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Well it looks like my days of volunteering at Reliant Park may have come to an end: Katrina Evacuees in Houston Shelters to be Transferred in Preparation for Hurricane RitaI tried to go up there yesterday to volunteer, but they weren't letting anyone into any of the parking areas, possibly because of the First Lady's visit. I also tried to get in ( Read more... )

In today's Houston Chronicle there is a great article about the stories behind three of the more striking photographs taken of the evacuees in the aftermath of Katrina, and an update on where the people in the photos are now and how they are doing. It's very touching.

My dad decided he'd rather have me do his errands today, so I was able to volunteer yesterday for snowdrifted. It was tres dull, however, and I have little of interest to report. They had been planning to have all the evacuees out of the Reliant Park shelters by Friday or Saturday, so they started to close down and pack up some of their operations there. The ( Read more... )

It's a good thing I've got ya'll pushing me on this volunteer thing, otherwise I totally would have wussed out this week. But I knew you guys were counting on me so I made myself go back in, and I'm really happy I did.

Yesterday I volunteered for em_meredith and was sent to the big warehouse in the Reliant Center to sort and fold clothes. It was pretty dull ( Read more... )

Ahhh, this is why they wouldn't let me into Reliant Park today. Those poor people. Hopefully they'll have some of this stuff better organized soon.

Well, today was supposed to be em_meredith's day in the Katrina Volunteer-a-Thon. I tried. I was all excited about it and headed straight over to Reliant Park after I dropped the munchkin off at school. Unfortunately, they weren't letting any volunteers in this morning for some reason. So I drove over to the George R. Brown Convention Center, but they're ( Read more... )

I know there are a lot of folks out there who don't have money to donate to relief efforts and live in areas that don't have any evacuees and wish there was something they could do to help. So I was thinking, I'm right here where there's plenty of need, so why don't I just do a volunteer shift in your place? This way, ya'll can feel like you're ( Read more... )

( My experience volunteering at Reliant Center )

Communication about the relief efforts here in town is still confused. Conflicting reports come out of the various relief organizations: donations are needed; donations are overwhelming but volunteers are needed; all volunteer shifts have been filled and people are being sent home; come to Reliant Center to volunteer; don't come to Reliant to ( Read more... )