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A Day Away Kayak Tours is known for its bioluminescence tours

On a normal day, A Day Away Kayak Tours in Titusville offers excursions for tourists and adventurers who want to glimpse manatees or take in the splendor of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.

This week, two owners and four employees at the business in northern Brevard County are fulfilling a different demand.

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In a caravan of four vehicles with 52 kayaks in tow, the trained kayakers are now en route to Texas to see what they can do to help with the relief efforts.

Stocked up with gas cans and water, the group made it to Lake Charles, Louisiana to meet up with the Cajun Navy, a civilian group that formed during Hurricane Katrina to help out in extreme disaster scenarios.

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"We as owners were sitting together on Sunday night. We were listening to things come in from Houston," said Kailey Mahan, co-owner of A Day Away. "We're from Florida; we understand hurricanes."

Once she and her husband Austin began to hear reports of just how bad things had become in Texas, the decision became pretty simple.



"For us, we're Christians. And so being able to rescue and respond to the needs of neighbors, whether they're near or far, we feel is imperative to that mission," Mahan said. "That's really at the center of it for us."

Along with Austin are Jeff Lenington, Richard Burkett, David Lovett, Buddy Gardner and Timothy Raley.



They immediately began reaching out to their team and members of their local church.

The team also set up a GoFundMe page, raising money for the trip. They've already raised $2,100 from 37 people.

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Vazquez is FLORIDA TODAY's breaking news reporter.

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