in Kentucky.

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eastern Kentucky was devastated by flooding in 2022.

Support poured in from Tennessee and Georgia.

Now one of the county's help during that disaster is returning the favor as those states deal with the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

>> We're gathering supplies and trying to send as much support as possible to the people that were flooded in North Carolina.

Last week we first started seeing the devastation that's happening down there.

Is that your lab director?

She said we've got to do something.

We've got to try to help was a board member with the spire Appalachia him.

But the county.

So we're just a small started out as community development in an animal rescue.

But then as you know, fires and sides have hit for the counties to Kentucky.

We've we try to step up in that regard as much as possible.

So we did a lot in the 2022 flood and actually win no.

I got news that we were going to get the box trailer.

A message to Aspire Appalachia group and I said, okay, let's do it again.

It's it's sad.

But I guess it's a good thing that we're getting good at disaster who we know what what their supplies are.

We know we've been able to trouble seeing a little bit of fun, how to increase and how to SMU's the put the process.

So it's I guess a both a good and a bad thing.

It was complete devastation here in.

>> To know that someone else who going through that same plane news, it means that a lot of tough memories.

There was so much outpouring from other areas when we were in this situation that.

Just to give back just a little is.

Overwhelming.

I thought.

>> That we want to get very much.

But then Wednesday, Thursday, they started rolling and we've had such an outpouring of support from the community from family and friends across for the county and beyond and even the local businesses.

It's coming from everywhere in Jackson and other areas.

We started the.

>> The donations unloading the truck on Sunday and it's been coming in every sense.

So right now, some of the the biggest items are those emergency items, of course, is going to be food, water, baby supplies, formula, Baby food, diapers and then also the true emergency supplies, tents, tarps, utility knives, jugs of gas.

That's a huge one generators.

Dehumidifiers, Bucs fans.

You know, at this point we're trying to both help with emergency in and help people as they start to rebuild as well.

So it's we're trying to cover those first couple of phases of the disaster response as much as we possibly can.

>> We still haven't kicked an organization that we're going to donate to.

Yeah, we want these items to go to a place.

It's not getting any donations.

I know that was something that we encounter here in Brevard County.

We had so many different organization and donation sites across the county that it was it was difficult to try to spread those among all the donation sites.

>> Anything that we can do for the community and communities in that area.

That's what we do.

We pull together.

We work together and we do what needs to be done and we need to make our community where they're at.

They can get to us.

We need to get to them.

>> I think it's just to show that we can stand by each other.

You know, we're all Appalachians.

And even if we want to legends, were humans and we need to help each other, we have to step in and try to fill that gap for them.

Thank goodness for them.

Volunteers plan to leave Saturday to deliver the donated items.

>> Kentucky River Medical Center and a spy or Appalachia will continue to gather supplies and send them to Tennessee and Georgia for as