WVU Parkersburg plans Katrina assistance

WVU Parkersburg helping in Katrina efforts.

CONTACT: David Cumberledge, president of WVU Parkersburg Student Government Association, 304-424-8308.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

West Virginia University at Parkersburg is involved in several efforts to help residents of the Katrina-ravaged Gulf coast region.

The Student Government Association has issued a challenge to area colleges to each raise $5,000. Large blue water jugs are located throughout campus to collect donations to benefit those impacted by the hurricane's aftermath. All donations will go to the American Red Cross.

The Parkersburg campus' Phi Theta Kappa chapter is also involved in a fund-raising project for Katrina relief aid.

Several college staff and faculty have been contacted to offer expertise in the coming weeks and months of recovery.

Also, WVU Parkersburg is exploring options to provide courses to college students displaced by Katrina.

In addition, the college's Jackson County Center is making plans to co-sponsor a free concert by several local and regional bands. It is scheduled Friday, Sept. 23 from 5 to 10 p.m. at JCC in Ripley and is open to the public. Monetary donations collected at the concert will go to the Red Cross' relief efforts in the Gulf coast. Also at JCC, the college's Reading Association will be collecting children's books for those families who have been relocated to Camp Dawson in Pendleton County.

cd090805

For additional information, contact:
Connie Dziagwa
WVU Parkersburg
Executive Director
Institutional Advancement
(304-424-8203)