Katrina relief efforts: A news special section
How to get involved
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Students continue to sell Mardi Gras beads
Student efforts to provide relief to those displaced by Hurricane Katrina are now in full swing. The University of Louisville Student Coalition for Relief is selling Mardi Gras beads on campus and at most student events.
The beads come in packs of three, and are selling for $3 per pack. All of the money raised from their sale will directly benefit evacuees who have been relocated to Louisville.
Participating groups include: Student Government Association, Association of Black Students, Inter Fraternity Council, Louisville Association of Black Social Workers, National Panhellenic Conference, National Pan-Hellenic Council, National Society of Black Engineers and Resident Student Association.
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Red Cross, Salvation Army collection update
The Red Cross and Salvation Army still are taking contributions for the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
The Red Cross is taking donations of money and blood, according to the local Red Cross chapter.
According to the local donation center, the Salvation Army needs donations of personal hygiene items (toothbrushes, deodorant, soap, shampoo, razors and shaving cream); baby products (baby food and formula, bottles, diapers, wipes, pacifiers, blankets and toys); pest control items (roach motels, rodent traps and bug spray); and writing materials (notebooks, pens and highlighters).
The Salvation Army cannot send used clothing to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Items can be taken to the Salvation Army donation center on Preston Highway just south of Fern Valley Road. The Salvation Army stressed the need to get donated items in as quickly as possible.
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Service Learning to take item donations through October
The Service Learning Program, along with the Americorp Bonner Leaders, will collect hygiene items through October for people who were displaced by Katrina and now are living in Lousville. SLP is asking for small items such as: soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste, handcream, disposable razors and shaving cream. It also will take disposable diapers, towels and face cloths. SLP will deliver collected items to sites in greatest need. Take donations to the Service Learning Office, Room W318, Student Activities Center (third floor next to the athletic ticket window). Direct questions to Kim Shaver or Candis Akers at 34326.
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Kent School students collect personal items
The Kent School Student Association is taking donations of personal items for Katrina victims. KSSA requests bars of soap, baby shampoo, towels, washcloths, toothbrushes, toothpaste, paper towels hair brushes and combs, non-aerosol bug spray, underwear for all ages, socks for all ages, feminine hygiene products, diapers, baby oil, baby lotion, baby powder and diaper rash ointment. Donation bins are in the Kent School of Social Work, Oppenheimer Hall.
Katrina relief wristbands available on Belknap, at HSC
Katrina relief wristbands are on sale at the Metropolitan College office in the basement of the Houchens Building, in the AHEC office, Room 230, Instructional Building, and in the dean’s office at the School of Dentistry. Cost is a $5 donation to the Red Cross.
Other information
Shelby Campus dorms update
Delphi Center employee Tammy Schrier mops dormitory stairs.
The city so far has not needed two dorms on Shelby Campus that were readied for Katrina evacuees in September after city officials contacted the university to see if it could house evacuees relocated to Louisville.
Faculty, staff and student volunteers worked for several days to thoroughly clean the dorms, which were closed to years ago. Physical Plant reconnected water and checked plumbing, and the fire marshal inspected them.
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Complete volunteer form for Community Relations
Community Relations wants to know what members of the U of L community are doing in the wake of Katrina. If you have given your time, money, food or personal items or helped in any other way, go to the Community Relations site and complete a Volunteer Feedback and Follow-up form.
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EAP provides special Katrina newsletter
Human Development Co., the university’s employee assistance program provider, has issued a special newsletter to help people cope with the emotional aftermath of Katrina.
