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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, September 9, 2005 -  Contact:
Joseph Giomboni
King’s College Public Relations, (570) 208-5957 or
Rev. Richard Hockman, C.S.C.
King’s College Campus Ministry Office (570) 208-5892

KING'S COLLEGE MOBILIZES

TO AID THE VICTIMS OF KATRINA

September 8, 2005 ­– The plight of those suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is being addressed by the King’s College community.

Rev. Richard Hockman, C.S.C., college chaplain and director of Campus Ministry, is helping to coordinate the relief activities of the College and various campus groups and organizations. Christine Neidig, Student Body President, and Father Hockman issued a letter to the King’s College community following a meeting on September 2 of campus leaders and those in engaged in Campus Ministry and Volunteer Services announcing that donations are being accepted.

Special collections are being made at the Masses held in the King’s College Chapel of Christ the King, and students are organizing fund raising events including a T-shirt sale which began on Sept. 6. The T-shirts carry the name of King’s College and the logos of Catholic Charities, Red Cross and Holy Cross Hope Fund – the three organizations benefitting from the T-shirt sale and other fund drives. (Holy Cross Hope Fund has been established to assist the recovery of New Orleans Holy Cross institutions — Holy Cross College, Holy Cross High School and Sacred Heart Parish have all suffered damage.)

This is King’s first response. We are certain that other needs and ways we might assist will continue to be known. We will attempt to respond to these ongoing needs. Anyone wishing to contribute to relief efforts at King’s should contact Father Richard Hockman, C.S.C., King’s College Campus Ministry Office at the J. Carroll McCormick Campus Ministry Center at Jackson and North Franklin streets, or call 570 208-5892.  

King’s College is a Catholic college sponsored by the Congregation of Holy Cross.