Isaac reliefs continue with help from ‘Canes’

 
Hurricane Isaac relief comes in the form of chicken tenders, fries, toast, coleslaw and toast as The Southern School of Nursing partners with Raising Canes.
Students, faculty, staff and the SU community are encouraged to participate in the event November 13 at Raising Canes at 5195 Plank Road, 15 percent of the purchases will go to families in need.
Southern IDs will be required at the time of purchase and the employee at the register will need to be informed that the percentage is to be donated.
Raising Canes will select the families that will receive the donations, for families that received damage the applications are due by November 9.
After efforts in the community such as health fairs, providing vitals and screenings the school was charged with doing something different.
Faced with making a decision of how to specifically help Isaac victims, Tameka Neville, nursing major from New Orleans and Kymberly McCoy, registered nurse and assistant professor from Ocean Springs, Miss., organized the event.
Neville a member of the Student Nursing Association contacted Canes and asked if they would donate to families who are suffering from Hurricane Isaac. Neville chose to contact Canes because she was aware that Canes had been involved with helping the community.
McCoy thought the partnership was a good idea.
“I actually like it. Everybody reaches a little hard time, so I guess that would be a better way than saying hey I’m gonna give you this money,” McCoy said.
She looks forward to this year and hopefully years to come, partnering with Canes to make a difference.
“I look forward to possibly getting with Canes again in the future”, McCoy said.
The Nursing school will be accepting donations of nonperishable items such as canned foods, Personal care products such as soap and toothpaste, cleaning supplies, paper products and Baby supplies such as diapers and baby wash.
There are bins set up in the lobby in the Nursing school or can be brought to the BSN office located on the second floor in the Nursing school.
Flyers for the food drive will be posted shortly and the donations will be accepted until November 13.
Raising Cane’s still offers the Southern discount on Tuesdays with Southern ID.