08/19/2026
Hands In Service has been serving in Hendersonville, North Carolina for over two years, working with several other organizations to help this region recover from the devastating blow provided by Hurricane Helene. The project site leader for Reach Global reached out to see if we could secure any roof shingles to help several families who needed a new roof, but couldn't afford the material. Shingles are not a donation that we would typically have sitting around our warehouse, but I committed to making a couple of phone calls. To my surprise, one phone call resulted in a donor committing to donate an entire semi load of shingles. But the story continues.
While in transit to our location, the truck hauling the shingles was involved in a fatal collision. The truck and shingles were impounded for over 2 weeks before the truck was released. Once the truck was released, the hauling company decommissioned the trailer, meaning the shingles needed to be transferred to another trailer. This transfer took yet another week. Finally the truck with shingles arrived at our Warrington location on a Thursday and was transferred yet again to another truck on Friday. Within 3 days the driver delivered the items to Hendersonville, where the site manager had a team installing the shingles a few days after delivery. Praise God for all the organizations and helping hands that made this blessing possible for these families in Hendersonville.