Moms help each other. It might be an unwritten rule, but it is as sure as fall leaves coloring the landscape of the foothills. When Upstate mothers considered what their North Carolina counterparts were going through as they looked toward the restart of school following Hurricane Helene, they just had to help.
And because those Upstate moms jumped at the chance to make a difference, you can be a part of the effort. Neighbors Rachel Farrell and Lacey Good, quickly joined by several other mothers, started a very grassroots effort to have school supplies, books and backpacks ready for kids when their schools reopen. Mom2Mom NC is the result.
Farrell and Good met through their neighborhood Facebook page, as relief work ramped up in Greenville. Farrell was an early volunteer with the project that flew loads of supplies from the Greenville Downtown Airport in the first days after the hurricane.
“After that week ended and donation centers started to fill up, we both just kept in touch,” Farrell said.