List: Libraries, nonprofits and schools in the gulf states disaster region
should check with computer refurbishers in their area. I know about 600
Pentium IIIs are heading from Cleveland to Baton Rouge, Louisiana and
Mississippi next week, processed by Ken Kovatch and the staff of RET3 (a
Cleveland refurbisher), to be distributed by local refurbishers. Microsoft
agreed to waive any license costs for their approved refurbishers, shipping
computers to the affected region. Other areas may be offering assistance as
well, but I don't have firm numbers.
Kevin Cronin
Cleveland, Ohio
c: 216.374.7578
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Yvonne Marie Andres" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: The Digital Divide Network discussion
group<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Digitaldivide" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [DDN] ::> Seeking Re-Building Help for Katrina Casuality -
HolyCross School, New Orleans
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 10:14:06 -0800
I am sharing the following request from Mark Lasserre, a teacher in New
Orleans whose school was destroyed by hurricane Katrina. He is seeking
contributions to help rebuild. Read below....
Seeking Re-Building Help for Katrina Casuality
Dear Colleagues,
I was able to return to our school campus for the first time last week. My
computer lab and robotics lab were both under several feet of water. They
are a complete loss.
Our school is sharing a campus with another school in New Orleans. But, the
word is that we may return in the spring or next fall. About half of our
students are back with us. Rebuilding is the focus now. However, little is
being said about rebuilding my labs. The robotics lab destruction is
particularly painful since my students made it to the regionals at Auburn
University last week. All of our tools, equipment and winning designs were
destroyed. It is clear we will need 50-60K to rebuild both labs.
I truly believe New Orleans will be a better community in the coming years.
We will be smaller, but more productive. The French Quarter and downtown
are intact. The Convention Center and Superdome are being restored. Life
is slowly returning. But, it is not the same place you visited years ago.
Whole neighborhoods and sections of the city will be bulldozed.
Thank you very much for anything your network of schools can share in
helping us rebuild our school.
If you could send out an all call, we would really appreciate it!
Mark Lasserre
Teacher, Holy Cross School
New Orleans, LA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
MAKE A DONATION
http://www.globalschoolhouse.org/membership/donate.html
Dr. Yvonne Marie Andrés
Director & Co-Founder, Global SchoolNet Foundation
132 N. El Camino Real, #395, Encinitas, California, 92024
Phone: (760) 635-0001
www.globalschoolnet.org
Collaborate, communicate & celebrate learning!
_______________________________________________
DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list
DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org
http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide
To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE
in the body of the message.
