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.

Caroline Nabors

Director of Development and Marketing

Caroline arrives at Southern Smoke Foundation with plenty of high-level experience working with compassionate nonprofits with a food and beverage industry focus.

In 2009 she started work as marketing director of Mountain Valley Spring Water. Most recently, Caroline served as president of the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation, where she formed philanthropic initiatives and grants programming. Caroline also is active in the New Orleans and Gulf Coast communities through her membership in Les Dames Escoffier, New Orleans Chapter; and as a “Person Changing the South,” according to Southern Living in 2016.

Now with Southern Smoke, she will continue leaning on her skills in nonprofit development with an eye to share the Foundation’s mission nationwide.