From left, Laura Watt, Ellie Reiser, Patricia Zahn and Jennifer McEwen organize donations during the University of Missouri–St. Louis‘ Triton Tornado Response Drive, which is being held at the Millennium Student Center loading dock.

The drive is an example of the UMSL community coming together to help our neighbors who were impacted by the devastating tornado on May 16. The drive continues on Thursday, June 12, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; the drop-off location is on the east side of the MSC, off Lot E.

Items can also be left in collection bins placed outside of the Student Affairs suite (Room 218) at other times of the day during the drive.

Items being collected include bottled water, batteries, baby wipes, diapers, toiletries, extension cords, flashlights, phone chargers and non-perishable food items including canned items and packaged snacks. The items collected will be distributed to the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis and Action St. Louis.

This photograph was taken by UMSL photographer Derik Holtmann and is the latest to be featured in Eye on UMSL. View more UMSL photos by visiting the UMSL Flickr and Instagram accounts.