Help Wanted: Haitians crowd around to receive much needed aid after the dev­as­tat­ing earth­quake. Several Ferris orga­ni­za­tions have set to work rais­ing money to help aid the vic­tims. Photo Courtesy of MCT Campus

In light of the recent earth­quake in Haiti, Ferris has devel­oped an effort to help send dona­tions and aid to the dev­as­tated country.

Three of the orga­ni­za­tions that are help­ing lead the effort include Student Government, the Office of Multicultural Student Services, the Student Affairs office and the Athletic Department. The money gath­ered by these efforts will go to the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army.

The two pri­mary admin­is­tra­tors who are head­ing this project are chief diver­sity office David Pilgrim and vice pres­i­dent of stu­dent ser­vices Daniel Burcham. They were called on by pres­i­dent Eisler after news of the earth­quake reached Ferris to help take the lead in gath­er­ing donations.

“This uni­ver­sity has respon­si­bil­ity to not only our nation, but also to the world,” said Burcham. “We hope every­one gets involved because there are peo­ple with­out food and water.”

Eisler also com­mented on the dis­as­ter on Jan. 25 men­tion­ing the $650 that has already been raised and urg­ing every­one to donate what they can.

“If you have not done so already, please con­sider help­ing. The images from Haiti are truly heart­break­ing. And although mil­lions of dol­lars have been raised from all across the coun­try, the dev­as­ta­tion has cre­ated chal­lenges that will require years to rebuild the coun­try,” said Eisler.