CITIZEN ALERT! v1.33
CDF BOOK DRIVE
With Katrina all over the news this week the Children's Defense Fund as put forth a book drive to help replenish what the schools in New Orleans lost during the hurricane.
Only 18% of New Orleans children had returned by the end of the last school year, according to the New York Times. The CDF Freedom Schools Katrina Project is currently requesting aid in the form of donated books.
The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools Katrina Project partners with community based organizations, service agencies and universities in the Cleveland, Columbia and Jackson, MS areas to provide after-school programming each day public schools are in session for children in families affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Book donations may be sent to:
Cathy Drane
CDF Freedom Schools Site Coordinator
1452 N. Broad St.
New Orleans, LA 70119
For more information, please visit the CDF Katrina Project website.
Only 18% of New Orleans children had returned by the end of the last school year, according to the New York Times. The CDF Freedom Schools Katrina Project is currently requesting aid in the form of donated books.
The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools Katrina Project partners with community based organizations, service agencies and universities in the Cleveland, Columbia and Jackson, MS areas to provide after-school programming each day public schools are in session for children in families affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Book donations may be sent to:
Cathy Drane
CDF Freedom Schools Site Coordinator
1452 N. Broad St.
New Orleans, LA 70119
For more information, please visit the CDF Katrina Project website.
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