Literacy & the Hurricanes

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Registered: 02-09-2000
Literacy & the Hurricanes
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Sun, 09-25-2005 - 7:42pm
In the aftermath of first Katrina, and now Rita, literacy may not have crossed your mind when it comes to helping the victims. If you're interested, tho, I found this information on another board here at iVillage:

The Katrina Literary Collective has been created to collect and distribute books to victims of the hurricane. For more information, contact the Amber Communications Group at amberbk@aol.com.


A Louisiana Disaster Relief Fund has been established to receive monetary donations to assist libraries in Southeastern Louisiana. For more info, visit the American Library Association at www.ala.org.


The American Booksellers Association has created a Bookseller Relief Fund to assist independent booksellers affected by Hurricane Katrina. For info, visit http://www.bookweb.org/


The Southern Arts Federation has set up an Emergency Relief Fund to assist arts organizations and artists in those Gulf Communities most devastated by Katrina. For more info, go to http://www.southarts.org/

~Jackie


"Be the change you wish to see in the world" ~ Mahatma Ghandi


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Registered: 03-20-2003
Mon, 09-26-2005 - 7:37am
Our local libraries have been involved in collecting books and items for the victims too

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