Call 404-894-2002 to volunteer . . .

Here is an email I just received on the GaTech student listserv:




I would first like to thank all the students, faculty, and
staff who  
worked with the Tulane students to help them reunite with
their  
families, or for those who had no place to go, to help
them find  
housing near our campus.  We are continuing to assist the
community  
and the victims of this disastrous hurricane.

Later today the Alexander Memorial Coliseum will serve as
a temporary  
evacuation center for several hundred refugees from the
hurricane-
affected areas.  All shelters between New Orleans and
Atlanta are at  
capacity.  The Red Cross contacted me last night and asked
for  
assistance.  Georgia Tech's mission is education, research
and  
service.  It is now time to serve.  Victims of the storm
began  
arriving at the Coliseum around noon today.  This effort
is being  
coordinated and completely sponsored by the Red Cross.  
Please do not  
take donations to the Coliseum.  Contact the Red Cross for
volunteer  
and donation information.  On campus, the Office of
Community Service  
in Student Affairs is coordinating volunteer efforts.  
Please contact  
the Office of Community Service at 404-894-2200 to sign up
to  
volunteer for a shift at the Colisuem.  You can also check
their Web  
site at http://www.service.gatech.edu for updates.

Also, we will continue to offer support to our students
who have  
families in the Gulf Coast area.  As they need to contact
family, go  
home, or whatever is needed, we will support these
students and our  
alumni in these areas.

Georgia Tech is also doing everything we can to accept
students from  
universities that have been closed due to the hurricane
and  
associated flood waters.  The Board of Regents has set
guidelines for  
accepting these students to University System of Georgia
colleges and  
universities.  Assistance and support will be offered at
various  
levels with regard to financial aid, tuition, and other  
accommodations.  Already, we have accepted seven students
to Georgia  
Tech who were qualified and needed a place to continue
their education.

This is a time for compassion and support.  As always, we
have the  
best students in the nation and these students have
stepped up to the  
plate with a fundraising drive to raise $50,000 for
victims of  
Katrina.  When you see our students around campus with
their buckets,  
I urge you to give generously.  There is much need and
much that  
needs to be done.

Again, thank you for all of your heroic efforts.

G. Wayne Clough
President
Georgia Institute of Technology

Correction: 404-894-2002