October 28, 2005

Dear Mount Holyoke Community,
First of all, congratulations! Together we have raised over $5,000 for the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Thank you for your generous donations and outpouring of support for the victims. We would like to especially thank those groups or organizations that have sponsored or plan to sponsor a fundraising effort on their own. (Three cheers for the Outing Club, FP's, SGA, the Math Department, Newman Association, and the M&Cs!) And, of course, thank you to Residential Life for sponsoring the Dorm Penny War, and congratulations to Dickinson on its big win!
We have ended our clothing, school supplies and toiletries drive and are in the process of shipping the toiletries to Telullah Madison Center and the school supplies are going to Big Buddies in Baton Rouge. We want to thank Karen Engall, director of Health Services, for helping to coordinate the drive. In mid-September, we held a successful craft fair in Blanchard with the help of the MHC Collaborates and Purling for a Purpose. In late September, we held a Southern Film Festival to raise money and awareness about the relief effort. Thank you to all those who attended and donated. CAUSE has commenced its second wave of hurricane relief efforts. Our first post-break fundraiser is a raffle to raise money for severely affected Spelman University students whom Bev Tatum, former Dean of the College, brought to our attention. If you would like to donate money towards Spelman Unversity’s scholarship fund, please send checks made out to Hurricane Katrina Emergency Scholarship Fund to 9121 Blanchard Student Center. Please check our website for updated information on our efforts. We are enjoying working with you on this next wave of the relief effort. Thank you for your contributions thus far, and keep up the good work!

Sincerely,
Katherine Tungate, '06
Mollie McDermott '06
On behalf of the C.A.U.S.E. Program