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Thursday, September 8, 2005

Area Residents Give To Katrina Relief

Telegraph Staff Reports
    Area schools are leading the way in collecting money to help with relief efforts in the Gulf Coast and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
    Moriarty High School history teacher Katherine McCarty said MHS students donated more than $800 last week, and she's hoping other schools will step up to the challenge as well.
    "I think every bit counts," she said Tuesday.
    Moriarty High is also collecting food and clothing for a local family that relocated from New Orleans. Extra food and clothing will go to organizations such as the Red Cross or Salvation Army, McCarty said.
    On Tuesday, Moriarty Mayor Adan Encinias called a town hall meeting for today to discuss regional response options to support victims of the hurricane.
    The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Moriarty City Council Chambers.
    Other area schools that are collecting money include:
   

Moriarty Elementary— students are collecting spare change in classrooms.
    Fifth-grade teacher Marlee Torres said a student asked her if there was anything they could do for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
    "I told her I would get permission and this is what we decided to do," Torres explained. "Maybe students can (donate) change instead of having a candy bar."
    All donations will be given to the American Red Cross, Torres said.
   

Edgewood Elementary— the student council is collecting spare change.
   

Mountainview Elementary— students are collecting loose change.
   

South Mountain Elementary— students will hold a fundraiser, but have not decided what to do yet.
   

Edgewood Middle School— students are donating change in a jar in the commons area.
   

Moriarty Middle School— students started collecting spare change Wednesday. Principal Joel Shirley said one class issued a challenge to the other middle school classes saying they could collect more money than anyone else.
    Shirley said the classes will donate change during the first period of the day for two weeks. All donations will go to the American Red Cross.
   

Mountainair schools— students are collecting change in their classrooms. Collection cans have also been placed at several businesses around the town for donations.
   

Plans for donations are unknown for Route 66 Elementary and Estancia schools.
    Donation jars for the Red Cross have also appeared at many businesses throughout the area. Other business people have been more creative.
    Wayne Steele of Sapphire Service has organized several local contractors to donate their labor payments to the hurricane victims.
    Steele, who does heating, cooling, plumbing and appliance repair work, will donate the labor portion of all the jobs he does on Thursdays throughout September to the American Red Cross.
    Steele will be joined on Thursdays in September by Moore's Appliance and East Mountain Plumbing. Pioneer heating and air conditioning will make the same donation on labor billings done on Fridays this month.
    For more information call Sapphire Service at 281-9273; Moore's at 384-2399; Pioneer at 832-6477; or East Mountain Plumbing at 620-8077.
    WalkinCircles Ranch Inc. New Mexico Equine Rescue will be accepting donations for children who were affected by Katrina.
    The ranch will collect toys, diapers, formula, clothes and other items for children who will be arriving from New Orleans to the Albuquerque area. Donations will be accepted for two weeks only, and the donated items will be delivered on Saturday and Sept. 16.
    For more information or for directions to the ranch, call 286-0779.