The New Orleans Pubic Library (NOPL) is accepting books and donations. See how the rebuilding effort is going and how you can help.
The NOPL site also offers links for those who want to help post-Katrina rebuilding efforts in other ways.
Links
vSKOOL.org: "The purpose of vSKOOL is to serve as an online clearinghouse of offerings of education products & services to K-12 students, teachers, and families affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The aim of the vSKOOL blog is to share information to enable all of us - as a community of concerned individuals, organizations, and institutions of all types - to better respond to the needs of those displaced."
Please take a look at the various programs and volunteer opportunities listed on the vSKOOL blog and help rebuild schools along the Gulf Coast.
Links
The devastation brought on by Hurricane Katrina is unfathomable; no one who lived in the New Orleans area really believed this would happen in his or her lifetime.
Though life will never be the same for these people, life is being made easier through the generosity of many educational institutions and organizations that are offering help to the tens of thousands of displaced people.
While the light has gone dim for many, others have been very busy working all hours to be of assistance to those in need.
Here's an organization you may not have heard of that might be added to your list of educational groups: The Louisiana Library Disaster Relief Fund.
The Louisiana Library Association (LLA) has set up a disaster relief fund to help Southeastern Louisiana school, public, and academic libraries weather Hurricane Katrina’s brutal aftermath.
Donations can be sent directly to the LLA at 421 South 4th Street, Eunice, LA 70535. Make checks payable to: LLA-Disaster Relief. For up-to-date information, visit the LLA’s website or email office@llaonline.org
If you would like to assist members, leaders, and staff with the basic needs of food, shelter, and clothing, consider donating to the National Education Association HIN (Health Information Network) Hurricane Relief Fund.
Send your tax-deductible contribution to:
NEA HIN/Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund
1201 16th Street NW
Suite 216
Washington, DC 20036
The Houston Independent School District (HISD) is coordinating the collection of school supplies for displaced students. Donations can be sent to:
HISD Warehouse Central Receiving
228 McCarty
Houston, TX 77029
ATTN. Anne Silver
In addition, HISD is collecting donations for student uniforms. Donations can be sent to:
HISD Louisiana Evacuee Assistance
HISD's Office of Strategic Partnerships
3830 Richmond Avenue
Houston, TX 77027-5838
Like so many of you, I’ve been
terribly upset and horrified at both the utter devastation and depth of
human suffering of those hit this week by Hurricane Katrina. In particular, the images out of New Orleans have hit especially close to home.
My friend and fellow BlendedEdu co-author, MaryAnne Campo, is a native of New Orleans. Both Maryanne and her husband, Frank-John, hail from The Big Easy. We are all thankful that their family members down in New Orleans were able to escape the flooding and full wrath of Katrina.
But
this is just the beginning of what will be a long process back to
“normal life” for them and the hundreds of thousands of families along
the Gulf Coast. If you haven’t already, please donate to the Red Cross, or other charity to help the people impacted by this storm take the first steps towards rebuilding their lives.
One of the current priorities of the Louisiana Department of Education is to set up temporary school facilities for the 135,000 school age students
displaced by the storm. The goal is to get the children back into some
semblance of a normal routine and keep them from falling behind in
their education.
As
education relief efforts become more organized and requests for
specific types of education assistance (supplies, books, teaching
resources) become more concrete, we will be posting them here in BlendedEdu so our readers can, if they choose, help the children and teachers in Mississippi and Louisiana.
Education Relief Efforts & Information
Humanitarian Relief Agencies
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