As a Houston resident with family in Ascension Parish and Baton Rouge Louisiana, here are some of the things I’ve been hearing– Baton Rouge churches are opening their doors and becoming refugee shelters, providing food and shelter; Baton Rouge Catholic schools are going to take in kids from New Orleans so they won’t miss a year or more of school; Houston and Texas public schools are apparently considering doing this too; Sam’s Club, where a relative works, is undertaking a huge effort to help their own employees from New Orleans–letting them sleep on the floors, giving them money, diapers, food, … Continue reading Katrina and Private Charity