It's going to take a while to repair all the damage Hurricane Helene did to the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina/NPS

While there is certainly a lot of concerning news about the National Park Service and its collection of more than 430 parks — hurricane damage, revenue woes, employee housing concerns — there's also a lot of help being sent to the agency.

Here's a look at four organizations working for the parks.

Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation

The National Parks Traveler has reported extensively on the damage Hurricane Helene did to the Blue Ridge Parkway. What you should also know is that the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation has been working hard to help the Park Service repair the damage Helene did to the parkway in North Carolina. And they could use your help with that endeavor, as they pointed out in a recent mailer.

"Behind the closure gates, the parkway is unrecognizable. Thousands of managled trees are strewn across the pavement. Nearly three dozen rock and mudslides severely damaged or washed out the road. Half of the Linville Falls Visitor Center is simply gone. Much more damage to hundreds of miles of trails and dozens of structures is sure to be discovered." -- Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation

You can learn more, and make a donation, at brpfoundation.org. The foundation has a goal of raising $20,000 specifically to help with repairs and rebuilding. As of Monday more than $12,300 had been raised.

Outer Banks Forever

This organization hasn't been around for long, just five years, but its impacts are being felt along the Outer Banks of North Carolina. So far the organization has helped fund the first designated kayak launch at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, created an educational experience along the Freedom Trail at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and helped rangers at Wright Brothers National Memorial expand their digital educational programming.

The nonprofit organization also is working to see a family friendly accessible restroom facility built along the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse multi-use trail, battling invasive species in the Outer Banks, and engaging youth to develop the next generation of national park stewards. Click on the group's name above to learn more and send a donation.

Keep Big Bend Wild

This is a brand new organization working towards seeing official wilderness designation bestowed on more than 700,000 acres in Big Bend National Park.

More than four decades ago, in 1978, the National Park Service reported to Congress on the wilderness qualities of 583,000 acres of Big Bend. It was a report that recommended those acres for official wilderness designation, but also a report that evidently was shelved, as Congress never considered legislation to add those 583,000 acres to the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Keep Big Bend Wild, is not seeking to expand wilderness designation to lands in the park currently open to facilities and roads, but rather to "preserve in perpetuity the wild nature of Big Bend National Park in its currently undeveloped areas for the public benefit and the benefit of natural communities. To maintain appropriate visitor amenities and administrative support facilities in currently developed areas of Big Bend National Park and focus the development of any needed future infrastructure there or in neighboring communities."

You can learn more about their work, and send a donation or sign on as a supporter, at this site. 

Sequoia Parks Conservancy

To say the great trees that gave Sequoia National Park its name are in challenging times is an understatement. Wildfires, unusual heat, and changes in precipitation patterns also are affecting the giants. The Sequoia Parks Conservancy works with the National Park Service on projects designed to benefit the trees. Dollars help acquire expanded habitat, support reforestation in fire-damaged landscapes, support fire prevention efforts, and even underwrite research that might benefit sequoias.

Learn more about their work and support it with a donation at this site or by signing on as a "supporter."