North Texas volunteers stepping up to provide aid to Texas Hill Country flood victims

DALLAS — Like the trailer hitched to his truck, Austin Nixon felt empty.

“It hits home seeing the devastation,” Nixon said.

Growing up, Nixon attended Camp La Junta, one of the camps devastated by flooding last weekend in central Texas.

“Its’ definitely contributed to where I am today, the man I am today,” Nixon said.

That piece of his childhood is now largely washed away, and like many, Nixon, who now lives in Dallas, wanted to help but felt helpless.

“There’s this void in our heart and you’re looking for ways to fill that void,” said Asya Minion, partner coordinator for World Vision.

“Sometimes you just sit there because you don’t know what to do,” said Terri Brown, a World Vision volunteer.

Brown says she and her husband, Mike Brown, prayed for those affected and for direction.

“How can we do more than just pray?” Brown wondered.

That’s what led the Browns to World Vision’s Grand Prairie warehouse. Tuesday morning, the faith-based non-profit sent two large trucks of supplies to central Texas, with plans to send much more.

They are not alone, either.

Thanks to donations, Nixon filled his empty trailer with critical supplies. He left for central Texas Tuesday afternoon and planned to deliver the supplies to Ingram first responders later that night.

“The director, at the time when I was there as a kid, he would always say ‘party on, share with your friends,’” Nixon said. “That’s why I’m trying to do now, trying to share and go down and help and do whatever we can to do that.”

“Any part that we can play in that is that glimmer of light for them,” Minion said.

To be that light in the darkness, Minion says donating time, money, or resources is always an option, but to those who have wondered, ‘what can I do,’ the answer is far simpler.

“You just have to say yes,” said Mike Brown.

JUST SAY YES TO DELIVER GRACE.

“There is hope on the other side,” Terri Brown said.

Organizations across Texas are collecting donations to support the response to Central Texas flooding.

Click here for a full list of organizations.