Project Reach Out Teachers Reaching Out to Help Hurricane Victims

Project Reach Out is a grass-roots effort of the Second Grade Mailring at Teachers.Net to allow educators to help other educators and students who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina. The needs of those affected are overwhelming, but the focus of this project is to assist educators in connecting with teachers, classrooms, or schools/districts who can use help (and hope), especially in terms of supplies, in dealing with this national disaster.

This page will be updated as new information is received.
Reaching Out to Individuals
Are you are a teacher who has been affected by Hurricane Katrina, and would like to receive help?
You may be:
1. A teacher personally affected by Hurricane Katrina, OR
2. A teacher who knows of a teacher in need, OR
3. A teacher in a receiving school of evacuees who will be affected by a larger student population.

If you would like to have a colleague or colleagues contact you, please send your name, grade, school name and address, and your email address here. I will post your information and when a match or matches has been found, it will be indicated.

Are you are a teacher who is willing to help a colleague who has been affected by Hurricane Katrina?
If you would like to contact/be contacted by an educator or school in need, please send your name, grade, school name and address, and your email address here. Your information will be posted and when a connection has been made, it will be indicated.

Teachers Willing to Help
All schools assigned below are from the East Baton Rouge Parish School System

Lanise Jacoby Grade 2 Peirce Elementary School 85 Park Ave. Ext. Arlington, MA email address Audubon Elementary	Gina Finnell Price Elementary School 5001 Garden Green Way Louisville, KY 40218 email address Banks Elementary	Miss T. Chapman Grade 2 Sheshequin-Ulster Elementary School P.O. Box 260 Ulster, PA 18850 email address Belfair Elementary	Jeanne Komoroske Grades: 1/2 Loop Clinton Street Elementary School West Seneca, N.Y. 14224 email address Bellingrath Hills Elementary	Robin Booth Grade 2 MapleTree School 6644 N. 107th Street Milwaukee, WI 53224 email address Bernard Terrace Elementary
Lori Partin Morrow Elementary School Grade 1/2 10 Mirand St Morrow OH 45152 email address Greenbrier Elementary	M.Nash Grade 2 Cumberland Elementary School 4780 N. Marlborough Dr. Whitefish Bay, WI 53211-1166 email address Broadmoor Elementary	Glenna Fleeman Pleasant Hill Primary School 304 Eklund Drive Pleasant Hill, MO 64080 email address Brookstown Elementary	Rosalie Fegan St. Joseph School Millbrook, NY 12545 email address Brownfields Elmentary	Karin Bennett Grade 2 Cathedral School 225 N. Jefferson Street Allentown, PA 18102 email address Buchanan Elementary
Pamela Elliott Grade 2 Windsor Elementary School 366 Ridge Road Windsor, Maine email address Cedarcrest-Southmoor Elementary	Claiborne Elementary	Sara Altmyer Grade 2 Gulf Shores Elementary School 1600 East Third Street Gulf Shores, AL 36542 email address Crestworth Elementary	Mrs. Elise A. Taylor Grade 3 St. Michael School 8231 S. Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60617 email address Dalton Elementary	Shirley Krienert Grade 2 General John A. Logan Attendance Center 320 Watson Road Murphysboro, IL 62966 email address Delmont Elementary
Linda Buice Cohen Elementary School 100 Robinwood Avenue Elmira Heights, NY 14903 email address Dufrocq Elementary	Anita Grundy Grade 2 North Elementary School 805 N. Cherokee Taylorville, IL 62568 email address Eden Park Elementary	Shelley Chambers Grade 2 Highland Elementary School 2900 Barnett Bakersfield, CA 93308 email address Greenville Elementary	Kathleen Corr Grade 1 St. Thomas the Apostle 265 King St. Crystal Lake, IL. 60014 email address Harding Elementary	Terri Schultz Grade 2 Holloway Elementary School 6611 Pilliod Rd. Holland, OH 43528 email address Highland Elementary
Mrs. Sharon Laramie Grade 2 St. Michael School 8231 S Shore Dr Chicago, IL 60617 email address Howell Park Elementary	Teri Kimbell West Jefferson Elementary 26501 Barkley Road Conifer, CO 80433 email address Jefferson Terrace Elementary	Shawn Serviente Kindergarten Smithfield Elementary 6724 Smithfield Road North Richland Hills, Texas 76180 email address LaBelle Aire Elementary	Corinne Tonkin Grade 1 St. Paul's East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania email address Lanier Elementary	Cindy Rubin Kindergarten Woods Creek Elementary School Crystal Lake, IL 60014 email address LaSalle Elementary
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Reaching Out to Classrooms
Jennifer Wagner of technospud.com is organizing an "Adopt a Class" project. If you would like to like to sign up your class to be a part of this great project, please see her page for details.

Reaching Out to Schools/Districts
Although most schools in affected areas are destroyed or not functioning, there are a number of schools/districts who may be functioning soon OR who are taking in affected students.

If you know of a school that would like support, please send me the school name and address, and a contact person with email address at that school here. I will add that information to the following list:

• Houston Seeks Help
  Houston Schools are taking in large numbers of students. The Houston Independent School District has a very organized list of ways that teachers, classes, or schools can help. You may also contribute money to HISD for the purchase of school supplies and uniforms. Checks for this purpose should be made out to HISD Louisiana Evacuee Assistance and mailed or brought to:
  HISD's Office of Strategic Partnerships
  3830 Richmond Avenue
  Houston, TX 77027-5838
  Click here for complete details.
• American Federation of Teachers
  The AFT is seeking donations to the AFT Disaster Relief Fund and is working with local and state leaders to direct those funds to fill the immediate needs of members. Contributions should be made payable to the AFT with "disaster relief" written in the memo portion of the check and sent to:
  AFT Disaster Relief Fund
  Attn: Connie Cordovilla
  555 New Jersey Ave. N.W.
  Washington, DC 20001
  Click here to learn more.
• National Teachers Association
  The NEA is also setting up a relief fund for members. The focus of this fund is on basic needs. Make checks payable to NEA's HIN Hurricane Relief Fund, and send your tax-deductible contributions to:
  NEA HIN/Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund
  1201 16th Street NW
  Suite 216
  Washington, DC 20036
  To learn more, and to find resources to help your own students cope with this disaster, click here.
• East Baton Rouge Parish Schools
  East Baton Rouge Schools have now taken in children from both Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. They are articulating specific needs, along with monetary donations on their wishlist. Learn more at their website.