Welcome Home: SBP Celebrates Rebuild of Veteran’s Home After Hurricane Helene
November 25, 2025More than a year after Hurricane Helene sent floodwaters through his St. Petersburg, Florida home, Roland Trudell reached a milestone he had been working toward: returning to a safe, fully restored house. On November 19, SBP celebrated that moment with a Welcome Home Party, a tradition that brings homeowners, volunteers, and partners together to celebrate …
Hands-On Hope: Farmers Insurance Volunteers Help Rebuild Homes with SBP
November 13, 2025Michele Cupedro spent two days in September painting a stranger’s home in Tampa, Florida. With temperatures over 100 degrees, the work was tough. “It was hot, but that’s okay,” she said. “We were helping get the house closer to being ready. I was happy to be part of that.” Cupedro, a service advocate for Bristol …
One Year After Hurricanes Helene and Milton: The Road to Recovery
October 9, 2025One year ago, Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic flooding and massive destruction across Florida and the Southeastern United States. Just 13 days later, Hurricane Milton hit Florida communities still reeling from Helene’s impact. Together, the storms damaged more than 100,000 homes and displaced countless families in Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas. Since then, SBP has been …
The House He Built: A Florida Homeowner Rebuilds After Hurricane Helene
September 25, 2025When Hurricane Helene made landfall less than 25 miles from Anthony Lawson’s town in Florida’s Big Bend on September 26, 2024, he stayed inside the house he had designed and built himself. “I built this house with my own hands,” he said. “It had been through hurricanes and a tornado. I didn’t want to leave …
“I Got You—Hold On”: Finding Help After Back-to-Back Florida Disasters
August 4, 2025By the time Hurricane Helene tore the roof off her home in Lee, Florida, Kelsea Williamson had already endured more than most people could even imagine. Still recovering from Hurricane Idalia’s destruction from the year before and trying to rebuild life with her three children, she had just finished constructing a tiny home on the …
‘One Foot in Front of the Other:’ A Story of Recovery After Hurricanes Helene and Milton
July 21, 2025Months after Hurricane Helene tore through Laura Maidenberg’s Holiday, Florida, neighborhood in September 2024, surreal reminders of the storm’s force lingered in her yard. A kayak she’d never seen before lay stranded in her front lawn, never reclaimed. In her backyard sat a 250-pound teak bench, a matching rocking chair, a Burmese water jar—all shoved …