Hurricane Katrina

[Jack Jones]

The best way to help right now is still a cash donation - then whatever charity you donate to can purchase the materials and supplies that are critically needed and get them to the people that need them.

By all means, we need to do it right now. We also need to think about what else we can do down the road. When all the initial relief work is done and the last bit of water has been pumped back to where it belongs, we’re going to see that there’s not much left for many to come home too. Huge numbers of people have been displaced for a very long time, many of them permanently.

The State of Michigan is asking local districts to assess community resources in order to assist in relocation of the students and their families. I would hope that all the states would soon do the same, if they haven’t done so already. We in the FIRST community can help return a sense of normalcy by opening our arms to the displaced students and their families. It may be a drop in the bucket considering the magnitude of this disaster, but that’s what it’s going to take for America to fully recover – each of us doing what ever we can.