Eau Claire (WQOW)- The
UW-Eau Claire campus is rallying to support those who lost their loved ones and
those who survived the fire.
"This could have been any one
of us and we want them to know that we're here thinking about them," says
Ben Streeter, UW-Eau Claire Student Senate.
UW-Eau Claire students are stepping
up to show support after a fire killed two fellow students and left two others
without a home.
"I didn't know them personally
but it's really sad," says Casey Bloechl, UW-Eau Claire freshman.
The student senate and student
services are teaming up to hold a donation drive for the surviving victims.
"We are collecting items such
as school supplies, anything that you might need to live because they lost
everything, entire wardrobe, everything has been wiped out," says Libby
Richter, UW-Eau Claire Student Senate.
Donations can be dropped off at the UW-Eau Claire
Davies Center
from 7a.m. to 9p.m through Friday.
"One of the members from Senate
told us they'd be here today so I gathered up some stuff in my room. I grabbed
a t-shirt, some soap and I have some food containers I'm going to bring
tomorrow," says Bloechl.
"This is really important
because we are a small community and a somewhat small campus and it affects
everyone when a tragedy happens. We just need to stick up for each other and
help everyone out because if it were to happen to you or someone you know you
would want the same thing," says Richter.
