Katrina Disaster Relief

The Staff of the Eastern Veterinary Blood Bank (EVBB) was overwhelmed by the tremendous response from the local community to provide items in need for animals displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Staff from the EVBB and Staff from the National Humane Education Society (NHES - Briggs Animal Adoption Center) loaded a 16 foot truck (full to capacity) with items donated from the local community on Thursday, September 22nd. The truck full of items will be delivered by NHES animal care personnel to the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, Louisiana (which is presently being used as a temporary staging area for animals coming from the New Orleans area).

Thank you to the following for their participation in the EVBB-NHES Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief effort:

Bayside Animal Medical Center (Severna Park)
"Scout" Horton - $500
Signe Worsham
Joyce Herlth
Mike Basi - Greyhound Pets of America/Maryland Inc.
Everhart Animal Hospital (Baltimore)
The Falke animals
Giant Food employees (Severna Park)
Kimberly Briggs
Mr. & Mrs. Wilcox
Pat Slayton
Maryl Hildebrand
Bill Viant
"Eugenia" White
Colleen, Stephen & "Sable" White
Shannon Panzer
Airpark Animal Hospital (Westminster)
Sheila Hunter
Meghan & Diana Williams
Sam & "Taya" Corey
Ann & "Samantha" Sentman
Kimberly & "Chopper" King
"Hawkeye" & "Pebbles" Lane
"Frieda" Williams
"Ellie" McManus

We apologize if anyone was overlooked in our expression of gratitude. Some parties simply dropped off items at the blood bank in passing. Again, the response was tremendous!!!

Monetary donations are also needed for the transportation and gasoline costs involved in this effort and for the care of rescued animals received from the disaster area: www.nhes.org