ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A North Carolina nonprofit used to focus on finding permanent housing for people, but that all changed when Hurricane Helene hit. That’s when the Appalachia Service Project got creative to help with immediate needs, rebuilding or repairing homes that had been destroyed by the storms.

Steve and Debra Hughes are the recipients of the second home ASP has finished in North Carolina. The house was completely redone after floods from Hurricane Helene destroyed it.

“They have been wonderful,” Debra Hughes said of the nonprofit who made the repairs happen.

“Today is a good day,” Melissa Windburn, ASP’s President and CEO, said. She was thrilled to be handing over the keys. "Disaster recovery tends to be measured in years not months, its not fast and it is a slog and our heart

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