NOLA Hurricane Fund

[JACXR71]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 5:34pm

A friend of mine just forwarded this email from another friend of hers at Tulane...I don't know this person but I trust my friend who forwarded me the email, and I figured many of you here would be interested...


Dear Friends and Family,

I would normally be emailing you from my Tulane University account, but I cannot. Like most things in New Orleans, it is down and broken indefinitely. As I sit up here in Michigan, the scenes on television seem almost surreal. I hesitate to believe that the city I have grown to love over the past two years is in such a devastated state. I want to think that it's a dream, but I cannot. Too many of my fellow Emergency Medical Technicians from Tulane EMS are down there, helping to evacuate hospitals. On the rare occasions when their cell phones work, I am met with the grim tone that I have come to expect. So I ask myself: Can I really just sit here and do nothing? I CANNOT.

After the Hurricane hit, three of my good friends from school and I have been working around the clock to set up a unique non-profit relief fund. NOLA Hurricane Fund is a Tulane student led project to help rebuild New Orleans.

If you believe that young people can make a difference, then I need your help.

Pass on and support our website in any way you can: www.NOLAhurricanefund.org
I am sending this email to you (all my facebook friends and my family) because you know me. You know that I have integrity, and I wouldn't offer you an option that wasn't completely legitimate.

Also, if you want more information or to volunteer your time, please contact me at [e-mail] with your email address and phone number. Our team is orchestrating numerous fundraising efforts, and the help of college students is essential.

This is an issue that I feel very deeply about. Many of you know that I am supposed to study abroad at the London School of Economics this year. I am seriously considering putting that off to focus on saving New Orleans. In either case, I will remain an integral part of this effort. I will keep you posted.

Aaron Rubens- Tulane University, New Orleans

Sidenote: We are working under Cactus, which is Tulane's non-profit service organization.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 5:45pm

also, the Louisiana Library Association now has asked for donations to help school, public and college libraries affected by this disaster.....this money will go directly to libraries affected.

http://www.llaonline.org/