A Watauga County high school senior was among 14 graduating seniors from western North Carolina counties who received Disaster Relief and Resilience Scholarships from the North Carolina Community Foundation. The scholarships were awarded to students whose plans for higher education were directly affected by Hurricane Helene.
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Hurricane Helene knocked out a path to theater school for a Watauga County senior, until the North Carolina Community Foundation stepped in with one of fourteen Disaster Relief and Resilience Scholarships across seven western counties. The money clears the way for this student to study what they came here to study. That is how recovery actually works, one person at a time.
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