Baylor Responds to Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
September 2, 2005

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Baylor University is currently working on a number of responses to Hurricane Katrina and its devastating impact on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

As of today (Sep. 2), here is the current response from Baylor:

• Baylor's Student Government has set up a means by which students, faculty, staff and alumni can contribute to hurricane relief efforts. For information on "Paws for a Cause" click on www.baylor.edu/paws4cause.
  
• Baylor is working to accommodate upperclassmen from higher education institutions in the hurricane-affected areas to assimilate them into the university so they can continue their studies on a temporary basis. At this time Baylor is unable to accommodate additional freshmen, but admissions staff members are working to admit sophomores, juniors and seniors for the fall semester on a space available basis. For more detailed information please click here.
  
• Baylor's McLane Student Life Center at Speight and Bagby avenues is providing showers and towels to displaced persons who are sheltered at Seventh and James Baptist Church in Waco.
  
• Truett Seminary will serve the Baylor family as a collection site for various items most requested by FEMA and other emergency relief organizations. The seminary will take donations from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily in the first floor dean's suite. The requested items are: cleanup kits, health kits, bottled water, canned tuna, diapers, peanut butter, and granola or cereal bars. For more information, call Truett Seminary at (254) 710-3755.
  
• Baylor's George W. Truett Theological Seminary has offered to accommodate students at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary for a semester while the Louisiana school recovers from the hurricane. For Truett Seminary contact information, please click here.
  
• Baylor's School of Law has offered to work with the law schools at Tulane and Loyola to accommodate their law students as visiting law students while the Louisiana schools recover from the hurricane. For more information about Baylor School Law, please visit law.baylor.edu.
  
• The Mayborn Museum Complex will be donating backpacks filled with new school supplies to Hurricane Katrina refugees in Waco so that their displaced children can begin their new school experience with nice supplies. Gift cards to a local discount department store will also be included with the backpacks so that families may purchase a new school outfit for their children or other necessities. Also included will be family passes to the Mayborn Museum Complex and the Dr Pepper Museum. Individuals or organizations wishing to donate to this project may bring new school supplies, backpacks, or cash donations to the Mayborn Museum Complex at 1300 S University Parks Dr. between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, until 8 p.m. Thursday, and from 1 – 5 p.m. on Sunday. Please note that this is not a gift to Baylor University and not tax deductible. For further information, please contact Sarah Levine at 710-2517 or Sarah_Levine@baylor.edu.
  
• The School of Social Work is hosting an emergency meeting in Truett Seminary's Powell Chapel for area community service providers, social and health service providers and congregational leaders at 8 a.m. Sept. 2 to coordinate local Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
  
• Baylor Alumni Steppin' Out groups around Texas are organizing relief efforts for areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. For more information on how Baylor alumni can help, go to www.baylor.edu/alumni/katrina.
  
• The Baylor University Athletics Department will team with the American Red Cross to assist Hurricane Katrina relief efforts during the Bears' football game on Saturday, Sept. 10, against Samford. A number of Baylor University student groups will take monetary donations at each entrance of Floyd Casey Stadium. Game time is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
  
• Baylor's Student Life division is working on assembling student teams to help with the cleanup efforts over Baylor's fall break (Oct. 21-23).

Check back frequently for the latest updates on Baylor's Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. For media inquiries about Baylor faculty experts who can serve as resources on Hurricane Katrina-related stories, please visit the Baylor Media Resources website.