MPA, Maine schools offer assistance to flood-ravaged Texas peers

Ernie Clark, Special to The County
7 years ago
Interstate highway 45 is submerged from the effects of Hurricane Harvey seen during widespread flooding in Houston, Texas, U.S. August 27, 2017. (RICHARD CARSON | REUTERS)

Not long after Hurricane Harvey began ravaging the Texas coast, students nearly 2,000 miles away in northernmost Maine began thinking about how they could help victims of the record-breaking rainfall.

Such thoughts are nothing new for members of Caribou High School’s National Honor Society chapter.

“A few years ago when Louisiana was hit by a hurricane our NHS held a fundraiser and sent some money down there through the Red Cross,” recalled CHS principal Travis Barnes. “Then shortly after Texas was hit by the hurricane this time, I was approached again by them asking what they could do.”

Similar urges to support victims of Harvey’s aftermath likely will be played out in schools across the state during the coming days, with the Maine Principals’ Association set to serve as a link to direct the fruits of such fundraising efforts toward where they can help the most through its educational connections in the Lone Star State.

 The MPA offered to coordinate the delivery of school fundraising efforts to aid victims of the Texas floods through an email Wednesday to its membership and as well as athletic administrators around the state. While most schools are just starting classes for the 2017-2018 year, MPA executive director Dick Durost already reported receiving several interested responses as of late Thursday morning.

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