Hurricane Helene made landfall September 26, 2024. Within 48 hours, LDS volunteers were on the ground across four states. Within two weeks: 12,000 volunteers had contributed 170,000 hours of labor, serving 5,700 homes through 14 command centers across Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
This scale and speed is the product of a pre-built infrastructure — bishops' storehouses, pre-positioned supplies, and a ward-level organizational system designed for rapid mobilization. (Church-reported figures confirmed by Deseret News.)
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