September 9, 2005

MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT

Miss Southern University donates $10,000 to assist displaced students

Southern University establishes hurricane relief fund

The 75th Annual Coronation of Miss Southern University to be held Friday, September 16 in the Cotillion Ballroom of the Smith-Brown Memorial Union at 7 p.m. will no longer have national recording artist Rome and decorations will not be as elaborate. Miss Southern University Sharika King announced that she will instead donate the $10,000 to the Southern University Hurricane Relief Fund to help purchase books and supplies for displaced students affected by Hurricane Katrina.

“There was a need that had to be met and decorations and a national recording artist is not as important as the students who need books and supplies for school,” said Miss Southern University Sharika King.

The University has set up a Hurricane Relief Fund to assist displaced visiting students and evacuees affected by Hurricane Katrina. All funds will be used to purchase books, school supplies and items needed for daily living.

To donate please send monetary contributions in the form of check or money order made payable to Southern University Hurricane Relief Fund. Donations can be mailed to Comptroller’s Office, P.O. Box 9494, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813

For further information regarding the relief fund, please call Mayo Brew at 225.771.2160.