Kids Helping Kids After Hurricane Katrina

Here it is 3 weeks later, and people all across this great country are still showing amazing acts of humanity to make things a little easier for those whose lives were affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Taylor Rutledge and the backpacks she made for children who found themselves displaced after Hurricane Katrina. Case in point: Taylor Rutledge from Clarksville, Tennessee put together sixty (60) backpacks and loaded them each with lots of fun stuff and necessities… just for kids.

Taylor’s parents, Jeremiah and Tawana, have a right to be proud of their daughter. In response to Katrina: A FUN Way To Help!, they submitted this photo, along with the following story describing Taylor’s heroic “Hugs For Hurricane Victims Drive”.

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Katrina Blog: How People Like You & Me Can Help

To all of our readers and their friends & families who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina:

While a site called The Fun Times Guide may not seem like an obvious place to extend a hand to the survivors dealing with Katrina’s brutal aftermath… it’s the best we’ve got.

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Katrina Photos: Everyday People Helping Hurricane Katrina Victims

Following are the responses received to our Katrina Blog — a request for photographs that depict “good news”… people helping people and having a POSITIVE impact on the lives of Hurricane Katrina’s victims.

If you haven’t sent in your photo yet, you’ve got until September 30th to submit a photo that shows you or your family doing something that’s POSITIVE and DIRECTLY RELATED to the ongoing relief efforts.

Reminder: Every photo = another donation to the American Red Cross!

Here’s where the idea came from.

Here’s the form to submit a photo. (expired)

To get us started, here’s one I took today:

A family giving their donations to victims of Hurricane Katrina at a Nashville, Tennessee Red Cross shelter.
A family in Nashville, Tennessee toting their donated items into the Red Cross Shelter located at the Clearview Baptist Church in Brentwood.

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