Four days after the storm my family was able to get out of our own holler.

We weren't expecting the total devastation that was everywhere. 

We didn't realize the apocalypse had happened in our very own town.

There was no cell service, no power, no internet, CASH ONLY society.

No water in town, No water at home. It was Apocalyptic. 

We were not prepared for the total devastation that had occurred in our most extraordinary Small Mountain Towns & Hollers. 

Our neighbors didn't have any food for their children, themselves or their animals. 

It all started with my family & best friend being willing to help, an empty parking lot & a tent in the middle of town. Up on a hill, overlooking the Bypass, aka Hwy 19E in Burnsville NC. Roses Parking Lot distribution was born, completely accidentally. No way could we ever have known how much help our neighbors truly needed. But we knew we didn't want them to come out of the holler and feel alone or abandoned like we did. We wanted to have a place for them that had whatever they needed. And we did it. We supplied thousands of our neighbors in Yancey & Mitchell County with whatever they needed for seven weeks after the storm. In an open parking lot. 

The response from all of America is what got us through those first seven weeks.  

I would make a video and folks would bring us what we asked for. We were able to give our neighbors hundreds of chainsaws & generators, no property escaped without tree damage, some lost hundreds of trees... everyone lost at least ten. I also personally wanted everyone to have a generator, so as long as you live in these two counties, you would get a generator. Our power is still sketchy in a lot of places, and folks need back up generators especially through this winter. We also gave out endless amounts of food, baby items, over the counter medications, hygiene, animal supplies & food, camping supplies, thousands of bins. Everyone needed bins to get their personal possessions and items out of their damaged or destroyed homes. It was so sad, so many stories, so many tears, so much loss. Everyone was shell shocked and didn't know what to do, so they pulled into Roses and got in line with us for supplies & hugs.