North Carolina Helene victims ‘left behind’ get help from star-studded Concert for Carolina

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – More than 80,000 Americans from crossed North Carolina and the state traveled to Charlotte for Concert for Carolina connected Saturday, a payment amusement donating 100% of proceeds to those impacted by Hurricane Helene successful the occidental portion of the state.

Country euphony stars Luke Combs and Eric Church, who are some from occidental North Carolina, organized the star-studded amusement that included performances from James Taylor, Keith Urban, Billy Strings and others, positive astonishment appearances from Nicole Kidman and Randy Travis, to assistance those impacted by Helene and ended up raising $24.5 million.

"I person been volunteering with the hurricane relief, and I spot wherever they request a batch much assistance than what they're being given, truthful this is simply a large accidental to perceive to music, which I love, and assistance the radical who request it astir who person been near down by the radical who should beryllium helping them," Jessica White of eastbound Tennessee told Fox News Digital.

She added that radical are inactive "sleeping successful tents" arsenic temperatures driblet successful the mountains.

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Jessica White, who has been volunteering successful occidental North Carolina, says radical impacted by Hurricane Helene person been "left behind." (Fox News Digital)

"That's horrible. And it's adjacent much horrible erstwhile we person illegals sleeping successful hotels but our ain taxpaying citizens are sleeping successful tents due to the fact that a hurricane destroyed their home," White added.

Sherry from Denver, North Carolina, echoed that aforesaid sentiment.

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Sherry from Denver, N.C., thinks "a bulk of the state has moved connected and has nary thought determination are inactive radical sleeping successful tents." (Fox News Digital)

"I deliberation if we did for our American citizens what we did for amerciable entrants into this country, we'd beryllium successful a overmuch amended place," she said, adding that she thinks "a bulk of the state has moved connected and has nary thought determination are inactive radical sleeping successful tents."

"Good aged friends and neighbors person stepped up, and I deliberation they'll beryllium alright."

Many of the attendees who spoke to Fox News Digital connected Saturday had seen the demolition successful areas astir Asheville themselves erstwhile they drove hours from their homes to present supplies and unpaid their clip to assistance radical rebuild. 

Many of the attendees who spoke to Fox News Digital connected Saturday had seen the demolition successful areas astir Asheville themselves erstwhile they drove hours from their homes to present supplies and unpaid their clip to assistance radical rebuild. (Fox News Digital)

One household from Avery County said a histrion fell connected their location during the storm, and they drove to Charlotte for the performance to flight immoderate of the accent they've dealt with implicit the past month.

Church announced during the amusement that his charitable organization, Chief Cares, was donating 100 homes to those successful request aft Helene, which killed 98 radical successful North Carolina unsocial and much than 250 crossed the Southeast. North Carolina Gov. Cooper estimates that harm to the authorities totals astir $53 billion.

Luke Combs and Eric Church execute astatine Concert For Carolina astatine Bank of America Stadium connected Oct. 26, 2024 successful Charlotte, N.C. (John Shearer/Getty Images for Concert For Carolina)

"We've travel up with a program called Blueprint for the Blue Ridge. We're going to enactment 100 families successful homes that person mislaid their homes successful Avery County and the surrounding areas — 1 of the worst deed areas. In an country that I spent fractional of my years, an country I've had a batch of inspiration and gained a batch of inspiration, successful an country I've made 5 records in. And we're going to spell and support those radical successful their community, enactment a extortion implicit their heads, fto them interact with their community, fto them beryllium a portion of their community, and fto them assistance rebuild the community."

Hosts Marty Smith of ESPN and Caleb Pressley of Barstool Sports announced during the amusement that Dolly Parton had directed $1 cardinal to Concert for Carolina done a donation from Amazon's Jeff Bezos, which helium dedicated to Dolly specifically "to nonstop to causes that she cares about," Smith said connected Saturday.

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Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman talk astatine the Concert For Carolina astatine Bank of America Stadium connected Oct. 26, 2024, successful Charlotte, N.C. (John Shearer/Getty Images for Concert For Carolina)

Earlier this month, the state fable donated $1 cardinal of her ain wealth to the Mountain Ways Foundation to enactment Hurricane Helene alleviation efforts. Parton's Dollywood besides contributed an further $1 cardinal to the relief.

On Saturday greeting earlier the show, Church and Combs shared stories with Fox News Digital astir their memories of occidental North Carolina arsenic they reflected connected the wide demolition caused by Helene.

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The stadium lit up during Eric Church's show astatine the Concert for Carolina. (Audrey Conklin/Fox News Digital)

"I retrieve determination was immoderate video of an country that I knew intimately successful occidental North Carolina, and … I didn't cognize what I was looking at. It was stunning to maine to spot this country that I grew up in, that I knew, that I nary longer recognized," Church said. 

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Combs recalled a U-Haul dealership helium was fired from arsenic a teenager.

"There's a Walgreens connected 1 broadside of Tunnel Road, and there's a U-Haul dealership connected the different side, and I really worked 1 summertime astatine that peculiar U-Haul dealership. I got fired from that job, and … I came home, I was astir apt 20 years old, and I told my parents I got laid off. They knew that was a lie," Combs recalled.

Combs added that it was "sobering to spot truthful galore places that" helium had walked with his "own 2 feet, particularly successful Asheville," destroyed by the hurricane. He mentioned MANNA nutrient bank, 1 of his chosen charities to payment from the Concert for Carolina amusement and wherever helium and his parent utilized to volunteer, saw terrible harm from the storm.

James Taylor performs astatine the Concert For Carolina astatine Bank of America Stadium connected Oct. 26, 2024 successful Charlotte, N.C. ( John Shearer/Getty Images for Concert For Carolina)

"Very peculiar spot for me. A batch of memories there, and I conscionable hatred to spot the information that it's in," Combs said.

All proceeds volition beryllium divided arsenic and distributed to Combs' and Church's organizations of their choosing successful enactment of alleviation efforts crossed the Carolinas and the Southeast, according to a property release. 

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Combs’ information volition beryllium distributed among Samaritan's Purse, MANNA Food Bank and Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC.

Church’s organization, Chief Cares, is focused connected helping established charities and organizations that are well-managed, organized and tin expedite assistance straight to the families affected by Hurricane Helene.

Fox News' Ashley Hume contributed to this report.