Response to Hurricane Katrina
In Brief...
- In late September four seminary students traveled to Biloxi, Miss., to volunteer with a Samaritan's Purse team for one week. Their primary task was to"mud out" homes damaged by flood waters.
How Can You Help?
Volunteer ...
• Volunteers are needed for Christmas or Spring Break disaster relief Y-trips. Please e-mail
or
for more info.
Make a Cash Donation ...
• Mennonite Disaster Services (MDS)
• American Red Cross
• Church World Service
• Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU)
Or Learn More ...
• The Council for Advancement and Support of Education is collecting info on emergency recovery and related issues.
Eight senior nursing students and two professors who spent two weeks helping flood victims in Mississippi experienced a mixture of grief and joy among the many people they met. Read more >>
UPDATE! Student-led fund-raising efforts raised over $3,500 in cash as well as 50 relief kits for hurricane relief, part of the "Katrina-Rita-Rama Relief Race." Read the latest press release >>
EMU's athletic department raised over $1,300 on Saturday, September 17 in order to aid relief efforts in the gulf coast region and to help those affected by Hurricane Katrina. Read more >>
EMU
will admit up to 20 displaced students for the cost of room/board as long as
their home campus is closed. Read more >>
At
the opening convocation President Loren Swartzendruber called on the campus
community to pray and to keep listening for ways to be involved through both
contributions and service. Read more >>