BonaResponds meeting 2/8/2006--audio

The Audio of the first 45 minutes of the Feb 8th BonaResponds meeting. We provide a trip update and then Darius Monsef speaks for about 30 minutes.

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Darius Monsef's class lecture

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This is great. It is the recording of Darius' lecture to business students and faculty on Feb 8, 2006.

(for whatever reason, it starts at about 1 min and 13 seconds into the presentation--I was not miked for the introduction)...

From the City of Biloxi

From the City of Biloxi:

Holloway to appear on C-SPAN Sunday evening

Mayor A.J. Holloway will discuss the challenges of a post-Katrina Biloxi Sunday night during an hour-long interview on C-SPAN, cable's public affairs network with about 34.5 million viewers across the country.

Holloway appears on the weekly series "Q&A," which airs at 7 and 10 p.m. CT and is hosted by C-SPAN's Brian Lamb.

The program, which was taped during Holloway's recent visit to Washington to address the U.S. Conference of Mayors, will include excerpts from the city-commissioned documentary "Katrina & Biloxi," Lamb questioning Holloway about the history of Biloxi, and even references to the mayor's gridiron days at Ole Miss.

Read C-SPAN's online promo for the show by click here.

Coverage of BonaResponds and Darius Monsef's talk

Hands On USA gets a big hand from local volunteers
By KATIE WARD, The Times Herald
02/09/2006


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ST. BONAVENTURE —

....Darius Monsef ....told some 265 members of the St. Bonaventure
BonaResponds team, which plans to join the Hands On’s
efforts on March 4, to expect chaos, but promised them
that one week of service would make a bigger
difference in the lives of Katrina victims then they
could imagine."

Volunteers will work out of at least three different
locations — Biloxi, New Orleans, La., and Long Beach,
Miss. — gutting houses and removing debris, working
with humane societies, delivering food and performing
a multitude of other tasks.


St. Bonaventure students already have organized two
initiatives, one to provide the area Little League
with donated baseball supplies and another to collect
books for libraries damaged by the hurricane.
....


According to education student Becky Kessler, who’s
running the book collection at Allegany Elementary,
where she interns, the response from the elementary
students has been better than expected.
.......

‘We’re not taking 265 followers with us to
Mississippi,” said Todd Palmer, assistant professor of
management sciences and a Students in Free Enterprise
(SIFE) advisor. “We need 265 leaders. This is going to
be extraordinary.”
.....
"Christine Francis, student leader for the
BonaResponds, has made the trip twice already and said
she doesn’t want to stop helping in Mississippi and
Louisiana."

......

“I absolutely loved it,” she said. “It was the most
satisfying work I’ve ever done. It’s definitely been
something I’ve been eating, breathing and sleeping
since October."

From Richard Smith

(quote begins here)


PLEASE REMEMBER THE PEOPLE OF MISSISSIPPI HAVE LOST EVERYTHING
SHOW THEM WE REALLY DO CARE AND WE RESPECT THEIR COURAGE.
DO NOT DONATE ITEMS YOU WOULD NOT WEAR OR ITEMS YOU WOULD NOT USE
YOURSELF!

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE IMMEDIATE NEEDS

WATER

Non perishable foods (please try to include enough of one item to feed
atleast a Family of 4)


CLEANING SUPPLIES

BLEACH
CLEANSERS
DISH DETERGENT
SMALL BOTTLES OF LAUNDRY DETERGENTS
RUBBER BOOTS
RUBBER GLOVES
WORK GLOVES
PERSONAL ITEMS
SOAP
HAND LOTIONS
SHAMPOO
TOOTHBRUSHES

HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
POTS
PANS
COOKING UTENSILS
UTENSILS (knives, forks)
PLATES
CUPS
LINENS
PILLOWS
plastic Pillow and mattress covers !
TOWELS
SHEETS - DOUBLE, TWIN, CRIB
BLANKETS - DOUBLE, TWIN, BABY BLANKETS

COATS ALL SIZES - GENTLY USED OR NEW
UNDERWEAR - ALL SIZES--- NEW PLEASE
SOCKS - ALL SIZES --- NEW PLEASE
THERMALS - ALL SIZES GENTLY USED OR NEW ---NEED EXTRA LARGE SIZE MEN'S AND WOMAN'S!

CNN.com - Tornadoes hit hurricane-ravaged areas - Feb 2, 2006

They just can't buy a break!

CNN.com - Tornadoes hit hurricane-ravaged areas - Feb 2, 2006: "Two tornadoes ripped through neighborhoods already hit hard by Katrina just five months earlier, battering the airport and knocking down utility poles and a radio tower. No serious injuries were reported, but weary residents couldn't help but ask what else they would have to endure. "

Feb 12 at the Olean Public Library

Sunday, February 12: 2:00 - 3:30
Red Cross Volunteer Kryn Palmquist will present a slideshow and speak about her time spent in New Orleans helping out after Hurricane Katrina