Press Releases
Date: 9/16/2005
Contact: Denise Bottcher or Roderick Hawkins at 225-342-9037
MEDIA ADVISORY: Correction-Governor Blanco to pray with evacuees in Monroe, tour state's first community shelter
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Innovative concept to be used as shelter model
BATON ROUGE--Participating in the National Day of Prayer, Governor Blanco will travel to Monroe this afternoon, joining evacuees in a prayer service at an American Red Cross (ARC) shelter. Afterward, Governor Blanco will tour the shelter.
In her speech to the Louisiana Legislature on Wednesday, Governor Blanco described the state's first community shelter as an innovative concept that FEMA and the ARC should embrace and replicate.
"We are creating communities in shelters, making them more than just places to sleep and eat," Governor Blanco said Wednesday night. "I look forward to visiting our first community shelter located in Monroe. A facility that includes a library, post office, a bank, child care center, and more."
Governor Blanco has also directed the state Department of Labor to invest millions to employ residents to run the shelters where they live.
2 p.m. Governor Blanco arrives at Red Cross evacuee shelter at 22 State Farm Rd. (Off of Hwy. 165 South) Monroe, LA 71201, for ecumenical prayer service with evacuees.
2:30 p.m. Governor Blanco tours Red Cross shelter and meets with evacuees.
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Press Releases
Date: 9/17/2005
Contact: Denise Bottcher or Roderick Hawkins at 225-342-9037
Governor Blanco's Public Schedule for Saturday, September 17, 2005
Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco's Public Schedule Saturday, September 17, 2005
11:00 a.m.
Governor Blanco will travel to Lafayette to visit evacuees who are sheltered there at the Cajundome.
Cajundome
444 Cajundome Blvd.
Lafayette, LA 70506
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