Resource Center
Community Resources
Food Connection works to fight food scarcity by partnering with local restaurants and packaging and distributing chef-prepared meals to anyone who needs it. They have served over 1,000,000 meals in the greater Asheville area.
Bounty & Soul offers weekly free produce markets around Asheville. They partner with local grocery stores and farms to reduce food waste and to provide quality fresh ingredients to local households.
Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry runs several programs, made possible in partnership with over 300 churches. They have a Crisis Ministry that helps provide food an clothing; free clinics for uninsured adults; transitional housing; and more.
Pisgah Legal provides free civil legal aid to the most vulnerable people in WNC: disadvantaged children, seniors, at-risk families, and domestic violence victims.
Homeward Bound is an organization that works toward preventing and ending houselesness. They are an exceptionally effective program with a retention rate of 96.5% in their permanent supportive housing.
Mental Health Resources
Feeling overwhelmed, distressed, anxious? You are not alone—help is a text or call away.
The National Disaster Distress Helpline is a valuable resource for our VOAD network and accessible 24/7 for responders, support teams, volunteers—for you, however and wherever you may support in the disaster/humanitarian sector.
Simply text or call 1-800-985-5990
Para ayuda en español, opríma el numero “2”.
For more information, visit samhsa.gov/ddh
All Souls Counseling - is a local counseling center offering affordable individual, couples, and group therapy on a sliding scale to adults who are uninsured or underinsured.
Jada Bryson has offered free spiritual direction during this time. Contact her at Northernstar.direction@gmail.com