The tennis family is showing up for the people affected by Hurricane Helene. Take Tennis Channel anchor and commentator Brett Haber, for one, who recently traveled to western North Carolina in support of relief efforts.
After coordinating efforts to collect donated supplies including diapers, non-perishable food, other toiletries including toothpaste and toothbrushes, socks and pet food via his network in the Washington, D.C. area and beyond, Haber traveled to the town of Rutherfordton, which boasts a population of just over 3,600 and was one of the communities hit the hardest by record flooding from the storm that made landfall on Sept. 26, to deliver them personally and help residents on the ground distribute them.
Touched by the heart on display by the local community despite the devestation, Haber later wrote on on social media that he was “in awe of the people of western North Carolina and their capacity for selflessness and love in the face of tragedy.”
More than 115 people were killed by the storm in North Carolina alone, with at least 200 people still missing.
“My day was with the people of Rutherfordton, N.C.—but it’s happening in dozens of communities around the state—and it embodies everything our country aspires to,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
