By Elizabeth Suarez
The Ohio State Department of Athletics (click here) is hosting a bottled-water drive until Thursday evening to provide clean drinking water for the community of Flint, Michigan, in response to their public water crisis.
The idea for the drive began when Joy Cheek, assistant coach of the women’s basketball team, reached out to Caleb Clark, assistant director of fan experience and promotions for OSU athletics, after the women’s team played in Ann Arbor on Jan. 21.
“She asked if it would be possible to do something like this and donate some water to Flint,” Cheek said.
The collection effort kicked off at the men’s hockey game against Minnesota on Friday, and it will continue throughout the week. Fans can donate bottled water at the men’s basketball game against Michigan on Tuesday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. outside the Schottenstein Center at the Northwest Rotunda....
February 16, 2016
February 16, 2016
Rolling Meadows, Ill. (AP) — A volunteer association (click here) of plumbing products manufacturers has donated hundreds of faucets and other supplies to Flint, Michigan.
The (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reports that Plumbing Manufacturers International of Rolling Meadows provided the fixtures in response to Flint's drinking-water crisis, in which high levels of lead have been found. A team of nearly 470 plumbers from local unions installed the faucets, supplies and water filters....
