A little bit goes a long way
Campaign teaches morals, kindness on behalf of fallen family member
Erika Helmerichs
Issue date: 5/1/08 Section: News
The Morris University Center's Goshen Lounge was filled with emotion and reflection Monday evening as representatives of the Save a Life campaign spoke to students about the importance of moral courage.
The Save a Life campaign works as part of the Colin P. Fahrenkamp Foundation, a national campaign that teaches students from elementary school to university level about the strength of kindness and making good choices.
"Our campaign encourages people to act on their instincts and what they know in their hearts is right," Megan Fahrenkamp, the 25-year-old sister of Colin Fahrenkamp, said. "Everyone encounters a moment where they have a choice to make the right decision."
This foundation was created after Colin Fahrenkamp's father received a phone call "370 days ago today, at 3:20 in the morning," David Fahrenkamp said.
The call informed him that his son had been in an automobile accident. Colin was not under the influence when his car careened off of the side of the road that night.
"Nobody wants to tell you that your son is dead," David Fahrenkamp said.
Monday evening's presentation of the Save a Life campaign was a reflection from the Fahrenkamp's on their son's untimely passing and how students at SIUE can better themselves through the "moral courage" which Colin carried through his life.
David Fahrenkamp said after Colin's death, many friends and schoolmates came up to him and told him Colin had "saved their life."
Colin was the kind of person who often went out of his way to help others, David Fahrenkamp said. Colin even once "saved" a 13-year-old girl who was overdosing on drugs and another classmate who was contemplating suicide.
"Colin was one of my good friends and a good person," senior Pat Brazill, the organizer of the Student Government event, said. "It's inspiring to see how many lives the family has changed through this campaign."
Brazill said he knows it is especially difficult for college students to make the right decisions when faced with drinking and driving, drugs and many moral issues.
The Save a Life campaign works as part of the Colin P. Fahrenkamp Foundation, a national campaign that teaches students from elementary school to university level about the strength of kindness and making good choices.
"Our campaign encourages people to act on their instincts and what they know in their hearts is right," Megan Fahrenkamp, the 25-year-old sister of Colin Fahrenkamp, said. "Everyone encounters a moment where they have a choice to make the right decision."
This foundation was created after Colin Fahrenkamp's father received a phone call "370 days ago today, at 3:20 in the morning," David Fahrenkamp said.
The call informed him that his son had been in an automobile accident. Colin was not under the influence when his car careened off of the side of the road that night.
"Nobody wants to tell you that your son is dead," David Fahrenkamp said.
Monday evening's presentation of the Save a Life campaign was a reflection from the Fahrenkamp's on their son's untimely passing and how students at SIUE can better themselves through the "moral courage" which Colin carried through his life.
David Fahrenkamp said after Colin's death, many friends and schoolmates came up to him and told him Colin had "saved their life."
Colin was the kind of person who often went out of his way to help others, David Fahrenkamp said. Colin even once "saved" a 13-year-old girl who was overdosing on drugs and another classmate who was contemplating suicide.
"Colin was one of my good friends and a good person," senior Pat Brazill, the organizer of the Student Government event, said. "It's inspiring to see how many lives the family has changed through this campaign."
Brazill said he knows it is especially difficult for college students to make the right decisions when faced with drinking and driving, drugs and many moral issues.
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