Hurricane Response

Cleaning for a good cause

Photo by Jeff Fitlow
Custodians and groundskeepers from the Department of Facilities, Engineering and Planning volunteered at the Astrodome by cleaning restrooms for Hurricane Katrina evacuees housed at the ballpark. Pictured in the first row, from left, are Eva DeLaRosa, George Williams, Exiquia Silva, Rene Vides, Alejandra Rosales, Alicia Cuadros, Ebertina Miranda, Hilda Garcia and Sandra Torres. Standing in the back, from left, are Maria Garces, Araceli Pedraza, Mayra Chavez, Gloria Huerta, Fidel Gonzalez and Michael Polk. Not pictured are Rosemarie Cantu and Martha Garcia.

 

Volunteer vibe

Photo by Jeff Fitlow
Lindley Doran, assistant dean of student affairs and director of the Rice Counseling Center, speaks to more than 100 people at a volunteer training session in Rice Memorial Center Sept. 12. The lunchtime session was held for Rice faculty and staff who want to volunteer
for relief efforts for victims
of Hurricane Katrina.

 

Chop ’til
you drop

Photo courtesy of the
Dept. of
Housing and Dining

College chefs from the Houston area join Rice University chefs to prepare, cook and pack 500 pounds of chicken. The chicken was donated by HEB to the End Hunger Network. The chefs will cook meat after hours for the Hurricane Katrina evacuees on a continual basis.

 

 

 

 

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