College students raise money for Haiti relief

Local residents are among Aurora University students raising funds for Haiti relief.

Kristen Johnson, director of student leadership, said her 25-student Wellness and Social Responsibility class has designed and is selling "AU Helps Haiti" T-shirts. About 100 of the $10, blue-with-white lettering shirts have been sold. The shirts will be available until May.

Funds raised will go to Convoy of Hope, a Springfield, Mo.-based nonprofit which has worked in Haiti and currently feeds 11,000 children there daily.

Convoy feeds the hungry and provides pure drinking water to people in need across the United States and around the world. To date, the organization has provided real help to 28 million people in 112 countries and 45 states.

Call Johnson at (630) 844-5624 to order a shirt or for more information.

Participating students include: Israel Cazares, David Ferrel, Sharquel Pryor and Ryan Wagner, all of Aurora; Jassminn Justice and Colleen Kailus, both of Plainfield; Cassandra Carrasquillo and Kiara Henderson, both of Chicago; Lisa Etheridge of Amboy, Ill.; Joseph Mysliwiec of Antioch; Sandra Maldonado of Big Rock; Louis Coder of Bolingbrook; Lena Thomas of Farmer City; Jacob Behrens of Hebron; Robert Lopez of Huntley; Jeffrey Krause of Morris; Jamie Moore of Norridge; Joseph Doran of Oak Lawn; Amanda Taylor of Ottawa; Christopher Shue of Oswego; Christopher McGary of Sandwich; and Iwona Boska of Streamwood.