Edmonds, Bobcat Cagers Aid Hurricane Relief
9/8/2005 12:00:00 AM | General
While most Montana State University students focus on beginning a new semester, Derrick Edmonds' mind has been a thousand miles away lately. Literally.
The MSU junior's early days with the Bobcat men's basketball team were shattered in August when Hurricane Katrina ravaged the New Orleans area and the Gulf Coast region. A native of Baton Rouge, La., Edmonds spent his first days and weeks in Bozeman alternately worrying about his family and trying to avoid dwelling on the problems in his home area.
"I read the paper and watch TV," Edmonds said of his efforts to track the latest news form Louisiana. "But I try to stay away from it, too. It really gets me down."
Edmonds and the Bobcat men's basketball team will participate in a fund-raising drive at Saturday's Montana State-Stephen F. Austin football game. Montana State University, in conjunction with the American Red Cross, will collect money in and around the Stadium. The Red Cross uses all proceeds to aid those affected by the disaster.
Others involved include the Montana State Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, ASMSU's Senate and Community Outreach office, representatives of the Greek system, Montana's Army National Guard, and Gallatin Valley Emergency Services units. Volunteers with official Red Cross badges and buckets will accept donations. A Red Cross van will be parked on Bobcat Boulevard in front of the Stadium beginning at 11:30 am.
The Red Cross is also promoting a free concert event to raise awareness and funds following the game at Bozeman's Bogert Park. To date, the Red Cross has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars and served millions of meals to those affected by the hurricane.
Many of those at Saturday's game, nearly a sellout, have no personal ties to the hurricane-ravaged area. That's not the case for Edmonds. His family was unable to locate an uncle of Derrick's, Charles Edmonds, for several days. The hurricane destroyed Charles Edmonds' house in New Orleans, and he eventually relocated to rural Louisiana. "The power was out for a long time (at Derrick Edmonds' parents' house in Baton Rouge), there was rain and floods and high winds. The phones were down. It was bad," he says.
Then he pauses, and pats his heart. "It hurts," he says, looking down. "It really hurts."
The MSU junior's early days with the Bobcat men's basketball team were shattered in August when Hurricane Katrina ravaged the New Orleans area and the Gulf Coast region. A native of Baton Rouge, La., Edmonds spent his first days and weeks in Bozeman alternately worrying about his family and trying to avoid dwelling on the problems in his home area.
"I read the paper and watch TV," Edmonds said of his efforts to track the latest news form Louisiana. "But I try to stay away from it, too. It really gets me down."
Edmonds and the Bobcat men's basketball team will participate in a fund-raising drive at Saturday's Montana State-Stephen F. Austin football game. Montana State University, in conjunction with the American Red Cross, will collect money in and around the Stadium. The Red Cross uses all proceeds to aid those affected by the disaster.
Others involved include the Montana State Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, ASMSU's Senate and Community Outreach office, representatives of the Greek system, Montana's Army National Guard, and Gallatin Valley Emergency Services units. Volunteers with official Red Cross badges and buckets will accept donations. A Red Cross van will be parked on Bobcat Boulevard in front of the Stadium beginning at 11:30 am.
The Red Cross is also promoting a free concert event to raise awareness and funds following the game at Bozeman's Bogert Park. To date, the Red Cross has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars and served millions of meals to those affected by the hurricane.
Many of those at Saturday's game, nearly a sellout, have no personal ties to the hurricane-ravaged area. That's not the case for Edmonds. His family was unable to locate an uncle of Derrick's, Charles Edmonds, for several days. The hurricane destroyed Charles Edmonds' house in New Orleans, and he eventually relocated to rural Louisiana. "The power was out for a long time (at Derrick Edmonds' parents' house in Baton Rouge), there was rain and floods and high winds. The phones were down. It was bad," he says.
Then he pauses, and pats his heart. "It hurts," he says, looking down. "It really hurts."
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