{"73843":{"#nid":"73843","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Red Cross Moving Katrina Evacuees to Hotel","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe American Red Cross has relocated evacuees from Hurricane Katrina from their emergency shelter at Georgia Tech\u0027s Alexander Memorial Coliseum to a hotel. The move is being done at the behest of the Red Cross to provide evacuees with living conditions more comparable to a home than a temporary shelter. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our plan was to get evacuees to more permanent and private accommodations by Friday,\u0022 said Metro Atlanta Red Cross CEO Tim English. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech\u0027s response has been incredible. The Georgia Tech faculty, students and staff were right there helping provide services, and Georgia Tech has bent over backwards to help in any way they could. We are most grateful for their support.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELast Friday, the Red Cross began using Alexander Memorial Coliseum as a temporary evacuation center for several hundred evacuees from hurricane-affected areas. The Coliseum housed evacuees but mainly served as a distribution point for evacuees to obtain food and clothing. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThrough Thursday night, the Red Cross will still provide food, clothing, food stamps, computers and phone lines at the Coliseum to evacuees who do not need shelter. The mini pharmacy is still in operation, and a social security representative is still in place. Distribution of the Red Cross debit cards has been moved to the Adamsville shelter.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPersons wishing to donate money, clothing, food and other items should contact the American Red Cross at 1-800- HELP NOW. To volunteer with the Metropolitan Atlanta Chapter of the American Red Cross, call 404-876-3302.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech would like to thank the countless Georgians who brought food, clothing and other much needed items to evacuees staying at Tech. Your generosity is much appreciated.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is grateful to have had this opportunity to help those affected by Hurricane Katrina take their first steps toward rebuilding their lives. Georgia Tech\u0027s faculty, staff and students will continue to work with the Atlanta community to provide aid to anyone affected by the hurricane.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The American Red Cross has relocated evacuees from Hurricane Katrina from their emergency shelter at Georgia Tech\u0027s Alexander Memorial Coliseum to a hotel. The move is being done at the behest of the Red Cross to provide evacuees with living conditions more comparable to a home than a temporary shelter.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Evacuees to get more personal and private rooms"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2005-09-07 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:27","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2005-09-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2005-09-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73844":{"id":"73844","type":"image","title":"Alexander Memorial Coliseum","body":null,"created":"1449178020","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:00","changed":"1475894486","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:26"}},"media_ids":["73844"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}