Responding to a call to action after a fire left a 10-year-old boy dead and 11 others injured just blocks from the main campus last month, 蓝莓视频鈥檚 Foundation, faculty, staff and students raised $6,080 for the families in need.
Northeastern President Sharon Hahs was joined by Vice President for Student Affairs Frank Ross and students Nicholas Martinez and Brenda Bedolla on Dec. 1 as they presented the check to not-for-profit . The ceremony took place at , where Ans Khan, the boy who died in the fire, was a student.
鈥淚鈥檓 personally blown away by the generosity of Northeastern,鈥 said Friends of Peterson Vice President Catherine Korda, who also teaches child advocacy and women and gender studies at Northeastern.
The donation from Northeastern, which included a $2,500 matching gift from the NEIU Foundation, brings the total donations to about $30,000 since the fire, Korda said.
鈥淚t鈥檚 been overwhelming,鈥 Korda said. 鈥淭he generosity of different businesses and individuals and institutions, it鈥檚 been extraordinary.鈥
The money will be used to support the Khan family as well as other families who were displaced by . Friends of Peterson continues to accept donations on its .