01/14/2006 - PSM students render aid in Biloxi

This is great. Many of the people interviewed are in my pictures and former "Team Bow Wow" members :) From Penn State McKeesport.

The Daily News - News - 01/14/2006 - PSM students render aid in Biloxi: "If you're down there, you want to be there forever,' freshman Ashley Myshel Porter of Clairton said about the week she and 10 other Penn State McKeesport students spent helping Hands On USA with a clean-up effort still going on in Hurricane Katrina-ravaged Biloxi, Miss.

'I thought it would be a small town,' freshman Brittney Nicole Hays of McKeesport said. 'But instead, it's a big city and the damage goes on for miles. It's sad.'"

"It was a 21-hour trip to Biloxi. Hays said, "It definitely was worth it."

Others making the trip included senior Suzanne Lynn Tindall of Pitcairn; freshmen Kendra Jennette, George Michael Kopko and T.J. O'Malley of North Huntingdon Twp.; and Joshua Benjamin Stover and Eric Wood of Pittsburgh.

There are still needs. A "Village Tent City Wish List" includes adjustable tables for day care of small children, as well as high chairs, educational material for those 5 and under, diapers, formula and snacks such as crackers, cookies, juice and any other drinks in small boxes."

Even gives this a plug:

" For information, visit the Web site www.handsonusa.org, or go to www.financeprofessor.com and link up with "Hurricane Relief."

And then the clincher:
"We're thinking about going back down for spring break," Jeannette said.

"We're not 'thinking,'" Tindall said. "We're going.""

Great attititude Suzanne!! (and Kendra, you better be there!)

(and close circuit to George: might there be another Dog chase? ;) )