Erin Tyler, business marketing and management junior, is collecting donations of prom and pageant dresses for storm victims. On March 2, a tornado outbreak traveled through Southern Indiana and Kentucky. Washington and Clark counties were greatly affected, and Henryville schools also had significant damage, causing students to finish their school years in alternate locations. Tyler said she considers prom one of her best high school memories and could not imagine a young girl not having the same opportunity.

Chris Noonan, criminal justice junior, has been volunteering in Henryville since the tornado hit, in what he said was an organized disaster. Noonan was in Charlestown when the tornado happened and said he could see the huge funnel as it hit Henryville. “When I heard the high school was hit, my heart sank,” Noonan said. “I heard 30 to 40 students were still in the high school, and I was shocked. That sums up my emotions before I got there.”