Hurrican Ike Recovery Drive

By Leslie Bauer
Posted: September 23, 2008

I have an older brother who lives in a suburb of Houston, which has been dealing with the clean up efforts from Hurricane Ike over the past few weeks. While my brother’s house did not sustain much damage from Ike, a few leaks in his roof and some branches in the yard, his cabin property northeast of Houston took a bigger hit.

The historic cabin, and other outbuildings all had trees come down on them. As with many fellow Texans, he spent much of the week following Ike repairing roofs and mending fences. He was also sad to lose his pecan tree grove. My sister-in-law, who works in downtown Houston had the week off, as her office building suffered blown out windows and damage to the elevator shaft. My kids were jealous of my niece and nephew, who each had the week off school because the school had no power.

As of Sept. 22, my nephew, who attends elementary school, had his first day back to school, however my neice, who is a high school senior still could not go back to school — there was no power at her school, and the power must remain on for 24 hours before students are allowed back.

Many people have been working hard all around Texas, trying to repair damage and recover from Hurricane Ike. To that end, I recently heard word that the Glenelg High School Key Club is currently holding a Hurricane Ike Recovery Drive, and they are asking for the community’s help. The drive will include receiving items from the community such as batteries, toilet paper, crayons, books, baby wipes, soap, flashlights, q-tips, socks, small radios & toys, as well as checks for shipping costs, etc. If you are interested in seeing the full list on needed supplies, go to their Web site, www.freewebs.com/glenelgkeyclub.

There is a collection box located in the front office of Glenelg High School if you wish to donate any of the needed items. In addition, if you wish to write a check, please make it out to “Glenelg High School” and in the memo line please put “Hurricane Ike”. The items that will be collected will be sent to either FEMA and/or the American Red Cross, who can then distribute the items to hurricane victims. These items will be put to good use as people work to get back on their feet. The Key Club thanks the community in advance for their generosity in helping the victims of Hurricane Ike.

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