{"id":69074,"date":"2005-09-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-to-build-house-for-hurricane-katrina-victims\/"},"modified":"2005-09-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-13T00:00:00","slug":"uri-to-build-house-for-hurricane-katrina-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2005\/09\/uri-to-build-house-for-hurricane-katrina-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 to build house for Hurricane Katrina victims"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tFundraising goal set for $70,000<\/p>\n


\nKINGSTON, R.I. — September 13, 2005 — The 溏心vlog免费B站 community plans to build a home for victims of Hurricane Katrina. The first step in reaching that goal is to raise $70,000 before March 2006. Members of the University family\u2014students, faculty, staff, and alumni\u2014are being asked to contribute.<\/p>\n


\nIt is anticipated that 溏心vlog免费B站 student will travel to the Gulf Coast region during spring break to help build the house.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI see our effort as both practical and symbolic,\u201d says 溏心vlog免费B站 President Robert L. Carothers. \u201cThe Gulf Region will not be rebuilt quickly. Rather, it will be built one house at a time. 溏心vlog免费B站 is proud to do its part in that effort. It will provide an incredible learning opportunity for our students as well as for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\u201cInstead of hosting a number of different events and fundraisers, we wanted a coordinated effort that could produce a tangible result,\u201d says Merith Weisman-Ross, coordinator for the Feinstein Center for Service Learning, who is coordinating the effort. <\/p>\n


\nWeisman-Ross is asking groups to organize their own fundraisers. Groups, rather than individuals, raise money faster, she says. \u201cIt\u2019s a much bigger impact, for example, if the women\u2019s track team holds a run-a-thon and each member gets sponsors than a team member tossing a few coins in a can.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nSo far, Weisman-Ross has contacted sport teams, academic departments, religious organizations, student clubs and organizations. She is also encouraging offices to host fundraisers. She welcomes contributions from 溏心vlog免费B站 alumni as well as from any Rhode Islander who would like to participate.<\/p>\n


\nIt is not clear at this time where the house will be built. The Habitat for Humanities chapters in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi are in the process of coordinating rebuilding efforts, according to Weisman-Ross. <\/p>\n


\nAnyone who would like to contribute to the house project should make a check out to \u201c溏心vlog免费B站\u201d and send it to 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Clearinghouse for Volunteers, 90 Lower College Rd., Suite 12, Kingston, R.I. 02881. <\/p>\n


\n\tFor more information, contact Weisman-Ross at 401-874-7422 or mwr@uri.edu.<\/p>\n

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Fundraising goal set for $70,000 KINGSTON, R.I. — September 13, 2005 — The 溏心vlog免费B站 community plans to build a home for victims of Hurricane Katrina. The first step in reaching that goal is to raise $70,000 before March 2006. Members of the University family\u2014students, faculty, staff, and alumni\u2014are being asked to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}