WHEELING — The Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley’s Disaster Response and Recovery Fund received another major financial boost Wednesday, this time from Norfolk Southern.

The company announced Wednesday that it has donated $25,000 to the CFOV’s Disaster Response and Recovery Fund, created recently to help those affected throughout Ohio County by the deadly flash floods of June 14. The fund provides direct assistance to nonprofits active in disaster response and recovery from those floods.

The $25,000 from Norfolk Southern matches the $25,000 each donated by WesBanco and the Paisley Foundation to start the fund. The CFOV will use resources from the fund to partner with nonprofit organizations like the United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley, Catholic Charities, and the House of the Carpenter, according to a release from Norfolk Southern.

“Our hearts go out to everyone impacted by this devastating event,” said Kristin Wong, Norfolk Southern Community Impact Director. “We deeply appreciate the tireless efforts of the Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley and all those working to support the community’s recovery from the flooding.”

Delegate Shawn Fluharty, D-Ohio, said a friend of his who is a lobbyist for Norfolk Southern had reached out to him asking what the company might be able to do to help Ohio County residents hit hard by the flood. Norfolk Southern doesn’t really have a territory in the Northern Panhandle, Fluharty said, but does lots of work in other areas of West Virginia and wanted to offer its assistance here.

Fluharty told his friend he would look around the ground level of the recovery process to see which groups would be the best stewards of that help, and found the CFOV.

Fluharty said the philanthropy of Norfolk Southern, WesBanco and the Paisley Foundation are great examples for other companies to follow.

“What it says is that this partnership isn’t just a business partnership, it’s a partnership with the people of West Virginia,” Fluharty said. “They realize that the people of West Virginia are an asset to their companies. When they’re hurting, they’re part of this ecosystem that makes everything work, and I’m glad that they’re stepping up.”

Since the floods, Fluharty said he has seen the people of Ohio County and beyond do great things by helping those affected, whether it’s through donations of money, supplies or time going into the communities and cleaning out basements and living rooms.

Rising waters don’t care about politics, he said, and with the way that the Ohio Valley has come together in such a time of crisis, they’ve eschewed politics, too.

“That shows the resilience of the community,” he said. “On many days, we feel like we’re so divided, but the reality is, when it comes to our neighbors, we roll up our sleeves and we work together for the betterment of the community as a whole. It just goes to show that the reality is we’re far more together than we are apart as a community.”