Emily Perrin, a junior in pharmaceutical science, is getting a helping hand from fellow classmates this week.

Perrin suffered a brain hemorrhage in November and is still undergoing rehabilitation and recovery.

Battle of the Cents-es is an annual competition in its seventh year between the College of Engineering and the College of Health Professions to raise charitable contributions. This year, the money raised will go to help Perrin.

“We can only imagine the frustrations and heartache Emily’s family is going through during her recovery,” Abigail Kramer, a third year CHP ambassador, said. She added this is being done to “show that Emily and her family have NDSU’s full support in her journey towards recovery.”

Kramer said each year the colleges ask around and research any NDSU community members who may have serious medical conditions or unfortunate circumstances in their lives. Toward the end of fall semester, student representatives from each college get together to select a recipient.

Donation booths are located in Memorial Union, Sudro Hall and in front of the Construction Management and Engineering auditorium. Booths are open from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Monday-Thursday. They are also open from 10 a.m. until noon Friday, when they will be collected.

Collection jugs will also be found in both schools’ departments.

All coins and bills are pooled together and given to the charitable recipient. Whichever college raises the most money does not necessarily mean that college won, though. Every dollar collected in change counts as one point, and every paper bill counts as a one-point deduction. The college with the most points at the end wins.

Last year’s event was to raise money for two NDSU alumni families.

The event raised over $4,000 in 2015.

Volunteer ambassadors run the booths from both colleges and donations are welcome from anyone.

Battle of the Cents-es started Monday and will run through Friday.