The hope is to reach as many families as possible to be the rainbow after the storm.
LONGVIEW, Texas — The Slaton family calls their mission #OperationSmokeyMountain. Their truck is filled with canned food, water, pet food, personal items and donations from businesses and East Texans.
It’s all headed to Tennessee and North Carolina to help people affected by Hurricane Helene. The project started from a vision Laren Slaton had.
“I was scrolling through TikTok crying about all the devastation that they’re going through,” Laren Slaton said.
Lost homes, farms, cars and more are the among the damage left by the impact of Hurricane Helene. But in East Texas, help is on the move.
“You want to cry, and it breaks your heart, and I told my husband I said, ‘I’m going to do something for these people.’ And he’s like what can you do, and I was like, ‘I don’t …