The Housatonic Community College Foundation says it has raised $60,000 in relief funds to help students impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Antonia Oglesby is a political science major who says she lost all three of her jobs because of coronavirus, and her husband also lost his job.

Her family, which includes her 5-year-old son and her brother, were having a hard time making ends meet. Her son's father also lost his job.

Then, right before Easter, she says she cried when she got $500 from the foundation.

"I was able to get my son his Easter present. I was able to buy Easter dinner. I was able to pay my electric bill, and I was able to put gas in my car and put some money off to the side also," she says.

Oglesby says she wants to be a civil rights attorney and eventually a congresswoman.

The HCC Foundation has been around for 20 years. The group says the emergency fund was created two years ago.

To find out how you can help donate to the HCC foundation to support students who are struggling, click here.