“Now is the time for us to begin to make tough choices.” This is what Mike Pence, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, said about finding money in the budget to pay for Katrina’s aftermath.
The University of La Verne and the Claremont Colleges are just a few local institutions in Southern California extending aid to students and others affected by Hurricane Katrina.
With the unimaginable happening on the Gulf Coast, communities have gained a new sense of emergency awareness, ready to react in case natural disasters strike.
As the murky water continues to recede in disaster stricken New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, the University of La Verne is working with the Church of the Brethren.