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09-08-2005, 03:10 PM
www.hurricanekatrinasurvivors.com
PRESS RELEASE
www.HurricaneKatrinaSurvivors.com , a leading website with information for Hurricane Katrina survivors and their families, has implemented a searchable photo database. Evacuees with access to the internet will be able to upload their photograph and post their relevant information so family members can search for them. Conversely, family members can post photos of their missing loved ones in hopes someone has seen them at a shelter.
Office Depot in Houston has been generous enough to donate 1000 copies of a flyer for volunteers to bring to shelters. This flyer is available on our website
http://www.hurricanekatrinasurvivors.com/Katrina%20poster.pdf
We are also sending an email out to our over 2700 registered users and posting this information on our home page letting everyone know of this implementation and hopefully getting volunteers to visit the shelters and take the photographs.
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Hurricanekatrinasurvivors.com ("HKS"), based in Ormond Beach, FL began on August 28, 2005. It's initial purpose was to provide a central location for the affected people to go to for information regarding outages, road closures, school openings, shelters, etc. Once the magnitude of the devastation was clear, HKS immediately set up forum boards for people to list the missing and inform family members of the survivors. A chat room and was set up for people to come together and help each other. Currently, HKS has a volunteer staff near 20 and receives approximately 3 million hits per day.
Beginning tomorrow, September 7th, we will have between 20 and 30 additional volunteers on staff to start cross-searching our names with names on other sites.
Robert and Marisa Gary
Ormond Beach, FL
www.hurricanekatrinasurvivors.com
PRESS RELEASE
www.HurricaneKatrinaSurvivors.com , a leading website with information for Hurricane Katrina survivors and their families, has implemented a searchable photo database. Evacuees with access to the internet will be able to upload their photograph and post their relevant information so family members can search for them. Conversely, family members can post photos of their missing loved ones in hopes someone has seen them at a shelter.
Office Depot in Houston has been generous enough to donate 1000 copies of a flyer for volunteers to bring to shelters. This flyer is available on our website
http://www.hurricanekatrinasurvivors.com/Katrina%20poster.pdf
We are also sending an email out to our over 2700 registered users and posting this information on our home page letting everyone know of this implementation and hopefully getting volunteers to visit the shelters and take the photographs.
************************************************** ***********
Hurricanekatrinasurvivors.com ("HKS"), based in Ormond Beach, FL began on August 28, 2005. It's initial purpose was to provide a central location for the affected people to go to for information regarding outages, road closures, school openings, shelters, etc. Once the magnitude of the devastation was clear, HKS immediately set up forum boards for people to list the missing and inform family members of the survivors. A chat room and was set up for people to come together and help each other. Currently, HKS has a volunteer staff near 20 and receives approximately 3 million hits per day.
Beginning tomorrow, September 7th, we will have between 20 and 30 additional volunteers on staff to start cross-searching our names with names on other sites.
Robert and Marisa Gary
Ormond Beach, FL
www.hurricanekatrinasurvivors.com