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Two Hustonville brothers heard that there were families in Lincoln County that were out of firewood for the year, and with a lot of winter ahead of us, decided to help out. Kenneth McCowan, 24, said, “We couldn’t let these families go without heat, especially with kids. We’ve been there, it wasn’t going to happen.”

Last Wednesday, Jennifer Jackson of Bluegrass Community Action mentioned to WPBK’s Renee Knies that she had a large number of families who had consumed their allotment of firewood provided through a home energy assistance plan and could no longer heat their homes. Jackson knew all of the families well enough to assure Knies they were truly in need.

McCowan said his father, Jerry, heard Knies put the call out for firewood on her General Store program and they decided to chip in two loads of firewood from their farm. After they had thought about it, Kyle Moss, 26, McCowan’s brother, called Knies back and said they’d provide all 15 families with wood. “We just needed a little money for gas for our trucks and chainsaws,” Moss said.

As soon as Knies let her audience know that the brothers would be able to fill the requirement for the price of some gas, donations started flowing in. People began walking into WPBK’s Main Street studio with donations of up to $50.

Moss and McCowan got right to work filling their trucks, but it’s not as if they had the wood stacked and waiting for delivery. All of the firewood had to be cut and split by hand and the warm weather at the end of last week made for muddy and sweaty work, but the brothers were determined that no children would spend a night without heat. As McCowan said, “We’ve been there.”

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