BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — In the wake of tragedy comes volunteers; hundreds if not thousands of them. You might not think of cooking as your typical volunteer work, but it’s necessary.

“We’ve purchased 300 hot dogs!” scoutmaster Ladonna Harmon said.

Harmon is a teacher full-time, but she enjoys spending time with her kids in scouts.

“I teach in a low-income area, and so, I know there are people that are struggling, and I want to do anything that I can to help out,” Harmon said.

She and her husband, scoutmaster Chris Harmon, teamed up with B.G. First Church to give out food, water and whatever else they could help with.

“All these guys that are running chainsaws and bulldozers and whatever else is going on, if they don’t have to worry about being hungry,” Chris Harmon said, “if they don’t have to stop to eat, they can just stop by here and pick up a hotdog or a cup of coffee to stay warm, this morning was pretty chilly.”

Just about everyone living in bowling green says the same thing: This is something they’ve never seen before.

“On an average spring, you see a few trees pushed over, that kind of thing,” Chris Harmon said. “But nothing like this in the 30 years I’ve been here.”

Once tragedy struck, he and his wife began figuring out ways they could help.

“We thought, ‘What can we do?’” Chris Harmon said. “We have grills, we have all kinds of things to cook.”

It sets an example. For many younger people in this area, this is the first major tragedy they’ve had to deal with.

“I just feel bad for the families that lost members of their family and other people, their pets and stuff,” 12-year-old volunteer Nolan Wiser said. “It’s truly heartbreaking.”

But still, they persevere. For every hot dog they give out, it brings a glimmer of hope.

“If everybody just does what they can do, that’s the way the community will pull through this I think,” Chris Harmon said.

It will take time, but together, this community is resilient.