ARDEN, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Two Fairview women, Jackie Fenstermacher, 74, and her older sister, Cynthia Dunn, 75, will be the focus of a community benefit this weekend, over a year and a half after they survived Tropical Storm Helene flooding by holding onto a mattress.
This weekend, the Sleep On It Mattress Outlet and Gallery will spotlight the sisters’ survival with “Hope Floats: A Benefit for the Mattress Sisters of Asheville.”
The benefit, which will be held from 2-6 p.m., Sunday, June 28 at Sleep On It, 2200 Hendersonville Road in Arden, N.C., is intended to raise money for the sisters to purchase a new home. Their previous residence was destroyed by Helene floodwaters.
“Hope Floats” will feature live music, food and drinks and a silent auction, as well as an opportunity to meet the sisters…