If America is considering nominations for the Most Valuable Players of 2024, the Amish community would qualify as serious contenders for helping to deliver the key swing state of Pennsylvania to Donald Trump in the presidential election.

There’s also the undeniable difference the Amish have made in helping to construct tiny homes for flood-stricken families in Boone, North Carolina following the devastation of Hurricane Helene.

According to High Country News, 62 members of the central Pennsylvania Amish community came to Boone to build 12 sheds which can be used as tiny homes for individuals and families displaced by the storm.

The construction of the structures took place in under 48 hours and the $300,000 worth of materials to build them was donated by the Amish community.

The Amish workers brought with them building supplies, tools and equipment and left behind 20 propane tanks, numerous tools as well as five pallets of fire fighting supplies to be distributed as needed throughout the area.

Andy Owens, who oversaw efforts to create a base camp for relief workers in storm-ravaged area, praised the Amish for their charitable contributions and praised their willingness to help those in need without seeking recognition. Owens stated:

“The Amish do not like to draw attention to themselves and they don’t do anything for publicity. They came as volunteers to help folks who have been displaced by the hurricane. Hopefully, they left knowing they made a significant contribution to life here in the High Country.”

The Amish communities of Pennsylvania have also received recognition for their unprecedented turnout in the Nov 5 election which flipped Pennsylvania from a blue to a red state and delivered the state’s crucial electoral college votes for Donald Trump.

An earlier effort by the Amish to provide more than 100 tiny homes for families left homeless by Hurricane Helene had run into difficulties when local and state authorities in North Carolina would not allow the storm victims to occupy the homes, saying they had not yet passed code.