News about our greek life brothers and sisters in the Gulf Coast area
 

I think most of our groups have updates on their websites about how our brothers and sisters are doing in the affected areas.

http://www.kappadelta.org/NewsItem.a...2005-08-30.xml is ours. So far, no reports of severe damage to any KD houses, and no loss of life yet reported. However, a lot of our sisters and their families have lost their homes.
I hope that KD will organize some way for us to help them.

Post any info about your chapters here!

http://www.deltagamma.org/hurricane_katrina.shtml

Delta Gamma's info. It looks like none of the houses were destroyed.

Glad to hear that sisters are safe and sound. Snaps to DG's Gamma Zeta Chapter at Lousiana State for taking in sister's families.

Incidentally..LOOOOVVEEE the Kappa Delta website!

Good job reporting! I heard the Mayor of Chicago just asked everyone that could afford it, to send $100.00 to the Red Cross.

AOII has a message board but it is on our secret side of the website.

http://www.alphaomicronpi.org/AM/Tem...CONTENTID=4779

An update was posted in the DG forum..pretty much everything at Loyola has been destroyed :(

It's the same with Sigma Kappa. We have information & ways to help but it's only accessible to sisters only.

I believe a couple of our houses were totalled but it sounded like everyone was safe and away from the area.

There's nothing on our web site. :(

Alpha Xi Delta's Statement on Katrina

They were finally able to get ahold of someone from the chapter at UNO and everybody is okay.

A very sweet story -- the DZ chapter at LSU has taken in a Times-Picayune reporter who was a DZ at South Carolina and who lost her New Orleans home:

http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakin...09.html#075870

(Scroll down for the story "Sisterhood.")

Alpha Chi Omega will be releasing a statement sometime soon on the website. I am pretty sure things are OK from what I've been hearing.

I haven't heard any public updates from yesterday; I actually didn't think about checking out the private side for our own updates. Anyway, here is Tri Delta's update: http://www.tridelta.org/news/news_hurricane_katrina.asp

I really hope they were able to make contact with those chapters by now :(

Info from the Pi Phi Website

http://www.pibetaphi.org/Main_News.html

From Gamma Phi Beta....

http://www.gammaphibeta.org/news/katrina/

A message board has also been established on the sister side...but nothing on there right now.

As posted in another thread....
 

Lambda Chi Alpha has created a website for all inter/national fraternities and sororities who have chapters it the affected areas.

http://www.fraternalrelief.org

As of 2:30 CDT on 9/1/05 the following groups are participating and have individual links to the status of chapters/members in Katrina's wake:

Delta Chi
Delta Tau Delta
Delta Upsilon
Lambda Chi Alpha
Phi Delta Theta
Phi Kappa Sigma

I am sure the list will grow as the devistation continues to be discovered.

Re: As posted in another thread....
 

It looks like Alpha Gamma Delta is now participating.

Sigma Kappa has updated some information on the public side of the site.

http://www.sigmakappa.org

We've finally released an official statement.
http://www.sigmasigmasigma.org


They've added a page for affected collegians and alumnae to post statements, just to let everyone know how they're doing.

LSU
 

Houses up and down the row have taken in at least one or two families from the New Orleans area.

They thought they would only stay a night or two, but ended up staying way longer than that.

The families up and down the row are starting to get their lives together. They are currently looking for places to live. Baton Rouge has nearly doubled in size with all the evacuees now living here. Families are also moving to Texas as well as several other places.

Another problem is schooling... BR does not have the best public schools, plus all the schools are pretty much full. NO has several Catholic high schools, while BR has 4 that are also full.

Traffic and Gas have also become a problem down here. Either the lines are 1/2 a mile long just to get gas, or the gas station is out. I'm thinkin about getting a bike!

I'm sure yall have all heard all the rest of the stuff on all the channels. It is still so surreal to all of us here, even the people from New Orleans. We have helicopters flying over us non stop and ambulances speeding down the street... Its chaos!

Please keep all the victims of Katrina in your thoughts and prayers.

For local info on Katrina check out www.2theadvocate.com
and www.tigerweekly.com

Greeks once again come to the fore to help others!:)

We are really better!:cool:

Customer came in today looking for a Pipe for His Grand Daddy who made it out.

Have many customers with Relatives who were in the path of Kristina and some are already in K C thank God!;)

Bless the Colleges and People who have takin strangers in thier Homes!

If I had room, I would!