NCDPS to host disaster info sessions in Lumberton, other communities often impacted by hurricanes

LUMBERTON, NC (WBTW) – The North Carolina Department of Public Safety will host disaster information sessions in Lumberton and other communities often impacted by hurricanes.

“State officials will hold a series of 15 community disaster information sessions to provide an update on recovery resources that are available in hurricane-impacted areas of eastern North Carolina,” NCDPS’s website says. “The partnership of agencies hosting the events includes the Office of Governor Roy Cooper, North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency, North Carolina Emergency Management and the state departments of Environmental Quality and Health and Human Services.”

The first session will be held Monday from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Lumbee Tribe Southern Spirit Community Building, located at 1872 Back Swamp Road in Lumberton.

Other sessions will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. on the following days:

August 27: Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help (R.E.A.C.H.), 2389 West Wards Bridge Road in Warsaw, NC
Aug. 27: St. Luke AME Zion Church, 91 Main Street in Maysville, NC
Aug. 29: St. Peter AME Zion Church, 617 Queen Street in New Bern, NC
September 3: St. Stephens AME Church, 501 Red Cross Street in Wilmington, NC
Sept. 3: Mattamuskeet Early College High School Cafeteria, 20392 US Highway 264 in Swan Quarter, NC
Sept. 5: Faith Tabernacle of Praise, 413 NC Highway 101 in Beaufort, NC
Sept. 5: Columbus County Dream Center, 403 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, in Whiteville, NC
Sept. 9: First Baptist Church, 302 Moore Street in Fayetteville, NC
Sept. 9: Johnson Chapel AME Zion Church, 1882 Lincoln Road NE in Leland, NC
Sept. 10: St. James Pentecostal Church, 210 Montague Road in Currie, NC
Sept. 10: St. Augustus AME Zion Church, 318 North Street in Kinston, NC
Sept. 12: St. Julia’s AME Zion Church, 112 Kerr Street in Jacksonville, NC
Date TBD: Missionary Baptist Association, 296 N. Trent Road in Merritt, NC