Henderson residents bring donations to Moore tornado victims

Published: May 24, 2013 at 10:08 PM CDT|Updated: Jul. 23, 2013 at 10:10 PM CDT

HENDERSON, TX (KLTV) - Residents in Henderson pulled together to make a huge delivery to the people of Moore, Oklahoma.

More than a dozen local businesses donated food, fuel and money toward the cause. What started as one man trying to gather a few pallets of water, turned into 15,000 water bottles and 200 pounds of chopped beef and brisket. Coolers and trailers were donated to haul everything to Oklahoma.

Brant Bane, who organized the efforts, drove with a few other Henderson residents to drop everything off Thursday. He says Henderson residents Donna Fielding, Julie Fielding, Michael Watson and Carla Carr helped load the trailers.

"It was very devastating. We went through the worst part of Moore and it was just something that, you see it on TV, but you really don't take into consideration what it really looks like until you're sitting there watching people dig through the rubble of their life," says Bane.

Bane says he was overwhelmed with how many businesses were eager to make donations.

He says those businesses included:

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Sign Express

Henderson welding supply

Top Line Trailers

Burls Collision Center

Cadillac Ranch

Bane Investment Holdings LLC

Sadler's BBQ

Velvin Oil

Still In Motion Legal Video

ABC Auto Parts

Gene and Carla McMauley

Double Eagle Construction

DDM Surveying

Coldwell Banker-Home Place Realty

Century 21-heritage realty

Fastenal

Lowes of Lewisville

Home Depot of Lewisville

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