Update on Our Hurricane Response

Applications for Hurricanes Helene and Milton are now closed.

Cases are processed in the order in which they were received. We are distributing weekly updates regarding processing time; please watch for emails from our team!

If you applied for assistance unrelated to these disasters, we are working as quickly as possible to process your case. Please reach out to your case manager directly or casemanagement@southernsmoke.org for any updates. Thank you for your patience during this time of unprecedented volume.

We are so grateful for the outpouring of support, and thanks to generous donors, to date we have granted $680,800 to 487 F+B workers affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton with 2,500 more being processed.

thank you for your generous donation.

Your support is critical in our efforts to “take care of our own.” On behalf of Southern Smoke Foundation and the thousands of awardees we have been able to support due to donors like yourself, we send you our heartfelt thanks.

Have a question about your tax statement, giving record, or continued contributions to Southern Smoke? Contact Southern Smoke’s director of philanthropy, Catarina Bill at catarina@southernsmoke.org.