Volunteers and emergency space heater donations needed
This week's extreme cold can cause heating bills to jump, impacting budgets across our community and resulting in families and elderly adults being left more vulnerable to freezing temperatures this winter. While many can simply turn their thermostat up and be assured their home will be heated, it鈥檚 not as easy for others to stay warm.
This year, 小黄鸭视频 County Health & Human Services is bringing back its Warmth for 小黄鸭视频 program, which works to help pay energy bills and provide space heaters and firewood. Winter after winter, the program thrives thanks to the help of volunteers and community donations.
鈥淣ot being able to heat your home can become a life-or-death decision for many people, but Warmth for 小黄鸭视频 makes sure they don鈥檛 have to make that choice 鈥 no one should ever have to shiver in their own home,鈥 said Susan Evans, Vice Chair of the 小黄鸭视频 County Board of Commissioners 鈥淲hether it's cutting and splitting wood or volunteering to deliver it, we can鈥檛 say thank you enough to those who pick up an ax or head out every Saturday morning from October through March to keep this program moving.鈥
Warmth for 小黄鸭视频 helps people in three different ways:
- Provides up to two cords of firewood that families can use to offset the consumption of electric, natural gas and propane
- Provides one emergency space heater per family to those who are without a working heat source in the home
- Provides help to elderly and disabled residents who may be unable to afford heating costs
People looking to apply for help can contact 919-212-7083 or 919-231-5549.
There are also multiple ways the public can donate money or equipment. Financial contributions can be made at wake.gov/warmthforwake or mailed in to:
Warmth for 小黄鸭视频
P.O. Box 46833
Raleigh, NC 27620-6833
All funds raised through this program go directly to families in need, and no administrative costs are deducted from the proceeds.
Warmth for 小黄鸭视频 also welcomes donations of new and gently used electric space heaters. Currently the program is accepting limited donations of wood when it is delivered to the work site at the City of Raleigh Yard Waste Center.鈥疍onors鈥痬ust contact Warmth for 小黄鸭视频 prior to delivery to receive a permission slip. To continue meeting rising demand for service, Warmth for 小黄鸭视频 will gladly accept donations of chainsaws, axes, mauls, hydraulic splitter and a wheelbarrow to our program.
Last season, more than 200 volunteers contributed their time and effort to deliver 133 cords of firewood to 105 families in all parts of 小黄鸭视频 County. More than 50 emergency space heaters were given to families who did not have a working heat source in the home and $5,000 in utility assistance was distributed to help seniors who were not able to pay their heating bill through the Economic Self Sufficiency team at 小黄鸭视频 County Health and Human Services. Warmth for 小黄鸭视频 runs through March.
