WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The UNC School of the Arts has raised more than $25,000 for victims of Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina, the school announced Tuesday afternoon.
According to UNCSA, the money was raised through ticket sales and donations to the Piedmont Triad chapter of the American Red Cross. The school donated 100% of its proceeds from ticket sales for performances from Sept. 26-Oct. 31 to the Red Cross.
“We are grateful to our dedicated audiences and community who helped us do our part for relief efforts in western N.C., while doing what we do best here at UNCSA. And as is often the case, the arts can provide a way for our community to come together,” said UNCSA Chancellor Brian Cole. “The region of western N.C. is special to all of us at UNCSA not only because it is close to our home here in Winston-Salem and is an actual home to many of our alumni, faculty, staff and students; it is also home to a burgeoning community of artists who power the local economy. In the coming months and years we remain dedicated to partnering with the Kenan Institute and organizations that can help us support the recovery of the creative economy that is so critical to that region, and to the state of North Carolina.”
UNC School of the Arts and the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts are also "working closely with community organizations to continue to help support the future economic recovery of the region."
Hurricane Helene made landfall on Sept. 26 and quickly devastated many areas across western North Carolina. The total number of people killed by the storm has climbed over 100, and there are at least 10 people missing still in the region.
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