CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – With more snow expected and freezing temperatures expected to last throughout the weekend in western North Carolina, there is a continued need for help for people whose lives were changed by Hurricane Helene. The good news is people in the Lowcountry are finding new ways to support those who need it. They say time heals all wounds, but it will take years for those in western North Carolina to recover from Helene. It is caring and compassion from others, like Catherine Eason, who continue to help our friends in the highlands and get them through this life-changing event. Eason loves pottery and lives in Brevard, North Carolina, but she and her husband, a retired minister from Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, spend a lot of time in the Lowcountry. The idea of her pottery helping others started long before Helene ever hit. “I got connected with a children’s home in Brevard, and so I take part of the proceeds and buy pottery supplies to teach students pottery. And it’s an expensive hobby, but it is also one that you can’t think about anything else while you’re doing it, so I feel like that really helps these kids,” Eason explained. In the time since Helene, Eason has seen her neighbors not only try to get back to normal but simply survive. “A lot of people still struggle. I was making a donation at a place one day, and a lady beside me was asking. She had to be in her 70s, late 70s, and she was asking if they had a tent she could live in for a while,” Eason said. “It’s a loss for a lot of people, not only lives but their homes, everything they had.” So, a new idea was born. Eason already set aside 30% of the proceeds from her pottery sales, but now she donates it to agencies that help with disaster relief. “I keep 30% set aside in an account, and it was intended originally to be for to teach these kids, but when Helene hit, it’s just another opportunity to give back, and so that’s what I am hoping to do,” Eason said. The bottom line is that Catherin Eason just wants to help in any way she can, and if her creations can make things even a little better, then she’s all in. “I feel very blessed, and I love doing pottery, and it’s a way that I can give back to the community in some form, and teaching children that have been through a lot is important to me that they have a place of solace and respite,” Eason explained. “And now, if I can help with the Helene victims and some stuff in some small way, that’s good.” If you would like to buy some of Eason’s pottery and support the cause, just email her at [email protected]. She does not have a website but promises to get back to you.  If you have an Everyday Hero, email [email protected] or submit it here.