A foster care organization is asking people to 鈥� 鈥� to help foster families in western North Carolina impacted by Helene.
Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina is working to help hundreds of foster families in the western part of the state.
鈥淲e need to be able to keep our vehicles gassed up,鈥� said Gaile Osborne, the executive director of the organization. 鈥淲e need to be able to have cash, readily available to hand our families when we do go in to see them, because it's not like you can run to the corner store and get gas anymore. You have to have cash. I mean the systems are down.鈥�
Osborne, who lives in the Asheville area, has been a foster parent to five children who she鈥檚 since adopted. Three of the five are special needs kids, who she said are medically fragile 鈥� a main reason why she and her family left the area due to Helene.
So, Osborne said she understands the needs of foster families, adding her organization has already helped impacted foster families in several ways.
鈥淲hen we go in, we don't just go in with a can of formula, or we don't just go in with water,鈥� she said. 鈥淲e go in with, you know, entertainment for the kids. We go in with toys. We go in with food, whatever that we can think of, that that family may need.鈥�
Osborne said foster families are also in need of medication as well as funds for hotels.
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