Cal Poly Hurricane Katrina Efforts | CSU
Katrina Response Efforts
Dispatch
From Louisiana
Cal Poly Student
Was There -
Volunteering
Cal Poly GRC student Nick Hoover joined
the Red Cross volunteer effort in New Orleans Sept. 1-19.
See his photos and read his notes home from the front lines
of the Katrina Relief Zone.
Day
14:
New Orleans II-
It might be difficult to understand why I would
miss work days that were no shorter than twelve hours long,
or the concept of working seven days a week with no time
off -- but if you met the people that I’ve labored
with side by side, you would understand that leaving my
fellow Red Crossers is difficult for me to do.
Day
4
New Orleans I:
My
partner and I were given an order to deliver 24 pallets
of bottled water (42,000 pounds) to Morero, La., in Jefferson
Parish -- just a few miles south of New Orleans...
Day
1
Baton Rouge:
Earlier today, an elderly gentlman asked me for assistance
in finding what he called a "ticket out of here."
...The look in his eyes was one that made me want to drive
him wherever he had to go...
One
Katrina Family Still Needs Housing
Biz
Major, Husband and Baby Still Need Housing
One
of the last Katrina students arriving on campus is Monique
Kennedy LaGrand. LaGrand and her husband and 13-month-old
daughter are living in a motel and looking for housing while
she attends classes and her husband looks for work. The family
lost almost everything in flooding in New Orleans. Kennedy
LaGrand is among the 10 students from New Orleans campuses.
Read
About the Katrina Students
Read the SLO Tribune Story on the LaGrands.
Read
the Tribune Story about
Katrina Student Ryan Dorsey
Help! Donate to Help Katrina Students!
Make
Checks Payable to:
The
Cal Poly Foundation
Mail
to:
Katrina Students Emergency Fund
c/o University Advancement
Rm. 109, Heron Hall
Cal Poly
One Grand Avenue
San Luis Obispo CA 93407
Click Here for more donation details (pdf)
Previous Releases
Cal
Poly Opens Admissions To Katrina Students
Cal Poly will be part of the California State University System
effort to help college students affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Cal Poly administrators were working Friday to set up an admission
process for Katrina's victims. College students from hurricane
areas will be admitted for the fall and winter quarters on
a limited, case-by-case basis. The university will re-open
the filing period for winter 2006 admission for eligible transfer
students until Sept. 15.
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President
Baker Encourages Support for Relief Efforts
Cal Poly President Warren J. Baker emailed all faculty and
staff encouraging support for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
"Knowing the giving spirit of our campus community, we
are anticipating that our faculty, staff and students will
be seeking information about how they can aid the victims
of Hurricane Katrina.You may wish to consider donating to
the local San Luis Obispo County Red Cross and United Way.
Monetary donations will be forwarded to local Louisiana and
Mississippi Red Cross and United Way offices. These donations
will help with both immediate and long-term aid as relief
efforts continue," Baker wrote in his campus-wide message.
Read More and Find Links
for Online Donations for Relief Efforts
CSU
Hurricane Relief Information Page
This page has been created to give students, faculty, parents,
employees, the general public and members of the California
State University family the latest news on hurricane relief
efforts throughout the CSU system.
More
Links: Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts