Eagle Exchange offers, accepts clothes
Students can take or give clothing at Eagle Exchange for no cost
In November, Residence Life Association added the “Eagle Exchange”, located in the old graduate assistant office on the second floor of Kent Hall’s eastern wing, students can take or donate articles of clothing.
“We just want to help provide a new resource to students. A place where students can take clothes they will use and leave clothes they don’t plan on using anymore. Simple as that,” Associate Director of Residence Life Taylor Osmotherly said, “I know that’s not a SMART goal, but it’s what we are working with. So far so good.”
Those who wish to donate must make sure their clothing is clean and in good condition. According to Assistant Director of Residence Life Channing Jons, most of the original items in the exchange were donated by staff on campus, but student donations continue to grow,
“From what I can tell, it has been a success so far and I hope that our residents continue to find it useful.” Jons said.
As winter continues, a need for warm clothing for those unfamiliar with the cold temperatures grows, but Osmotherly hopes the exchange helps those students out, “Several students come to Chadron from places where they don’t need to have much winter gear, those lucky devils. Unfortunately, we need that cold gear in Chadron. If the Eagle Exchange helps our students stay warm in the winter, add that to the list of why it’s a good thing.”
According to Osmotherly, setting up the exchange was a simple process. Members of RLA used word-of-mouth advertising, cleaned up the vacant GA office, set rules received help from carpenters and donations to open the Eagle Exchange with available items.
The Eagle Exchange is managed through RLA as resident advisers will ensure it remains clean and organized. Though the exchange is primarily here to serve the students, members of Chadron’s community can contact Osmerthly for donations by emailing him at [email protected].
“Our plans moving forward with this project is to better serve our students. I hope that when The Eagle Exchange gets hard to manage, we persist in managing it in order to best serve our students.” Osmotherly said.
Since opening late in November, the Eagle Exchange has over 50 The idea came to fruition after a discussion in the cafeteria between Osmotherly and other assistant directors of residence life, “Channing Jons actually came up with the idea originally, and we started talking about it at a lunch – where lots of great ideas are developed. I can’t remember the exact details, but I think we were just brainstorming different ways we could improve the residence halls and serve our students.” Osmotherly said.
“I just brought up how nice it would be if we had a place on campus for students to donate their unwanted clothing and where people who may be lacking could go to pick out clothes for free.” Jons said.