UPDATE: The Black Student Association collected 2,414 water bottles, 75 jugs, and nearly $350 in donations, said Ishmeal Mufasa Allensworth, treasurer of BSA.
Rayvon Williams, vice president of BSA, said they hope to continue the drive in the future.
"With the results we got today I feel like it will motivate us to continue to do this," Williams said, "People will use their whole entire swipe just to buy water bottles."
More than a dozen student organizations worked together to bring fresh water to the citizens of Flint, Mich.
Lead, bacteria and other pollutants have contaminated the city’s drinking water.
The Black Student Association organized a water drive, what they call #FreshWaterWednesday, to help the city.
Robert Miles, president of BSA, came up with the idea for the drive after he spoke with a pastor in Flint who described the crisis.
“He had compared the water and the conditions to living in a third-world country as far as not being able to bathe, clean food and things like that,” Miles said. “I just can’t believe that this is going on in the United States of America in 2016.”
Miles said they will drop the water off at the Madame C. J. Walker Center in Indianapolis.
Desarae Holmes, a junior exercise science major and member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, is one of those helping to collect water in the Atrium.
“I really believe that being healthy is important, and I always love to help out for a good cause,” Holmes said.
When she first heard the news about the water crisis in Flint, she said she was devastated and it wasn’t fair — especially to the children.
Mercedes Martin, a sophomore business administration major, donated four bottles of water.
"I know they would do the same for us," Martin said.
BSA has partner with 16 organizations for this, and Miles said he expects the water drive to be successful.
The water drive was also mentioned in the email from interim President Terry King that went out to all students early this morning.
Water will be collected until 5 p.m. today in the Atrium.
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