On Monday, September 26 Meredith's Service Council and Student Government Association (SGA) will kick-off a new campus wide Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort.

Meredith community members will be asked to partake in a sacrificial giving campaign, the concept of which is that community members willingly sacrifice something in order to support the victims of the Gulf Coast Region. Sacrificial giving means giving up something that one would ordinarily enjoy and donating that money to a charity of his/her choice.

Examples of sacrificial giving might include: Friday night trip to the movies ($7) or giving up a week's worth of morning coffees ($10) etc.

Giving cards will be distributed on September 26 at the Student Body Meeting (10-11a.m. and 7-8 p.m. in Jones Chapel) and on the 1st floor of the Cate Center. Members of SGA and Service Council will also distribute giving cards.

Donations may be in the form of checks or cash and can be placed in the envelopes attached to the giving cards and deposited in the drop-off boxes in the Cate Center, Belk Dining Hall, Johnson Hall and other places around campus.

Charitable organizations endorsed by the Service Council and SGA are listed below.

• Save the Children 

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Save the Children is focusing its efforts on displaced children.  Save the Children is establishing programs to bring normalcy into children's lives including trauma support and counseling, educational activities, and creating safe areas for children to gather and play.  For more information, please visit www.savethechild.org.

Checks go to:
Save the Children – Diana Bogue, School and Community Contact
54 Wilton Rd.
Westport, CT 06880
Phone donations: (800) 728-3843
Please write Hurricane Katrina Fund for Children on memo line

• Salvation Army of Wake County

Salvation Army of Wake County is collecting donations to help assist families. Salvation is providing services to storm survivors and first responders in the Gulf Coast Region. For more information, please visit www.keepthebellringing.org/.

P.O. Box 27584
Raleigh, NC 27611
Write Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund on memo line

• N.C. Helping Neighbors Fund

Governor Mike Easley developed N.C. Helping Neighbors Fund to send help to our neighboring states affected by Hurricane Katrina, with 100 percent of the money going to the hurricane victims. Please visit www.nchelpingneighbors.org/ for more information on the N.C. Helping Neighbors Fund.

Checks go to:
N.C. Helping Neighbors Fund
Office of the Governor
20312 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-0312
Or Call Hotline:
(888) 835-9966

• ASPCA – American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is collecting donations to assist with rescue, shelters, care, food, and supplies. All money goes towards the ASPCA Disaster Relief Fund. Hurricane Katrina has directly impacted over 500,000 animals. For more information about ASPCA please visit www.aspca.org/disaster.

Checks go to:
ASPCA Disaster Relief Fund
424 E. 92nd
New York, NY 10128
(866)-275-3923 (Phone Donations)

• Oprah's Angel Network

Oprah's Angel Network is working with Habitat For Humanity to help rebuild communities and giving families a new start. There is also a Katrina Homes Registry that allows you to buy items to help complete homes for those that have been affected.

Oprah's Angel Network
PO Box 96600
Chicago, IL 60693

Please make your check payable to: "Oprah's Angel Network" and make sure to write "Hurricane Katrina Recovery" in the memo line of your check. Please NOTE: since this is by mail the money will go to general Angel Network Hurricane Katrina relief efforts and not to specific items for Oprah's Angel Network: Katrina Homes Registry. To see the Katrina Homes Registry please visit http://www2.oprah.com/.