Our
Special Projects
United
Way Metro Detroit Katrina Efforts
Working
in Partnership Regionally to Best Serve Hurricane Katrina
Evacuees
Monday, September 27, 2005
Metro Detroit Hurricane
Katrina Response Fund
In an effort to help support the needs of evacuees
in Metro Detroit, United Way for Southeastern Michigan
will begin distribution of the Metro Detroit Hurricane
Katrina Response Fund, which is a limited, last resort,
one-time fund to help evacuees with utility costs,
security deposits and transportation. All applications
must be completed by a human service professional
on behalf of clients.
Friday, September 23, 2005
United Way and For the Kids Foundation partner to collect
school supplies for Hurricane Katrina youth evacuees
now attending area schools
United Way for Southeastern Michigan and For the
Kids Foundation are partnering to collect school supplies
for young Hurricane Katrina survivors who are now
living in southeast Michigan and attending school
in Wayne, Oakland or Macomb counties.
Items such as pencils, pens, crayons, highlighters,
notepads, drawing papers, construction paper, glue
sticks, rulers, hand held calculators, scientific
calculators, pocket folders, binders, Trapper Keepers,
scissors, pocket dictionaries and children's dictionaries,
and backpacks are needed.
Friday, September 16, 2005
United Way offers staff,
Web site and resources for Hurricane Katrina relief
efforts.
United Way for Southeastern Michigan will be sharing
one of its staff members to help with the Hurricane
Katrina relief efforts in Louisiana. El Cabrel Lee,
director of United Way's Tel-Help/2-1-1 Call Center
in metro Detroit, will leave for Baton
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Families 4 Families
United Way has partnered with Local 4, Haven, Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit and Wayne
Metropolitan Community Action Agency to create Families
4 Families, a program to connect metro Detroit's
newest neighbors from the Gulf Coast with families
and groups that want to welcome them to our community.
Friday, September 09, 2005
United Way's Metro Detroit
Hurricane Katrina Response Fund is Launched
United Way's Metro Detroit Hurricane Katrina Response
Fund - United Way for Southeastern Michigan will assist
our local community in working with evacuees who come
to southeast Michigan. This response fund will support
both the short and long-term needs of evacuees and
their families to rebuild their lives in our area.
An electronic pledging website was launced at 5
pm today to collect fund.
Friday, September 09, 2005
UW Metro Detroit Katrina
Relief Website is Launched
katrina.uwsem.org
During a meeting with local government
and service provider organizations, a need was determined
for a web site that could organize information about
relief efforts in the area, and make it available
to evacuees, other service providers and individuals
interested in contributing to the relief effort.
The Southeast Michigan Hurricane Katrina Relief website
gives service providers an online form to add their
relief efforts information into a searchable database.
Information is verified by United Way Tel-Help staff
for accuracy and then automatically uploaded to the
website. This automation allows for the dissemination
real-time information in a quick and efficient manner.
Thursday, September 08, 2005
United Way Launches UW
Metro Detroit Katrina Listserv
The Hurricane Katrina Listserv is a vehicle by which
people and organizations looking to provide evacuee
relief can post and receive breaking news and information,
as well as ask questions that will be made available
to a number of public, private and non-profit organizations
working to provide aid to evacuees.
Over the next few weeks, we expect information on
the listserv, which will also include appropriate
attachments and web links, to be sent out daily. Should
there be pressing or critical information, it will
be distributed immediately.
If you’re sending out press releases, have breaking
news or other information, or would like to post a
question, please forward to them to crisis.response@uwsem.org.
For further questions or to be added to the Listserv
contact:
Robert Boyle, Listserv Moderator
United Way for Southeastern Michigan
1212 Griswold Street – Detroit, MI 48226-1899
Phone (313) 226-9358 Fax (313) 226-9299
crisis.response@uwsem.org
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
United Way in metro Detroit
designates $150,000 to aid local relief efforts
United Way for Southeastern Michigan announced that
it will allocate $150,000 from its Emergency and Stabilization
Fund to assist in the local hurricane relief efforts
serving evacuees from the areas impacted by Hurricane
Katrina.
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
United Way convenes local
partners to coordinate Relief Efforts
More than 100 representatives from over 60 non-
profit, faith-based, state and local government agencies
met at the Ramada Inn, Southfield, to discuss ways
of coordinating relief efforts on behalf of those
evacuated to southeast Michigan in the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina. The meeting, convened by the United
Way for Southeastern Michigan and chaired by the organization’s
CEO, Michael Brennan, explored the challenges facing
not only the evacuees themselves, but the people and
organizations trying to help.
Friday, September 02, 2005
Hurricane Katrina Update
On Monday, August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina touched
land in Louisiana, devastating lives in that state
as well as Mississippi and Alabama. In the aftermath,
New Orleans was incapacitated, Biloxi was destroyed,
and thousands of people were left without homes and
jobs. Hundreds lost their lives.
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