 Following the path of devastation left by the western Kentucky tornado last Thursday, one local business owner is hoping to help by dressing up as the famous cousin Eddie from the National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation movie. Several years ago I dressed up as cousin Eddie for Halloween party my sons were having. So one of my friends Saturday at the event with the ranch photos with the ranch said, how come we've never done cousin Eddie? So this was Saturday afternoon during the ranch with the photos with the grants and I said, well let's do it. And the tornado had just hit the day, the evening before. And so we said, well let's do something to coincide with that. So since Saturday we've got this magnificent cousin Eddie RV behind me. As part of the move to transition into the famous cousin Eddie, the Pike County Board of Education and Kentucky State Police post nine will be present accepting toy and cash donations. We've got the support of the State Police, Pike County Board of Education and the city of Co-Run. And it's just come together so sweet in four or five days that we're just overwhelmed. So we're hoping to have a good turnout. We're doing this rain or shine. People want to drive by. We're going to have a camera. We'll be taking photos. We'll post them on my store website and you can bring your phone. It's a time when everybody's going through so much right now and we just thought this would be such a fun way to reenact cousin Eddie for his vacation with his camper. And while Johnson says it's a fun way to reenact the character, he hopes to use the image to pay back to those within the state and his community. I've lived here all my life. So we've dealt with disasters, flooding and all that. We helped when there was tornadoes in Surreyville and West Liberty. So it's one of those pay it back, pay it forward type deals. We're paying back what they probably did for us. The donation event will be this Saturday, December 18th from 1 to 7 p.m. near Johnson's home and garden store. For Mountain Top News, I'm Joel Korgel.