Weekend flood relief effort nears 1,500 hours of service

SMU athletes Kevin Eidsmo and Nick Fabbri hauled muddy belongings and pails of mud from the basement of a home in Rushford.









Students, including, Arica Ellingsen (soccer) and Theresa Perrini (volleyball) demolished a house in Rushford.





Angel Weisbrod addresses a large crowd of athletes Sunday morning about health and safety concerns. A total of 199 athletes and 112 other students, along with a few faculty and staff, helped area communities this past weekend.


Nearly 200 athletes, and 112 other students — along with some faculty and staff — assisted our area communities for 1,470 hours of service last weekend alone.

Our volunteers stacked wood, worked on siding, gutted houses, brought up buckets of mud, emptied basements, powerwashed items and landscaped. And, most of all, they helped revitalize and energize a group of flood victims who have grown tired and depressed. Let’s make that a great beginning as we continue to shed a little hope for our neighbors.

WSU students joined SMU efforts for a full weekend of community service.