Mobilization

College students have this major capacity to mobilize and accomplish great things. Possibly combined with the new freedom of becoming a young adult and the ideologist approach of university life, students all around the country continually mobilize to do some pretty awesome things. Individuals and groups throughout college, value philanthropy and support their local communities through service projects and efforts. With natural and man-made disasters the true spirit of philanthropy is seen throughout college students.

With the disaster that struck Joplin just a day ago, facebook and twitter have turned into massive movements for support for the victims. As a graduate of the University of Missouri and Joplin being located in Missouri, this tragedy hit pretty close to home for many Mizzou students. With this, even though the school year has ended, students are using their social and university connections to raise support for the people of Joplin. Delta Chi at the University of Missouri has begun a supply drive for the people of Joplin. If you're in Columbia and want to help, you can drop supplies off at 501 Turner- Delta Chi. TKE has partnered with a local restaurant, the Heidelberg to raise funds for the people of Joplin.

When the storms rolled through Alabama a few weeks ago, students mobilized in a very similar manner. Omega Psi Phi banned together and began a food and supply drive for victims of the Alabama disaster. UA Greek Relief began with individual initative and ended up with a unified movement by the Greek community to provide aid and relief to those in need.

'Help Find Will Norton' is a facebook campaign started by friends and family of Will Norton, a recent high school graduate of Joplin who is missing in the aftermath of the storm. He was with his father, driving down home after graduation, and was swept up in the storm. A local hospital confirmed he had been taken to the hospital but then had been transferred to another hospital, His family is currently unaware of his status. Anderson Cooper reported on the story just a few hours ago, and when I heard of the campaign, it had just over 2,000 hits. A few short hours later, the facebook page is up to almost 6,000 'likes.' Hopefully Will Norton is found. His family wants everyone to be aware he may not look like himself in his pictures because of injuries from the storm and he may have head trama. Hopefully they find Will. If you know about his whereabouts please follow the link.

To donate to the Red Cross... follow this link.