Concert for Carolina attendees tell Fox News Digital why they decided to go to the concert benefiting those impacted by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina.
More than 80,000 Americans from across North Carolina and the country traveled to Charlotte for Concert for Carolina on Saturday, a benefit show donating 100% of proceeds to those impacted by Hurricane Helene in the western part of the state.
That's horrible. And it's even more horrible when we have illegals sleeping in hotels but our own taxpaying citizens are sleeping in tents because a hurricane destroyed their home,' White added. Sherry from Denver, North Carolina, echoed that same sentiment. think if we did for our American citizens what we did for illegal entrants into this country, we'd be in a much better place,' she said, adding that she thinks 'a majority of the country has moved on and has no idea there are still people sleeping in tents.' 'Good old friends and neighbors have stepped up, and I think they'll be alright.
Earlier this month, the country legend donated $1 million of her own money to the Mountain Ways Foundation to support Hurricane Helene relief efforts. Parton's Dollywood also contributed an additional $1 million to the relief. On Saturday morning before the show, Church and Combs shared stories with Fox News Digital about their memories of western North Carolina as they reflected on the mass destruction caused by Helene.
remember there was some video of an area that I knew intimately in western North Carolina, and … I didn't know what I was looking at. It was stunning to me to see this area that I grew up in, that I knew, that I no longer recognized,' Church said. WATCH: LUKE COMBS AND ERIC CHURCH RECALL SEEING PHOTOS OF DEVASTATION Combs recalled a U-Haul dealership he was fired from as a teenager.
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