Red Cross activates LSUS emergency shelter 10/02/02

The Northwest Louisiana Chapter of the American Red Cross is activating the LSUS emergency shelter at 4:30 p.m. today for South Louisiana evacuees. The following statement may be used in connection with that activation. If attribution is appropriate, Gregg Trusty, LSUS director of media and public relations, may be quoted or paraphrased:

LSUS is a designated emergency shelter for the Red Cross. The gymnasium in the Health and Physical Education Building is the primary area for the emergency shelter, and the building’s physical facilities such as locker rooms and showers are also available to evacuees. The Northwest Louisiana Chapter of the American Red Cross provides cots and related provisions.

This is another example of the university forming a community partnership where it makes sense to do so. We have an excellent facility for short-term and long-term emergency sheltering, and we are pleased to make it available to the Red Cross to help them make life a little easier for people in need.