FORT COLLINS — The Colorado State community has responded to tragedy with an abundance of giving.
CSU’s athletic department suffered unimaginable heartbreak when Rachael Max, the 32-year-old daughter of longtime athletics administrator Doug Max, was killed in an Oct. 8 house fire at her parents’ Fort Collins residence. In response, the university’s compliance department set up a GoFundMe web page to accept donations as the Max family faces a steep emotional and financial burden moving forward.
The site has been active now for 15 days, and as of late Wednesday, it had collected $86,345 from 609 individual donations.