<p>DP’s : Please contribute generously to the United Negro College Fund to save Xavier and Dillard Universities. My school is initiating a major fund raising effort to help Dillard and also we have taken in several students. Please give what you can and encourage your friends and colleagues to do something really positive. </p>
I don’t know the details, but President Cowen of Tulane has confirmed that Tulane will be taking in students from Xavier and Dillard and working with these two HBCUs in other ways to support their rebuilding efforts along with its own.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, csn’t contribute on-line, but here is address: (I finally wrote the check, have been procrastinating, so thanks for reminder)
Ways of Giving To Xavier University of Louisiana</p>
<p>After the devastation inflicted on our families and friends in the Gulf region, Harris Connect, the publishers of our Xavier University Alumni Directory, has made the message boards below available to the Xavier University Alumni community to facilitate contact and information within the Xavier University Community.</p>
<p>Please remember Xavier in this time of need. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Also, please support the future of Xavier University with a contribution to the Xavier University Hurricane Relief Fund. Contributions can be sent to our temporary location at Grambling University at the following address:</p>
<p>Xavier University of Louisiana
PO Box 29
Grambling, Louisiana 71245</p>
<p>Please make all checks payable to Xavier University and put Hurricane Relief Fund in the memo section. We thank you for your support.</p>
<p>You can also use the message boards below to communicate that you are safe or looking for someone in the Xavier University community. Please use the SAFE topic to let others know where you are and if you are safe and LOOKING FOR topic to post information about a friend or loved one.</p>
<p>We thank the Harris Connect organization for providing this communications link.</p>
<p>Please keep in mind when posting your information that these are public message boards.</p>
<p>Sincerely,
Adrienne C. Brooks
Vice President of Institutional Advancement Xavier University of Louisiana</p>
<p>Here is a link for the United Nero College Fund
<a href=“http://www.uncf.org/[/url]”>http://www.uncf.org/</a>
address & phhone<br>
United Negro College Fund
8260 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive
P.O. Box 10444
Fairfax, VA 22031-8044 </p>
<p>My understanding is that Dillard is in dire straits because of its location near a canal and many of the campus buildings are/were historic wood frame buildings. thanks everyone</p>