Alongside the individuals dealing with Hurricane Helene’s aftermath, countless local businesses and organizations felt the impact of the storm. Many had to shut down operations, and others lost their facilities entirely. But they, along with the rest of our community, are beginning to rebuild.
So we’ve started a list of artists, businesses, and nonprofits that have shared post-Helene fundraisers — so that you (and your out-of-town friends and family) can help by clicking the links to donate and sharing these campaigns with your network.
This article will continue to be updated, so please email us your fundraising campaigns.
Note: These links were collected through the websites and social media channels of the businesses they support or were emailed directly to us by representatives of the business.
Businesses that lost their buildings
So many businesses and organizations became inoperable after the storm, but some local spots lost even more than revenue. This section is dedicated to those organizations and businesses whose spaces sustained significant damage.
- 310 Art | Recovery + rebuilding
- 12 Bones Smokehouse | Employee support
- 900 Degreez Pizza Food Truck | Recovery + rebuilding
- Animal Haven of Asheville | Recover + rebuilding
- Art Garden AVL | Artist support, recovery + rebuilding
- Asheville Tea Company | Recovery + rebuilding
- Balm Salon | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- Bette Boutique | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- Black Cat Sandwich Co. | Recovery + rebuilding
- Brother Wolf Animal Rescue | Recovery + rebuilding
- Bull and Beggar | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- Carolina Native Nursery | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- Chaunie’s Coffee & Neutral Bar | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- Crazy Green Studios | Employee support, recovery + new space
- CrossfitAVL | Recovery + rebuilding
- Cultivate Climbing | Employee support
- Cursus Keme | Recovery
- Curve Studios | Support for artists in finding new studios and replenishing lost work + materials
- DayTrip | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- Eda Rhyne Distillery | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- Finch Grocery | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- Foundation Studios | Artist support, recovery + rebuilding
- Flow at Foundy | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- Grail Moviehouse | Employee support
- Green River Woods | Recovery + rebuilding
- Guajiro Cuban Comfort Food | Recovery + rebuilding
- HAVEN Chiropractic | Recovery + rebuilding
- Hillman Beer | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- Kerr Woodworking | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- Level 42 Gallery & Studio | Artist support, recovery + rebuilding
- Local Cloth | Support for fiber artists and farmers who have lost work and equipment in the flood
- Marquee Asheville | Recovery + rebuilding
- Master BBQ AVL | Recovery + rebuilding
- Mean Pies | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- New Origin Brewing | Recovery
- New Stock Pantry | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- Origami Ink | Recovery
- Plēb Urban Winery | Employee support
- Ravin’ Salon | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- Roll Up Herbal Bar | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- Rosabees | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- Ruff Life | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- Scorch Fitness | Employee support + recovery
- Second Gear | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- Sugar & Snow Gelato | Recovery + rebuilding
- Sunnyside Trading Co. | Employee support
- The Village Potters Clay Center | Recovery + rebuilding
- Trackside Studios | Artist support, recovery + rebuilding
- Village Wayside Bar and Grill | Employee support + recovery
- WildFlowers | Employee support
- Zillicoah Beer Co. | Recovery + rebuilding
Artists + art spaces
- Drawing Board Tattoo | Employee support
- Fired Up Creative Lounge | Employee support
- Girl and Goblin | Employee support
- Lust And Lore Tattoo Co. | Employee support
- Misfit Improv | Artist support
- Plays in Mud Pottery | Materials and space for displaced potters to work
- The Orange Peel and Rabbit Rabbit | Employee support
- River Arts District Artists Foundation | Artist support
- Salvage Station | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- Southern Highland Craft Guild | Recovery + rebuilding
Breweries, bars + beverages
- Asheville Pizza and Brewing Co. | Employee support
- Catawba Brewing | Employee support
- Crucible | Employee support
- DSSOLVR | Employee support
- Fleetwood’s | Employee support
- High Five Coffee | Employee support
- Highland Brewing | Employee support
- Ginger’s Revenge | Employee support
- Noble Cider | Employee support
- One World Brewing | Employee support
- Pollen | Employee support
- Terra Nova Beer Co. | Employee support
- Wedge Brewing | Employee support
Education + tours
- LaZoom Tours | Employee support
- No Taste Like Home | Employee support
- Wild Abundance | Support for Mutual Aid Barnardsville, repairs for locals, business recovery
- WNC Nature Center | Recovery + rebuilding
Health + wellness
- All Bodies Movement | Employee support
- Blazing Lotus and Wild Rose Healing House | Employee support
- Danceclub Asheville | Employee support
- Ebb & Flow | Employee support + expenses
- Evolve Skin Studio | Employee support
- Franny’s Farm | Recovery + rebuilding
- Girls on the Run WNC | Community support
- MADabolic Asheville | Community support
- Riveter | Employee support
- Shoji Spa | Employee support
- Sonali Devesh Wellness Spa | Recovery + rebuilding
- West Asheville Yoga | Employee support + recovery
Professional services
- Auntie M Pet Care | Employee support
- Greenhouse | Employee support
- Willow’s Dream | Employee support
- Wink Salon | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- WNC Pet Care | Employee support
Restaurants
- Chai Pani Restaurant Group | Employee support
- Corner Kitchen + Chestnut | Employee support, rebuild of Corner Kitchen
- Cucina 24 + Contrada | Employee support
- Daymoon Coffee & Books and BattleCat Beverly Hills | Employee support
- Double Crown | Venmo @dc_distro for supply distribution and medical aid
- Early Girl Eatery | Employee support
- Eldr Restaurant | Employee support
- Huli Sue’s BBQ and Grill | Employee support
- Jack of the Wood | Employee support
- Laughing Seed Cafe | Employee support
- Luella’s Bar-B-Que | Employee support
- Neng Jr.'s | Employee support
- Odd’s Cafe | Employee support
- Old Europe | Employee support + supply donations
- OWL Bakery | Employee support
- Pack’s Tavern | Employee support
- Posana | Employee support
- Smokee’s Pizza | Feeding the community
- Taco Billy | Employee support
- Tall John’s | Employee support
- The Admiral | Employee support
- The Hop | Community, employee support
- The Med | Employee support
- The Market Place | Employee support
- The Smokin’ Onion | Employee support + food truck repairs
- Ukiah Japanese Smokehouse | Employee support
- West End Bakery | Employee support
- White Duck Taco | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
Retail + goods
- Asheville Charcuterie Co. | Employee support, recovery
- Blue Mountain Distributors | Recovery + rebuilding
- Carolina Flowers | Employee support
- Clad | Employee support
- Heilbron Herbs | Recovery + rebuilding
- Hickory Nut Gap Farm | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- Kind Hearted Goods | Employee support, recovery + rebuilding
- LOFT | Employee support
- Malaprop’s Bookstore | Employee support
- Your Mother’s Medicine | Recovery + rebuilding
Hospitality + lodging
- Wrong Way River Lodge & Cabins | Employee support
Explore Asheville has also launched the Love Asheville From Afar initiative, a database of local businesses to support through purchases or donations. You can submit your business to be included.
