Ways to help Case help Gulf Coast colleges, families in need
Case for Community Day to include collections for hurricane relief agencies
On Case for Community Day, Wednesday, September 14, "Case, Build Hope" will be collecting donations at various locations on and around campus. Donors will receive beaded necklaces. Make it a Mardis Gras day for disaster relief, and build hope for the thousands of people who need help.
"Case, Build Hope" Katrina Relief Boxes also will be located in participating departments in the Case College of Arts and Sciences.
Organized by a group of concerned faculty and students, "Case, Build Hope," needs volunteers for Wednesday, September 14. Interested staff, faculty and students can contact T.S. Harvey at tsh8@case.edu to register as a volunteer and receive logistical information.
Case for Community Day is a community service half-day, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. September 14, which will include all staff, faculty, students and alumni who choose to participate in various volunteer projects throughout the Cleveland area.
For more information on Case for Community Day, go to http://www.case.edu/events/cfc/.
Student activities, leadership office to conduct blood drive
Case's Office of Student Activities and Leadership will be hosting a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. September 13 in Thwing Center to help assist with relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina. Those who donate will receive a 9/11 Commemorative Lapel Pin.
To sign up for a timeslot to donate, please contact the office at 216-368-2679 or e-mail Suzanne Leach at sml12@case.edu.
Donations to be collected during home football games
Case’s Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA), the Athletics Department and the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity are organizing a fundraising drive called Case Cares during all of the home football games this season at Case’s new athletic stadium.
Plans include donating funds and non-perishable food items collected to an American Red Cross division that is directly serving the 500 hurricane evacuees taking refuge at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La.
In addition to one university assisting another, there is a personal connection: Dr. Deborale Richardson-Bouie, director of OMA, is the daughter of Southern’s head football coach, Pete Richardson. She said he has shared stories of heartbreak, including several football players on his team directly impacted by the hurricane.
“He has students who can’t locate their family members,” Richardson-Bouie said. “This [Case Cares] is yet another way to show we care about the community.”
University community can volunteer to take in displaced students, faculty
Case is coordinating efforts to house students and faculty members displaced from Gulf Coast schools by Hurricane Katrina. Any members of the university community who would like to offer visiting students, faculty or others a place to stay can contact Lynne Ford at lynne.ford@case.edu.
Case staff member to house displaced families, needs household supply donations
Linda Watkins, manager of the payroll audit department at the Case School of Medicine, plans to offer families displaced by Hurricane Katrina a place to stay in a vacant two-family home she owns. The Rev. Larry Macon, pastor of Mt. Zion of Oakwood Village, where Watkins is a member, asked if anyone could house hurricane victims. Watkins and other church members signed up to donate space in their vacant homes and rental properties.
Watkins said offering the two-family house, which has been vacant for years, was the right thing to do. “You’ve got to do something. I can’t go down there, but I can help them with something here. That’s why God had that house empty.”
Several members of Watkins’s church traveled to Washington today to find out what the government guidelines are for offering the homes. They now need furniture and supplies to make the homes complete and ready for families. Contributions may be made by calling Watkins at 216-368-3796 or Mt. Zion of Oakwood Village at (440) 232-2645.
National relief agencies need donations, volunteers
To donate money or volunteer your services please visit the websites of the following organizations.