Fundraiser set for stab victims

This Saturday, Montana State University-Northern is holding a Fun Run/Walk Benefit and Dinner to raise funds for the three college students who were attacked May 2.

Sam Mix, Alicia Schneid and Taylor Woolman were all taken to various hospitals for treatment of wounds they suffered allegedly at the hands of Justice Brown in their apartment early morning May 6.

The benefit will be Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Student Union Building yard on the MSU-Northern campus.

The event is organized by Nichole Borst, the head athletic trainer for the university, and Jake Eldridge, the football team's head defensive coordinator.

Most of the event's items are donated by local businesses.

"My goal was to make everything donation-based so that all of the proceeds would go to the kids," Borst said.

Bear Paw BBQ is providing the pulled pork lunch, Gary & Leo's Fresh Foods is providing items such as buns and salads, Pizza Pro is making root beer floats, Holden's Hot Wheels is providing music, Culligan is bringing water, Floren's Printing is taking care of the flyers and other businesses are adding to this list, including door prizes given to those attending.

Tickets are $25 per person or $40 per family.

Participants in the run/walk will be taking three laps around the campus - one for each student. The trip is about two to three miles.

The victims are making some recovery, one said.

Mix is now with family at his home near Seattle. Woolman was flown May 13 to a Denver hospital for further treatment.

Schneid wrote this morning to say they are all improving greatly, and she is grateful the community has been supporting and praying for them. Schneid said that she has surprised herself with how well she has bounced back from the incident, both mentally and physically.

"I'm not one who holds on to anger or has a grudge and keeps dwelling on the past/negative things," Schneid wrote.

She said she talks to Woolman every day and this helps both of them move on.

"We are all bonded for life, and this experience has made me want to learn about the human body even more because it's so crazy how the body takes care of itself and its abilities, and this has made me want to become a nurse even more so," she wrote.

She said she must still attend physical therapy and is hoping that she will not have to go through any more surgeries.

Schneid said Woolman is still in the Denver hospital ,and they are not sure how long she will have to stay. Woolman's entire left side of her body was paralyzed after she experienced brain trauma as a result of the attack. However, she is bouncing back and has moved her left hand, Schneid said.

Schneid said they are all coming back to MSU-Northern in the fall, if their medical situations allow them to do so.

The funds raised by MSU-Northern will add to the already impressive initiatives created to pay for the medical costs of the three students.

Joshua Gene, of Reno, Nevada, created a Go Fund Me account for the relief of the bills of the students and as of this morning, it had accumulated $11,427 to be spread equally among the victims. Gene is a former MSU-Northern football player.

The account has seen much support from the community of Havre, as well as around the nation, with $500 from Western Drug and $500 from Custom Collision Repair, along with many others.

To donate to the account, visit http://www.gofundme.com/Support3.