Community rallies in support of injured West Side Nut Club member

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Friends and community members are going “nuts for Grant."

Grant Johnson was hurt when he fell from a UTV Tuesday at the West Side Nut Club Fall Festival.

A Facebook page started by friends called “Nuts for Grant” is sharing updates of how people are helping, and how Grant is doing.

In a post on Monday, friends shared that Grant is in critical condition.

During the fall, he hit his head. The post says he had surgery to control brain bleeds and to allow room for swelling.

He is under medical sedation, but friends say a CT scan showed improvement.

Grant has a wife and four children.

Volunteers are providing a meal train, and t-shirts are for sale.

On Wednesday, Salon Sixty-Six stylist Ruby Geddes provided chicken and dumplings for the Johnson family.

“I feel like in any situation, big or small, everyone just comes together and does what needs to be done to help everyone out,” Geddes said.

Geddes says her meal is small, but she hopes these little acts of kindness will warm the family’s hearts just as her pot of chicken and dumplings are also sure to do.

[Click here for meal train sign up]

If you want to sign up for the meal train you can go to the meal train website and sign up by clicking the above link.

Some booths at the Fall Festival donated profits, and a post says one of the performers at the fall festival donated her tip jar money.

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