Tornadoes caused mass devastation in the state of Kentucky earlier this month, leaving residents terrified and struggling, and valuable resources scarce.

But Kissell Motorsports, a business in our viewing area, is trying to get those resources where they need to be.

Kissell Motorsports intends to send a truckload of supplies to Dawson Springs, Kentucky on January Sixth, and are actively accepting donations.

“Can’t imagine what those folks are going through, to lose everything...this close to the holidays, so...any way we can help out, we’re happy to do it,” said Josh Nolten, the Co-Owner of Kissell Motorsports.

The tornadoes left little behind in Western Kentucky, taking peoples homes, cars and supplies with them while ripping through communities.

Last week, Josh Nolten’s father Jim went through Dawson Springs en route to Tennessee, and dropped off some goods for a community looking to get back on its feet.

“So he was going to Nashville, Tennessee to pick up my nephew and it’s not all that far from Western Kentucky and he just thought while he was heading that direction, he might as well take a load of non-perishables and water to help those people out,” he explained.

A father and son conversation ensued, and they realized they had the ability to make a bigger impact.

“After talking with him, it became clear that...we could help out and we had the resources to do it,” the younger Nolten stated.

Those resources come from the progress Kissell has made as a business.

“The business has grown, we’ve added box trucks to our fleet of service vehicles and we run all over the Mid-Atlantic picking up European motorcycles for service and sales, and we’re going to take a break from that, a couple-day break, and use them to help these people,” he said.

And with several donation locations in Centre County helping the effort, he says the community has stepped up to the plate.

“Yeah, I mean, the response has been overwhelming, the local community has been in every day dropping off...non-perishables, tools," Nolten said.

Nolten added that non-perishable food, pet food, tools and cleaning supplies are priorities at the moment.

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