NC State DE, mom to bring items to flood areas

David Hale, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 30, 2024, 12:08 PM ET

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• College football reporter.Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware.NC State defensive end Davin Vann is working to bring relief materials to storm-ravaged communities in western North Carolina after floods devastated communities in the consequences of Hurricane Helene on Friday.Vann’s mom, Delight Hall, owns a moving business– Happy Movers, based in Cary, North Carolina– and as the two went over the storm

  damage on Sunday, they chose to fill one of Hall’s moving trucks with needed supplies and bring them to households in requirement.”We just created the concept of filling a box truck and getting materials out there,”Vann stated.

  “It may not do much, however it’s something that we seemed like we could do.”Vann and his mom will be collecting donations at the school’s indoor practice facility from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday and from twelve noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday.Vann stated they’re trying to find contributions of mineral water or electrolyte beverages, premixed baby formula, child wipes and other health items, such as toothbrushes, tooth paste, deodorant and hand sanitizer, diapers, hair shampoo, flight lights, lanterns and batteries, along with blankets and sleeping bags and canned foods. “We like the mountains and looking at all these folks, I just can’t think of losing whatever,”Hall stated.”We wished to do something to assist.”Various locations of western North Carolina are under water, with homeowners isolated from fundamental services, while others have been displaced by storm water. More than 30 people in the state have been confirmed dead and almost 2 million are still without power.”We’ll be out there all day, “Vann stated.” We were simply speaking about how ravaging the hurricane was for that area of North Carolina and how we wanted to assist. It was just sort of us talking at first and then we simply decided it was something we might really do.”Vann is a fifth-year senior from Cary, North Carolina. He has been a starter on the protective line for 3 years, and leads the team with 6.5 deals with for loss this season, including 3.5 in a win over Northern

  Illinois on Saturday.” I’m truly proud and glad for Davin and his household,”NC State coach Dave Doeren said Monday.”Davin most likely simply came off the best game of his profession, also. For that to be on his mind today, I think states a lot about that young man and his household.”