for them to stay now,” the company said in a video posted on X.
The RV gifted to the Penleys will comfortably fit their family, which consists of two adults, a toddler and a newborn. It has a bedroom on one side of the camper and two sleeping areas on the other side, along with a nice-sized bathroom and a large kitchen area with seating at a table and a couch.
The second recipient was Timothy McCord, a 70-year-old Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam. Helene tore the roof off of his camper, where he continued to live despite experiencing leaks and other damage.
EmergencyRV traveled to Canton, North Carolina, to gift him a brand-new camper after McCord’s daughter contacted the company explaining that he needed help.
Click here to view the complete report at WFIN.com.
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