OSU Senior Coralee Castle and her brother Cash Castle recently took a load of supplies to Asheville, N.C. in the wake of devastating hurricane Helene.

With the help of people like police officer Dalton Rivera and others, Coralee hauled a 28’ stock trailer full of supplies all the way to North Carolina.

Coralee is working toward a degree in English and is pre-law.

Coralee said Clay and TC Milner at Precision Trailers, “helped a ton”.

Castle said about half of the supplies came from Stillwater Milling and Farmer’s Coop in Wayne.

“That was all the horse and pet feed and animal supplies,” she said.

“Then I got big loads of stuff from Walmart. The rest came from people donating things to me.

Castle reported over $15,000 donated all together.

“Landmark Church made a huge contribution as well as Trinity Fellowship in Sayre,” Castle continued. “The truck was donated by the Roberts family in Tulsa and the trailer was donated by Mike and Agnes Lane in Ada.”

Purcell FOP Lodge #194 donated and so did Criswell’s Service Station.

The first night they stayed at long-time family friend Doug Tallent’s house, then went up the mountain the next day to Asheville.

Luke, Abbi and Doug all met when they were working for RGV quarter horses in Purcell.

“Quite litterally it could not have been a better trip,” she said.

The 1,048 (one way) trip is nearly a 15-hour drive that she drove all the way going and coming home so she could be back in Purcell for a close friend’s wedding on Saturday.

“Before we could get unloaded, people were already picking up stuff,” she said of the drop off in hard-hit Asheville.

“It was a great thing to be a part of,” she concluded.