Hurricane Katrina Relief

submitted by udorawala on Tuesday, August 30 2005 at 8:00 PM

We need volunteers to help initiate a food and clothing drive for relief to victims of Hurricane Katrina as well as people to donate items. All donations will be trucked down to Lousiana. If you would like to help organize these relief efforts please email udorawala@gmail.com or PM udorawala

Please check here for more information.

posted by Maugan on Tuesday, August 30 2005 at 10:03 PM

lets get this thing going people

8/30/2005 10:10:34 PM

That chit chat thread is hard to sift through. Please post some details once you get things organized.

Who's organizing this, an individual, a student organization, a public organization?
How is overhead going to be paid for (thinking gas namely)?
Where do donations get dropped off at?

etc. etc.

[Edited on August 30, 2005 at 10:13 PM. Reason : .]

8/30/2005 10:12:30 PM

the thread was getting trolled by douchebags, but here is the gist

me, udorawala, axlbonbach, and others are trying to get this thing organized

8/30/2005 10:25:27 PM

we are still working out when and where people can bring their donations of food, clothing, toiletries, etc.

i have arranged for transportation of collected items already and have gotten in contact with a couple of distribution centers in louisiana about where the shipments should go to

it would help if we could get some volunteers to take collections in their dorms or in the brickyard so we can increase how much we donate. i would love to see us fill up more than one truck!

8/30/2005 10:51:59 PM

8/30/2005 11:22:21 PM

i'll go through my stuff tomorrow and will have things for you. i never wanted to just give some of this stuff to goodwill, but i think donating to a good cause will be appropriate. when do you want things by and where do i take them? thanks!

8/30/2005 11:31:22 PM

harris teeter is selling 2 liter pepsi product bottles, 4 for 5$

8/30/2005 11:39:03 PM

once you get things organized i definitely want to help. keep me updated. im only free in the afternoons but i can donate time and make phone calls, pack stuff, etc.

8/30/2005 11:39:54 PM

if i could be guaranteed that the fucking dumbasses looting everything didnt get any of the money I would donate

8/30/2005 11:52:01 PM

why donate, I sure as hell don't want to give to the ghetto looters

8/31/2005 8:22:30 AM

kiwi, no soda. just buy water if your going to buy a beverage.

8/31/2005 11:10:28 AM

My band Liquor Pop is already headlining one releif benefit show in two weeks. We can do another if you get us a place to play. We are a 60's to 90's cover band and play all over the state.

8/31/2005 11:22:34 AM

I'd love to do a story on this for Technician. Can somebody PM or email me some contact information so we can try to get something out next week?

8/31/2005 1:09:08 PM

^^if you're serious about this, i think i can make some calls to get some bookings

^sure, will do

8/31/2005 2:30:28 PM

First drop off will be at:

2610 Ivory Run Way, Suite 104
Raleigh, NC 27603

Saturday from 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sunday from 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

If you want to donate something, but can't make any of these times, please PM me so we can work out another time.

8/31/2005 3:56:09 PM

We are getting some incredible support for this!

Thanks everyone for trying to help us bring this thing together and make it happen.

We are also working on setting up a benefit concert and will post the details here.

8/31/2005 4:34:49 PM

Are you guys delivering this yourselves or are you shipping it?

8/31/2005 6:48:00 PM

we have a trucking company that is willing to take all of this down for us

8/31/2005 6:54:44 PM

Hey I'm a graduate student, and I have alot of friends at NCCU who would like to get involved with our relief effort because NCCU has not coordinated one (as of this email), how would I go about making a connection between the two schools in helping get the word out?

-Corey (graduate student at NCSU and NCCU)

8/31/2005 7:18:47 PM

have them contact me via email and i'll see if what we can do to help them

8/31/2005 7:23:25 PM

^^ awesome, we appreciate it

if we could get aligned with any other schools that would only helpt he cause

8/31/2005 8:00:03 PM

Jillian's has confirmed that they will be willing to host the concert on September 10th from 6 PM to 2 AM for and 18 and up crowd.

Once we finalize the bands, we will post it.

9/1/2005 1:49:39 PM

If you can't get off campus, I'm going to be holding donations at my appartment at Wolf Village to be transported to the main collection site. If you live in Wolf Village, please drop off your items at apt 313 in the D-Building...anyone else, please email me at lrgibbs@ncsu.edu to arrange a time to drop your donation off.

9/1/2005 2:02:46 PM

^thanks for your help, Lauren!

9/1/2005 2:20:09 PM

I'm going to type up some flyers and put them in my neighborhood as a drop off site... I am located off Lineberry in Trailwood Hills and I would love to be another designated drop off site for those on this side of town. I am tired of watching tv and crying about the devastation. It's time to take action.... hats off to those of you who got this going... Count me in... anything you need... I'm your girl.

9/1/2005 5:12:18 PM

^thanks a lot

i'm off of lineberry in trailwood hills also so it should be no problem picking stuff up when you're done

[Edited on September 1, 2005 at 9:02 PM. Reason : .]

9/1/2005 9:02:04 PM

this shit is fucking stupid

LET'S RAISE SOME MONEY AND GOODS

SO THAT 20 PEOPLE IN NEW ORLEANS CAN GET A CAN OF VEGETABLES

IT'S NOT LIKE THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS GOT WIPED OUT

9/1/2005 11:45:23 PM

Just a thought that I have begun to adapt, hopefully some of you will think about it too...

If you are out this weekend or this week, how about instead of buying that extra beer, or that extra shirt you wanted, and use that money to donate for the victims

9/2/2005 1:31:37 AM

"IT'S NOT LIKE THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS GOT WIPED OUT"

It is, however, like their FUCKING CITY got wiped out and they probably never had a bank account to begin with! If you wanna talk shit about relief efforts, go find some heartless friends discuss it with. However, there is nothing you can do to stop people from wanting to help those in need, and we all hope that if our time comes, people like you, receivedeath, are not in charge of helping us.

9/2/2005 3:50:01 PM

you are a slut

9/3/2005 2:53:04 AM

9/3/2005 5:18:04 PM

NC State students simply rock. I have never been at an institution with such caring students.

gg

9/3/2005 8:40:32 PM