
Join Us in Making a Difference
Hurricane Helene Relief and Restoration in Swannanoa, NC
Help us restore our community.
Help us restore our community.
Overall Fundraising Goal: $4.5 million to rebuild all the homes in Beacon Village
Until our non-profit application is approved,
make a tax-deductible donations through Calvary Church.
Electronic Credit Card Donations:
Click the button below. Type ”Save Beacon Village” in the “OPTIONAL: Given in Honor/Memory of:” blank at the bottom of the first column of the form.
Donations by Mail:
Write checks to “Calvary Church” with a note in the memo of “Save Beacon Village”.
Mail checks to: Calvary Church, 531 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806
The goal of Save Beacon Village is to rebuild homes flooded in Hurricane Helene, beginning with the street you see in these photos on which houses were submerged - water over the gutters and neighbors rescued from roofs. This community is not is a flood plain and is a four hour drive from the closest ocean. Residents did not have flood insurance and never expected their homes to be destroyed by a hurricane.
Please check back with us regularly. We will post updates as we get the houses dried out and restored and as we work to establish a 501(c)3 organization to distribute funds from our GOFUNDME page and other resources directly to the residents.
Beacon Village is a quiet, quaint neighborhood of mill houses in Swannanoa, NC that was devastated by Hurricane Helene on Friday, September 27, 2024. The village was originally built by Beacon Blanket Manufacturing in the late1920's. Beacon was once the largest blanket manufacturer in the world and today many Beacon blankets are collector’s items. Beacon transformed Swannanoa into a mill town with company-owned houses and company-sponsored entertainment and sports teams. Beacon supplied blankets to the US military in World War II and were in many households in the US until 2002 when the mill closed and then burned down in 2023. Several homes are still owned by families who purchased them from Beacon, and new families have moved in over the years. Recent years have had much renovation and revitalization in these houses.
Thank you Swannanoa Valley Museum for this information!
Day of the hurricane, September 27, 2025
Veteran helping his neighbor survive
911 Operator and legacy Beacon Village resident
Family swims out of flooding home during hurricane
Trapped as floodwaters rose around them
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WRAL - Chelsea Donovan
Asheville Watchdog - John Boyle
USA Today - Julian Leshay Guadalupe
Fox Carolina - Anna Arinder
Accuweather - Rocky Sanchez
Asheville Watchdog - John Boyle
#deadcrab_films - Karl Loftus
Mountain Xpress - Brionna Dallara
The Washington Post - Sarah Kaplan, Brady Dennis, Hannah Yoon, Julia Wall, and Alice Li
A special thanks to:
If your group has assisted Beacon Village and is not on our list, please send us a note in the contact form so we can add your team.
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