Food donations amassed at a resource hub operating out of the Beans Creek Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Bakersville, N.C. on Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Gabriela Aoun Angueria)

Pam Phillips has been running a resource hub for neighbors out of the Beans Creek Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Bakersville, N.C. on Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Gabriela Aoun Angueria)

Hayden Wilson, left, Alexander Pellersels, second from left, Jonathan Bowen and Henry Kovacs, right, install a mobile power system at the Beans Creek Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Bakersville, N.C. on Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Gabriela Aoun Angueria)

A generator powers a resource hub at the Beans Creek Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Bakersville, N.C. on Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Gabriela Aoun Angueria)

Bobby Renfro, left, thanks Footprint Project volunteer Henry Kovacs, right, after Kovacs helped install solar panels and a battery at a community building in Tipton Hill, N.C. on Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Gabriela Aoun Angueria)

Bobby Renfro has spent thousands of dollars running generators to power a resource hub at the community building he established in Tipton Hill, N.C. on Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Gabriela Aoun Angueria)

Bobby Renfro has spent thousands of dollars running generators to power a resource hub at the community building he established in Tipton Hill, N.C. on Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Gabriela Aoun Angueria)

Hayden Wilson, left, Jonathan Bowen, second from left, Alexander Pellersels second from right, and Henry Kovacs, right, install a mobile power system for a resource hub in Tipton Hill, N.C. on Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Gabriela Aoun Angueria)