Note from MacArthur's German teacher
Hey, the following is an e-mail from Mary ElBeheri, the German teacher Walter and I had at Mac. (She retired this past summer.) She and I still correspond, as I did some substitue teaching for her after I quit teaching at Alamo Heights before Patrick and I got married. The email had a distribution list including some of her friends in Europe...
The involvement of the high school is an excellent thing. Showers, food, and a student body to run fund and supply drives. I think caring for the refugees in small parcels is going to be the way to help folks get back on their feet.
Hi
It is unbelievable to see the devastation in New Orleans. I thought you would be happy to know that MacArthur High School is a Red Cross designated center. http://www.neisd.net/mac/katrina.html 25 families are living in the ROTC building. I am very proud of our school for doing this. SO far it is the only high school in San Antonio involved. Davis Middle School is one,too.
The old Kelly field and the Alamodome are taking in many displaced persons in San Antonio. The children and students will attend schools and universities here this semester.
Actually the whole State of Texas as stepped up to help out. Dallas, Houston, SAn Antonio are each taking in 25,000 people and many small towns are taking in smaller numbers. I heard today that Detroit is also taking a large number and Chicago has offered.
For those of you watching the process in Europe, it is as bad as it looks.
I was in New Orleans 3 weeks ago and the city is really destroyed. Some of you may remember Mr Richard, teacher, counselor and now retired AP, he is from New Orleans. I called him yesterday and he told me he had from all his brothers and sisters and they are all staying with relatives and friends in other states. I was so happy for him. We contacted the Whole Foods grocery store and they told us the store we had visited was destroyed but all their employees are okay and they will have jobs in other stores. On the other hand the hotel chain we stayed in has no idea about its employees.
In hindsight we know that the poor citizens of New Orleans should have been bussed out before the storm hit. New Orleans has 50+% of its people living under the poverty level. They had no cars, no money to make it possible for them to evacuate. Of course now we are bussing them out as the sitatuation has become a national tragedy. Thank God for our Red Cross, our Military personnel and for all the support from around the world.
Germany was the first country to offer help, I was so proud!!
For those of you interested in the animals and house pets, most were taken out early. We have many here in the SA Shelter waiting to be adopted.
The Zoo animals were saved.
If you want to help out the people in New Orleans, the best way is through the American Red Cross. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/
Hugs to all
Mary
The involvement of the high school is an excellent thing. Showers, food, and a student body to run fund and supply drives. I think caring for the refugees in small parcels is going to be the way to help folks get back on their feet.
Hi
It is unbelievable to see the devastation in New Orleans. I thought you would be happy to know that MacArthur High School is a Red Cross designated center. http://www.neisd.net/mac/katrina.html 25 families are living in the ROTC building. I am very proud of our school for doing this. SO far it is the only high school in San Antonio involved. Davis Middle School is one,too.
The old Kelly field and the Alamodome are taking in many displaced persons in San Antonio. The children and students will attend schools and universities here this semester.
Actually the whole State of Texas as stepped up to help out. Dallas, Houston, SAn Antonio are each taking in 25,000 people and many small towns are taking in smaller numbers. I heard today that Detroit is also taking a large number and Chicago has offered.
For those of you watching the process in Europe, it is as bad as it looks.
I was in New Orleans 3 weeks ago and the city is really destroyed. Some of you may remember Mr Richard, teacher, counselor and now retired AP, he is from New Orleans. I called him yesterday and he told me he had from all his brothers and sisters and they are all staying with relatives and friends in other states. I was so happy for him. We contacted the Whole Foods grocery store and they told us the store we had visited was destroyed but all their employees are okay and they will have jobs in other stores. On the other hand the hotel chain we stayed in has no idea about its employees.
In hindsight we know that the poor citizens of New Orleans should have been bussed out before the storm hit. New Orleans has 50+% of its people living under the poverty level. They had no cars, no money to make it possible for them to evacuate. Of course now we are bussing them out as the sitatuation has become a national tragedy. Thank God for our Red Cross, our Military personnel and for all the support from around the world.
Germany was the first country to offer help, I was so proud!!
For those of you interested in the animals and house pets, most were taken out early. We have many here in the SA Shelter waiting to be adopted.
The Zoo animals were saved.
If you want to help out the people in New Orleans, the best way is through the American Red Cross. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/
Hugs to all
Mary
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