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A Wilmington church group returned to Spruce Pine, NC, several months after Hurricane Helene to continue relief work.

The group focused on restoring a single home in Hawk, NC, repairing flood damage and installing new fixtures.

While progress is evident, the author believes the region will establish a "new normal" rather than fully returning to its pre-hurricane state.

The volunteers partnered with the Western NC United Methodist Disaster Ministry in their efforts.

In mid-April, 10 of us representing Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church in Wilmington, N.C., departed for Spruce Pine, N.C.

As members of an emergency response team, we had initially deployed to Spruce Pine in November for one week, not long after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina w

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