Help
for Hurricane Victims
The suffering was extraordinary, but so was the altruism as the MCG community banded together to contribute to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
Members of the MCG-sponsored Georgia 4 Disaster Medical Assistance Team traveled to disaster sites to offer medical, psychological, administrative, equipment, communications and safety support, according to Regina Medeiros, the team’s administrative officer.
MCG Health System provided regular bed counts to the Georgia Hospital Association, prepared at a moment’s notice to treat hurricane victims.
The Health Center Credit Union set up the Katrina Hurricane Fund for cash donations to the relief effort, and the MCG Registrar’s Office coordinated Golden Harvest Food Bank drop-off sites on campus for donations of non-perishable items.
“Members of the MCG community have always demonstrated enormous compassion and generosity, particularly in times of extraordinary need,” President Rahn said. “It was very gratifying to see such a remarkable outpouring of assistance during one of the most dire crises in our nation’s history.”