VIDEO: The city of Jewell, Iowa, in Hamilton County, is coming together to raise money for a rescue boat.
This comes after two Iowa State University students died in a boating accident back in late March.
It happened on Little Wall Lake in Hamilton County. Five members of Iowa State’s Crew Club were onboard. Three were rescued, but two students died.
Now, the community is coming together to make sure something like that never happens again.
Volunteers set up a fundraiser to buy two rescue boats for the Jewell Fire and Rescue department.
Many lined up on Sunday outside the Jewell Market for a ‘Hot Beef Sundae’ fundraiser.
By the end of the day, they raised $10,500 in addition to what’s been raised in their GoFundMe.
“I think when people are free to give out their own money, it means a lot more to them rather than having to do it,” said Garren Zanker, the Jewell Market manager.