East Tennessee farmer helps donate campers to flood victims [Video]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – While people across East Tennessee and Western North Carolina await financial assistance from the federal government, some are finding help from an unlikely source.

Brian Minton, a farmer in Dandridge, has already been making trips to North Carolina over the last few months helping flood victims and assisting in any way he can. Since he started making trips to badly impacted areas, he’s gotten help from others on social media.

“Hands on the ground, boots on the ground, that’s what we’re about,” said Minton.

Minton crossed paths with Sandy Pearl on Facebook, who is a farmer from Indiana who has also been posting pictures and videos from the aftermath of the storm. Her account has garnered a lot of attention, and others have reached out to help.

Minton and Pearl have had eight people reach out and donate their RVs and campers to go to people …