Use Service-Learning to Help in Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
Our heartfelt thoughts go out to those who have been devastated by Hurricane Katrina or who are dealing with its many long-term repercussions. Partnership members across the country want to know how they can help. If you have ways we can let people know about how to provide assistance (especially ways that include service-learning), please let us know by email.
Service-learning ways to help
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Ask if your school, community organizations and local businesses will match donations for recipient organizations like those listed below. Monetary donations are often most effective because they allow organizations managing relief efforts to obtain and distribute most needed supplies. Use math skills, persuasive writing or make other curriculum connections for a service-learning fundraiser.
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Join with groups in your area who are supporting specific communities, or make direct contact with teachers and schools who may need assistance. Young people can use writing and public speaking skills to develop relationships with students in affected areas.
Connect with Partnership Members
- Read what members wrote in about ways to assist in relief efforts.
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Find Partnership members in affected areas through the member database to find out how you can help.
- NEW! Article: When Calamity Invades the Classroom
In June, Partnership member Barry Guillot and his students participated in a press conference in New Orleans aimed at highlighting the importance of wetlands to the health of the coastal environment.
Read the article.
Websites containing hurricane-related service-learning information, ideas, and projects
Websites for information about making donations
Please keep us informed of your efforts to support victims of Hurricane Katrina or if you have ways we can let people know about how to provide assistance.
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