This is coach woods and i am looking for any and all members of the 2005
Abramson football team. i'm safe in dallas, tx and ave heard from a few
players. call me at 504-258-4787, 972-306-4422 or email at [email protected].
Missing Person First Name: chaz Missing Person Last Name: augustine
Neighborhood of Residence: 7th ward Your Contact Info: [email protected]
Reply-to Email Address: [email protected]
Can you facilitate a contact with the principal or coach of Marion for
me. I represent a high school in California that is attempting to
raise donations for a school in New Orleans. Our first football game is
Friday, September 8th and we would like to support your school. You can
reach me by email or call me at 714 920 9060.
Sincerly,
Jerry Denham
"Allison Greenwood"
All -
My plan is to return to NOLA as soon as they let us. I'm currently in Davenport, Iowa staying with my parents.�
Luckily, my job is secure (for now). I'm working remotely.�
I'd be interested in helping to coordinate getting supplies/donations/etc. to people in the city once I return.
Allison and/or Paul, please contact me so we can talk about how I might assist.
Karen Buck
[email protected]
563-391-2516 (temporary)
504-390-5983 (worthless cell phone)
On Sep 7, 2005, at 12:24 AM, Allison Greenwood wrote:
Hey everyone,
Some of you may not have recieved the last email from Paul Arabie, so I am attaching it below. It's clear that Abe and every other school are going to need all of the assistance�they can get.� To piggie back on Paul's proposal....Seeing as we're all connected to a variety of resources, I am wondering if we could create a sort of "Adopt a School" or "Adopt a Family" program.�� Perhaps Paul's school and a few others could start a drive for resources for Abe.� And a seperate consortium could adopt Doc's school. And then a few other people/offices could be responsible for collecting clothes and essentials for the families within the schools.��For example, I am working for the Los Angeles Unified School District and know that they are anxious to reach out.....
I might be thinking too big here, I don't know. But we should definitely do something that will capture and maximize everyone's desire to help.
I hope everyone is doing relatively well.�
Andrea and Mark, seeing as you might be the only two on this email� who have first hand experience with the situation, let us know what you think (and I hope you were able to evacuate safely).
Best,
Allison Greenwood Bajracharya
(Oh yeah, on a good note, Oliver and I are married!)
Everyone, After sending you the previous email about Abe I decided to also contact Doc Murry. He got back to me immediately. I know I/we have Abe on our minds, but Doc's email needs to be addressed as well. Brian, if you could forward it to the others you did before that would be great.
Paul
Note: forwarded message attached.
From: Joe Murry To: "Paul Arabie"
Subject: Abramson
Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2005 12:23 AM
Dear Paul,
It is so great to hear from you. Over the next couple of days we will be
putting plans together to regroup our school. We have eight feet of water in
our school but we also have a great depth of faith and committment to rebuild.
We are located in the lower nine and we serve a diverse population and have
many students on need based aid. I know we are not ABE but we do serve many
families like those of ABE who really appreciate the education and the leg up
that their kids receive. Paul we would be most grateful and appreciative of you
and your kids generosity. The majority of our base comes from the most
devastated areas. Good hard working middle to lower economic families who have
lost every worldly possesion. Despite that they are more concerned about
rebuilding the school that they and their sons love so much than rebuilding
their own homes. Paul any generosity that your kids would share with us would
be remembered forever. We are a very traditional place (126 years old) and
direct descendants of the Notre Dame school. Paul thanks for the concern.
Let's stay in touch.
Doc
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Arabie
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 16:54:24
To:Joe Murry
Subject: Abramson
Hey Dr.Murry,
It's Paul Arabie in Chicago.
First, I hope you and yours are OK after the hurricane. I'm sure you probably
have a lot on your mind, and I can only imagine the work that you have ahead
of you in New Orleans. Yet, I'm writing to ask how my school can help.
I understand that you are no longer at Abe, but the students and staff
(all 3,500 of us)have been putting our heads together to come up with
something for the students of New Orleans. We know financially we could donate
money to the Red Cross, and many people are doing that, but I wanted to put a
face and something more tangible on the decision we make. My idea was to start
a school supply drive for one particular school that our students could see was
helping. I know there are many in need down there, but being able to know and
see who we are helping helps even more. In essence, we would like to adopt a
school and distribute supplies and money to it. I just didn't know who to
contact, but I have your email address. I'm sure know one knows when New
Orleans schools will be up and running again, but we want to be there when they
do. Any ideas you may have or contacts you know would be greatly appreciated.
I know what I'm asking may be the farthest from your mind, but if by chance you
had any feedback it would be greatly appreciated. Once again, I can only hope
that everyone you care about is well. Looking on from afar is devastating for
me without a way to help. I also have reached Dan Konecky, Brian Beabout,
Allison Greenwood, and David Adamji about helping as well. Everyone has a deep
relationship with Abe and New Orleans. When you have a chance to breathe I
would love to hear back from you.
Paul Arabie
Morton East High School
Cicero, IL
773.750.1556
Dear commodores past and present,
Laura and I have been watching the news with horror this week- and praying that
our friends and colleagues are OK. If anybody needs anything- please feel free
to ask. We're so far away- we're not sure how best to help- so if you have an
idea, please send it my way.
Thanks and god bless.
Brian
Brian Beabout
[email protected]
http://www.personal.psu.edu/brb112
home (814)355-0395
cell (781)718-3158
Commodores past and present,
Yeah, our thoughts have been in the same subject Arabie.
A good idea. Laura was telling me about the NPR piece... chilling.
I'm sending this to Andrea, who's husband Mark is (or at least WAS
until last week) an administrator at ABE. Hopefully, if he's got
his own needs taken care of, �he can direct our efforts a little
bit in this regard.
People who don't know what I'm taking about, see below...
Brian
�
Brian Beabout
[email protected]
http://www.personal.psu.edu/brb112
home (814)355-0395
cell (781)718-3158
From: Paul Arabie
To: David Adamji
Brian Beabout
Allison Greenwood
Dan Konecky
Chistopher Meidl
Subject: Abe/NOLA
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 17:08:05 -0700 (PDT)
Hey everyone,
I know everyone has been watching the aftermath in New
Orleans in awe, but I wanted to pass on an idea to
you. I'm sure like me, you have been thinking about
how to help. At first I was so stunned it was hard to
think how to help. Maybe you have already donated
money, and that's great, but I started thinking
smaller. I heard an NPR interview today with someone
from "the East" who last saw their daughter at Marion
Abramson high school, which was being used as a
shelter until it started flooding. I most of us are
still in education are still attached to it somehow,
so this is what I've started at my school here in
Chicago, and thought I'd pass it on to y'all for any
kind of feedback. As of today, my school has started
a school supply drive for displaced students, but what
I'd like to do is adopt Abe. I think it would put a
face and something more tangible for my students if
they knew who was getting the supplies. I know many
are in need all around the Gulf Coast, but this could
narrow the focus a little outside of the often
bureaucratic mayhem of general donations. Of course
the time frame of when schools will even reopen is
only a guess, but it would be great to have a supply
of things ready to give when they do. Please let me
know what you think, what else you may have done, or
other ideas that you have. Also, if you could forward
this to other Abe staff alums that would be great.
Hope this reaches all of you well,
Paul Arabie
Morton East High School
2423 S. Austin Blvd.
Cicero, IL 60804
773.750.1556