Colleges
Rally to Help Students in Louisiana
CEO Kurt Landgraf of Educational Testing Service
(ETS) Helps Students of Disaster
Staff of ETS’s
San Antonio office are collecting money, food, and personal
hygiene items for the estimated 25,000 victims who have begun
arriving at Kelly Air Force Base and area schools. ETS President
and CEO Kurt Landgraf also announced the company will make
a $100,000 corporate donation to the Hurricane Katrina disaster
relief effort.
With its donation,
ETS will aid two organizations: the American Red Cross, $75,000,
and Xavier University in New Orleans, $25,000. In particular,
ETS San Antonio staff will be collecting items such as toothbrushes,
toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, soap, diapers, wipes, and
pillows. “There is not a single person
at ETS who has not been affected by the devastation caused
by Hurricane Katrina,” Landgraf says. “Our thoughts
and prayers are with those who were directly affected by the
storm as well as with those who have loved ones struggling
in the aftermath of the worst natural disaster to occur in
this country.”
“The Red Cross has been recognized by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency as one of the organizations best equipped
to provide aid in response to Hurricane Katrina,” says
Vice President and Corporate Secretary Eleanor Horne. “And
our donation to Xavier recognizes the more than 25 years of
collaboration between ETS and Xavier through its president,
Norman Francis.”
For individual employees
who wish to contribute, ETS has established a separate fund. “All donations will be acknowledged,” Horne
says, adding, “No amount is too small to be appreciated.”
ETS staff are also coordinating efforts to reschedule tests
for persons affected by the hurricane and who need test scores
for admissions or licensing purposes.#
