Mountain Strong Poconos helping hurricane victims in North Carolina

What started out as a small effort to help people hit by Hurricane Helene now fills a closet at the Barrett Township Community Center.

Andrea Hermes of Paradise Township is spearheading an organization called, Mountain Strong Poconos to bring much needed supplies to the people of Lansing, North Carolina.

"Right now, people are living in tents on their land because they lost their homes, they have nowhere to go, no resources to go anywhere," said Hermes.

A tractor trailer outside of the community center is starting to fill up with donations of food, hygiene items and cold weather gear. Hermes says Lansing looks a lot like it does here in the Poconos.

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