Northern State University students, faculty and athletic teams came together on April 4-5 to lend a hand to Aberdeen's community in sand-bagging efforts to combat the recent local flooding due to snow melt.
The NSU wrestling team was first on the scene:
Awesome to see these guys helping out and filling sandbags for some of the local flooding! pic.twitter.com/t0PBAaasMx
— NSU Wrestling (@nsuwolves_wr) April 5, 2019
Soon, many other Wolves student-athletes were instrumental in the efforts:
12:45: email goes out that our community needs help with sandbags at 1:00pm
— Coach Monanian (@CoachMonanian) April 5, 2019
1:00pm: NSU swimmers, TONS of other athletes, coaches, and staff have hands in the dirt and are ready to help! #wolfPACK #conmunityUnity #lovewhereyoulive @nsuwolves_sw @WolvesAthletics @NorthernStateU pic.twitter.com/NalWuOEUMs
Coaches joined in as well!
Our fearless leader, getting the wolfpack filling up some sandbags! #GRIT #Groutfit @DeanBerry1 @NSUWOLVES_BS pic.twitter.com/DSw1CLsL8b
— Zach Lanier (@mr_zach6) April 5, 2019
The effort was just one more way in which the university and community came together - as NSU Director of Athletics Josh Moon said, "We love this community!"
.@WolvesAthletics filling bags at a record pace. We love this community! pic.twitter.com/3IbUPadw0B
— Josh Moon (@moonjosh) April 5, 2019