Due to the water main break in Hoboken on Sunday, November 22, much of the city was left without portable water for some time, including the campus of Stevens. The Stevens Police Department’s Chief of Police Tim Griffin and Captain Tom Maggi met to assess the needs of campus that Sunday and arranged for an emergency supply of water bottles to be delivered to Stevens. Captain Maggi reached out to the Greek life representatives for aid in the delivery of drinking water to students and faculty on campus. Among the groups he contacted were Sigma Nu, Theta Xi, Sigma Delta Tau, Phi Sigma Kappa, and Delta Phi Epsilon. Maggi reached out to the fraternities and sororities a few years ago asking them to help out during Hurricane Sandy. The organizations were happy to assist then, so he did not hesitate to contact them about this emergency situation.
Those who came to help did not disappoint. Over 30 fraternity members came out to help unload the bottled water deliveries from trucks and transport them up to the Howe Center for distribution. The members of the sororities oversaw the tables in the Howe Center all day in shifts, supplying water bottles to whomever needed it as they entered and exited the Howe Center.
The next day, another one hundred packages of water arrived and members of Greek Life helped out once again, a collaborative effort benefiting all those who remained on campus and in need of clean water.
Captain Maggi extends a special thanks to Stevens Greek Life. “These are good, responsible, contributing members of the community. I could ask them at [4 p.m.] for 50 volunteers and there would be 100 of them outside by [5 p.m.]. They do great work for Stevens and the Hoboken community and I can always depend on them.”
