Members of both the JV and varsity volleyball teams at Patton High School recently packed blessing bags, some filled with food and some with toiletries, for those in the area who were affected the worst by flood and wind damage from Hurricane Helene on Sept. 27. The bags were dropped off at the Foothills Higher Education Center in Morganton.
- FOR THE PAPER
(From left to right) Athletic director Chip Watts and coaches Jerome Ramsey, Allen Wittenberg, Bob Ogle, Jennifer Fulbright, Heather Ramsey, and Tracy Greene were among those from the East Burke High School athletic staff to volunteer at the Creekside community in Morganton recently. Houses and businesses in the area experienced severe damage after the Sept. 27 flooding.
- EAST BURKE H.S. ATHLETICS / FOR THE PAPER
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Members of both the JV and varsity volleyball teams at Patton High School recently packed blessing bags, some filled with food and some with toiletries, for those in the area who were affected the worst by flood and wind damage from Hurricane Helene on Sept. 27. The bags were dropped off at the Foothills Higher Education Center in Morganton.
- FOR THE PAPER
(From left to right) Athletic director Chip Watts and coaches Jerome Ramsey, Allen Wittenberg, Bob Ogle, Jennifer Fulbright, Heather Ramsey, and Tracy Greene were among those from the East Burke High School athletic staff to volunteer at the Creekside community in Morganton recently. Houses and businesses in the area experienced severe damage after the Sept. 27 flooding.
- EAST BURKE H.S. ATHLETICS / FOR THE PAPER
Draughn volleyball first-year head coach Triniti Lambert (far right) was among the recent volunteers who packed up relief bags for hurricane victims in Mitchell County.
- FOR THE PAPER
Members of the Burke Jammers girls youth travel basketball teams filled hurricane relief bags after a recent practice. The supplies were distributed to some of those affected by flooding in Ashe County.
- FOR THE PAPER
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