Positive news about Katrina relief effort

[rbgarr]

Some folks going down to help out:

"Coast Guard Sends Members, Supplies From New England

Group Will Work On Rescue And Recovery In Gulf Coast

4:07 pm EDT September 1

The Coast Guard will deploy 16 members from New England to the Gulf Coast on Thursday. They will support the Coast Guard's search, rescue and recovery operations in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

The group will also work on the restoration of waterways, the Coast Guard said.

The service members come from Coast Guard Stations stretching from Boothbay Harbor, Maine, to Jones Beach, N.Y. Three of the members are from Point Judith, one is from Castle Hill, and two are from New London, Conn.

The group is scheduled to leave Air Station Cape Cod on Thursday afternoon aboard a C-130, which will also carry 4,320 bottles of water and other supplies."

Any other positive news would be welcome on this thread. :cool:

[Ken Hutchins]

There is a telethon on the New Hampshire TV and radio stations today for donations to the Red Cross. The total raised so far is over $900,000 smile.gif I'm quite sure it will top a million before it ends at midnight. I will post the total tomorrow AM.

[Cosmo Lengro]

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[Ken Hutchins]

The telethon in New Hampshire exceeded 1.1 million for the Red Cross.

[Donn]

Our local news this morning included coverage of a donation drive held yesterday by the Westhampton Beach Fire Department. They collected a semi-load of food, water and clothing.

I imagine this sort of thing is happening across the country, and I'd sure like to see more news coverage on it.

[George Roberts]

Medical people from a local hospital flew down for a week or so of work. I expect they will be replaced when the week is up.

[BrianY]

I passed a convoy of four or five coast guard motor boats (I don't know what they're called. They were 25 - 30 foot semi inflatables with a small cabin/steering station forward) on trailers headed west from Boston on the Mass. Turnpike yesterday morning. I assume that they're southbound, but I wondered why they just didn't load them onto a C130 transport plane and fly them down instead of driving the whole way.

[rbgarr]

Harvard University is taking in extra students (tuition free) from colleges closed due to Katrina:

Harvard College will admit 25 additional students from
colleges and universities that will not reopen this term due to the storm into our Visiting Undergraduate Student Program for the Fall Semester. Applications will be processed on an expedited basis. *No tuition will be charged. *On-campus housing will be provided on a
space-available basis and priority will be given to students rendered homeless by the storm. *Students interested in being considered for the Visiting Undergraduate Program should contact Marlene Vergara Rotner in the Office of Admissions at 617-495-9707 or vus@fas.harvard.edu.

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will admit into the Special Student Program for the Fall Semester, 25 additional students from colleges and universities that will not reopen this term due to the storm. *As in the case of Visiting Undergraduates, applications will be processed rapidly, and no tuition will be charged. *Students
interested in being considered by the Special Student Program should contact Sue Wood at 617-495-5392 or swood@fas.harvard.edu.

The Harvard Extension School, which has led Harvard's
outreach efforts for more than a century, will allow enrollment in up to four of its fall courses to those students living within commuting distance who would normally be attending college in the flooded areas. For those students who are not within commuting distance of the campus, HES will make available enrollment in any of its 36 fall online courses. *In either case, HES will waive the tuition for these
students and require only the $50 registration fee. *Scholarships for online courses are limited. *Further, high school students from the flooded region who can come to the Boston area and live with relatives may enroll in Extension School courses that meet AP requirements, such as Introduction to Calculus, introductory science
course, and introductory language courses. *Students interested in these opportunities should contact Christine Santos at 617-495-5850 or santos@hudce.harvard.edu.


[ 09-05-2005, 11:55 AM: Message edited by: rbgarr ]