The new New Orleans

My days in the shelters

I thought y'all might be interested in this.

During the weeks following Katrina, I was involved in a few different relief efforts. The most impactful was working directly in the shelters here on campus.

For the one-year anniversary of September 11, I had a friend living in New York who wrote about what it was like to be in the city that day. Reading it really made me feel more connected to the whole situation.

After Katrina, I wanted to do the same thing. I wrote four letters (originally to only 10 people) that were sent across the country and overseas. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were donated and tons of supplies were shipped to me to deliver to the shelter.

It was a humbling and inspiring situation.

One reader created this blog of my letters so that more people could read them:
http://katrina-lsu.blogspot.com

posted by Jessie Tucker @ 11/21/2005