University of Illinois veterans have organized a clothing drive for victims of a fire in Danville that killed one veteran and displaced others. 75-year-old David R. Singleton was killed in the fire at a veterans' group home Feb. 2.
University of Illinois student and Marine veteran Jason Sakowski contacted Veterans Affairs officials at the Illiana Health Care campus in Danville to ask what the Illini Veterans could do to help.
The group placed collection bins at the university's Center for Wounded Veterans. Over the next few weeks, they collected more than a dozen boxes and large garbage bags of clothing and shoes to distribute to the veterans in need. The Illini Veterans also donated several gift cards for the veterans affected by the fire.
