Every Eagle Succeeds plans expansion

“I discovered that they have a food pantry, similar to CSC, and a school supply space, where students can access school supplies. After leaving the conference, I felt I was not doing enough for my fellow students, and the Eagle Exchange could be further expanded to meet student needs better. So, I began to plan, got other students to join me, and found a space for our club,” Hoeke said.

She contacted the Housing and Residence Life staff and arranged for the newly formed club to take over management of the Eagle Exchange, a room of clothing, shoes, coats, and other donated items for students from the campus and community.

Hoeke said the club consists of about 12 members. Hoeke is president, Lizzie Hunt, a Family Consumer Science major of Murdo, S.D., is vice president, Rachel Bell, a Social Work major of Miles City, Mont., is secretary, and Jolee Schoenholz, an Elementary Education major of Imperial, Neb., is treasurer. The faculty adviser is Dr. Erin Norman. A second faculty adviser and Campus Activity Board Representative positions are open.

“The club is small but willing to serve. We want to make our campus a better place. So far, we have hosted one event to build connections with the community by making Valentines for senior citizens. We plan to do more events similar to this while also adding some stress management or student assistance events,” Hoeke said.

The clothes in the Eagle Exchange are located on the second floor of Kent Hall above the Campus Resource Officer’s Office. The Eagle Exchange is open all hours of the day.

“We need more clothes that are fashionable and beneficial for student life and professional life. We always need things like shoes, men’s apparel, and women’s dress clothes. We ask that any items people bring are in good condition and washed. We ask that people do not bring things like used socks or intimates. However, if one would like to bring in new, packaged socks, that would be fine,” she said.

The club members are in the process of setting up donation bins in campus buildings. They have plans to also set up a few donation boxes in the community. Until those are in place, interested donors can take items to the Eagle Exchange in Kent Hall or email Hoeke at katherine.hoeke@eagles.csc.edu or Norman at enorman@csc.edu.

Christian Miller, Associate Director of Housing and Residence Life said the Eagle Exchange started a couple of years ago and was mainly focused on providing a place where students who need additional clothing could go without having to spend money or find transportation to a store.

“We are very glad the new club Every Eagle Succeeds is taking it over and expanding the idea to include laundry supplies and school supplies. This will definitely help fill a need on campus,” Miller said.