What is your GLO doing to help Katrina victims?

[suntzu1963]

Originally posted by IotaNet
Iota Phi Theta has established a Hurricane Relief Effort

Click here for details

OW! OW!

[LXAAlum]

FraternalRelief.org, not only for Lambda Chi Alpha - it is growing day by day.

This website will give you specific GLO links to directly affected chapters and let you know what's going on.

For example, there are posts for LXA about the many chapters affected (looks like at least two are complete write-offs), but the good news is all members have been accounted for, so they are all alive and well. Scattered across the region with friends, family, evac centers, etc...but OK. That's the most important factor, isn't it?

Most have lost everything they own, but they have their lives. There are also some harrowing stories from specific members about the chapter houses, New Orleans, etc.....

[Xylochick216]

From the AXO Press Release website:

Hurricane Katrina Updates
September 1, 2005

Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those on the Gulf Coast who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina.

The American Red Cross and the Salvation Army are accepting donations to help provide food, shelter, water, and other supplies to hurricane victims. Organizations such as these are best equipped to meet immediate needs.

In 2004, the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation created the Sisters Helping Sisters Fund to help aid members in times of crisis. Consider making a secure online gift today to help sisters now and in the future. (Please indicate your gift is for the Sisters Helping Sisters Fund in the “other” section of the online form.)

If you have questions regarding Alpha Chi Omega members who may be affected by the hurricane or are a member in need of specific help, please contact Alpha Chi Omega Headquarters by phone at 317-579-5050 or by email at info@alphachiomega.org.

Collegiate Chapter Update

Louisiana:
Louisiana Tech University, Beta Psi
Classes were not interrupted. Some chapter members from affected areas may need assistance.

Loyola University, Zeta Psi
Chapter members were evacuated from New Orleans. Chapter members will need assistance. Currently there is no further information.

Alabama:
University of Alabama, Alpha Upsilon
Classes were not interrupted. Some chapter members from affected areas may need assistance.

Auburn University, Epsilon Zeta
Classes were not interrupted. Some chapter members from affected areas may need assistance.

Birmingham-Southern College, Alpha Omega
Classes were not interrupted. Some chapter members from affected areas may need assistance.

Mississippi:
Alpha Chi Omega does not have any collegiate chapters in Mississippi.

Alumnae Chapter Update
No contact has been established with alumnae chapters in the affected areas. We will keep you posted as we learn more.

[greeklawgirl]

This is what Alpha Gamma Delta has posted on our website:

Update on Hurricane Katrina

On behalf of International Council, the Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation, International Headquarters staff and members of Alpha Gamma Delta everywhere, our thoughts and prayers are with all individuals who have been impacted by the destruction of Hurricane Katrina.

Although the Fraternity currently does not have any collegiate chapters in Louisiana or Mississippi, damage reports have come in from three chapters located in Alabama, another area hit hard by this devastating storm.

Theta Epsilon - University of South Alabama in Mobile reports that the women are safe and managing. The campus was not hit by the storm as intensely as downtown Mobile (10 miles away), which has flood water surpassing the street lights. The campus has been closed and is not planning to re-open for a minimum of two weeks.

Psi - University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa reports that several homes and businesses have been damaged and that wind has uprooted trees. The women are safe and the chapter house appears to be intact.

Gamma Sigma - Troy University in Troy reports that the chapter members are safe despite some wind damage in the area.

Our hearts go out to our members and NPC friends who have been displaced from their communities.

Continuing updates will be posted on the Fraternity website as they become available. The website www.FraternalRelief.org will also be utilized to coordinate news and relief efforts. By clicking on Alpha Gamma Delta on that website’s main page, you will be taken to a special section where you can create a username and post information on the status of sisters, chapter facilities and ways that we can assist those in need.

The Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation is accepting gifts in preparation for an expected increase in requests for Sisters Income Supplement (SIS) Grants due to Hurricane Katrina. If you would like to contribute to this fund, you may do so by completing the online giving form please enter SIS Program in the description field of the form. You may also make a check payable to the Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation, write SIS Program in the memo field and mail it to:

Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation
8701 Founders Road
Indianapolis, IN 46268

It is during difficult times like this that our sisterhood should shine to help others in need and provide support and encouragement for all who have lost loved ones and their beloved communities.

[gamma_girl52]

GSS has a chapter at Dillard University. So far I haven't heard any word on them, so we're praying all of our sisters there are okay.

In the meantime, our sisters in Houston are giving their service to those housed in the Astrodome, and there are sisters in Dallas doing the same.

I have an assistant here in my department who is from New Orleans and his entire family (close to 40 people) are split up between two homes. I know I will be donating some items to them and I let my undergrad/alum chapters know.

[AXO Alum]

(Xylochick - I am PM'ing you about more info on this)

Alpha Chi Omega sisters from Loyola New Orleans University (Zeta Psi chapter) are reaching out to us. Alpha Chi Omega Headquarters is beginning to receive requests for help and assistance. Each collegian we’ve spoken to has lost all of her possessions. Women are attempting to register at other schools and relocate as we speak.

Headquarters will sponsor a collegian by providing the following:

· new twin size bedding—sheets, pillows, blankets
· toiletries—hair care products, soaps, lotions, etc.
· a gift certificate for $100 from a “big box” store of her choice
· school supplies—notebooks, pens, calculator

Would you like to sponsor a collegian? Approximately 80 Zeta Psis will not be returning to Loyola New Orleans this semester; if you would like, we will match your chapter with a collegian as we are contacted. If you are interested, please contact Betsy Fenn at bfenn@alphachiomega.org, Emily Hall at ehall@alphachiomega.org or me, Holly Flynn.

We are also gathering contact information and requests from alumnae. Everyone we’ve talked to was evacuated; our alumnae sisters’ needs will become more clear with time. We know we have alumnae who will need similar support. Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity will work with the Foundation and with our alumnae members to assist those who may need our aid.

Watching this unfold is devastating. Being part of it must seem unreal. I am glad that Alpha Chi Omega can help in some small way, sisters helping sisters.

[moe.ron]

September 2, 2005

TO: Sigma Phi Epsilon Brothers and Friends

FROM: Craig D. Templeton, Executive Director

Re: Sigma Phi Epsilon Hurricane Katrina relief efforts

Last year, some of our Florida chapters got hit twice with devastating hurricanes. We thought that hurricane season tested our ability to maintain a sense of normalcy and concentration on school for the students in our chapters there. That was nothing like the havoc Hurricane Katrina has wrought on the Tulane and Loyola university campuses. The Fraternity experience can play a vital role for our brothers from those campuses to keep their college and career plans on track.

At this time, our attention turns to the relief effort and the displacement of our undergraduates and alumni. The Headquarters staff is working with local and district volunteers to provide support services to those affected by this tragedy.

Our New Orleans chapters, through the assistance of District Governor Gary L. Huff, Central Arkansas '91, have been able to confirm that all members of SigEp undergraduate chapters are accounted for and many are moving forward swiftly with alternate plans for the fall semester. Chapters in Texas and less affected areas of Mississippi and Alabama have opened their homes as refuge for our brothers.

Our reports from the Tulane and Loyola campuses indicate only minor actual damages to campus facilities, and both are on high ground presently. The universities have been able to secure campus facilities and have hired private security to secure student's personal belongings. The University of Southern Mississippi campus in Hattiesburg continues to be without power and water, though the university itself escaped serious damage.

At this time Loyola and Tulane Universities are working to establish exchange programs with other colleges and universities. We are presently offering assistance to undergraduates who are transferring to other schools. The chapters on those campuses have a unique opportunity to swing open the red door to assist their displaced brothers in acclimating to their new school and affiliating with the SigEp chapters on those campuses. In some cases, the displaced brothers will only be on the alternate campus for the fall term with plans to return to their New Orleans schools when the campuses are restored.

We ask for your continued help in updating the Fraternity on the whereabouts of displaced undergraduates, alumni, and volunteers. These updates can be sent to news@sigep.net.

We have received many requests for how we can aid our Brothers.
Support ongoing efforts to bring needed supplies, such as canned food, water, hygiene products, and paper items to local centers
Support ongoing fundraising efforts.

National Director Garry C. Kief, president of Stiletto Entertainment, has offered SigEp a challenge to join with the Barry Manilow Fan Club in the Red Cross relief effort with a special boost: the Manilow Fund for Health and Hope and Barry Manilow will triple any donations chapters make to the relief effort. The Manilow Fund will match $1 for every dollar raised up to $50,000, and Barry Manilow himself will also match $1 up to $50,000 (Stiletto represents Barry). So every dollar donated becomes three. All funds raised for Hurricane Katrina will be donated immediately to the Red Cross to aid in its efforts. (The Manilow Fund contributes 100% of every dollar raised. There are zero charges for administration, etc. Donations to the Manilow Fund can be made online at www.manilowfund.com or via mail at:

Manilow Fund For Health and Hope
PO Box 45378
Los Angeles, CA 90045

We ask that you keep our displaced Brothers and all those affected by this tragedy in your thoughts and prayers.

[kddani]

http://www.kappadelta.org/NewsItem.a...2005-09-04.xml

Kappa Delta's philanthropy project towards the kids involved in Hurricane Katrina

[Wolfman]

My Fraternity, Omega Psi Phi, has recently issued a statement regarding Hurricane Katrina relief efforts by Grand Basileus George Grace. We are implementing a Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund, which the chapters are supposed to contribute to through one of our non-profits. And individual brothers are encouraged to do so also. In the short-term, the Lambda Alpha Chapter House in Baton Rouge has been set up as a relief center for distriution of personal items for victims. The Fraternity IHQ has implemented an insurance counseling service for brothers affected by Katrina. I've seen reports that some relief efforts are taking place at the Rho Phi Chapter House in New Orleans.

"Que Psi Phi 'til the day I die"

[*EtaNu*ADPi*]

The Sigma Chi's and all the sororities at SLU are holding a fundraiser barbeque to give money to the Salvation Army to go towards the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Also, we just had a girl move onto the ADPi floor of the Greek dorm from Loyola in New Orleans. She's not Greek, but we are so glad she's here and we've been trying to make her feel at home.

[KSigkid]

Kappa Sigma has joined up with the American Red Cross for relief efforts:
Kappa Sigma Fraternity joins American Red Cross Efforts

[adpiucf]

ADPi has made an official statement on www.alphadeltapi.org, encouraging members to make donations directly to the Salvation Army and/or the Red Cross.

http://alphadeltapi.org/newsevents/n...view&newsid=61

[MysticCat]

The Call to Action on Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia's website, which has also been sent to every e-mail address and listserv that our HQ has, asks brothers to make contributions. Links to the Red Cross, Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity and America's Second Harvest are included.

All chapters and alumni associations are also charged to hold a fund raiser and donate the proceeds.

[DSTCHAOS]

http://www.deltasigmatheta.org/inside.php?id=0305HKR

[WenD08]

please click on our international website - www.aka1908.com - for details on what our Sisterhood is doing to aid the residents of the Gulf Coast.