By Kruthi Nandam – Staff Reporter

This year, the Black Student Union started a donation drive for the Beth-El Center in Milford. They are accepted personal hygiene products, sponges, rubber gloves, dish detergent, and more. Advocate Staff Reporter Kruthi Nandam interviewed BSU President Germard Guery about the drive. 

Kruthi Nandam: Has the Black Student Union done something like this before?

Germard Guery: No, we haven’t done something like this before.  This is the first year of the Black Student Union, but we knew we wanted to do some sort of service project.

KN:  Do you have any long-term goals for this donation drive? 

GG: Our long-term goal is to continue to support them over the course of the coming school year.

KN: Has BSU done something for this center before? If so what?

GG: We haven’t really done anything to support the center prior to this drive.

KN: Why do you want to support this center?

GG: We wanted to support a local shelter that helps the community and felt the Beth-El shelter was just a great option.  We realized our school does a lot of food and toy drives to support the center, but not nearly as much in terms of hygiene and cleaning products so that was our thought process behind the drive.

KN: Is BSU going to support the center in the future? 

GG: BSU does plan on supporting this center in the future. We plan on continuing the drive early next year as well.