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An MPB Response to Needs of Children Affected by Hurricane Katrina

 

 

Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) teamed up with the giants of the public broadcasting industry and the Mississippi State University Extension Service for Operation ABC – Read, a Hurricane Katrina recovery effort to provide resource kits of educational materials to shelters, initially, and to affected daycare centers.

 

Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, MPB began talking with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Sesame Workshop, and WGBH-Boston to embrace the needs of these early learners.

 

Discussions resulted in the donation of over 10,000 items by eleven donors.

 

Items donated included books and activity/coloring books, games and toys, art supplies, DVD's and videos, emergency radios, t-shirts, and caregiver/parent pamphlets.

Sesame Workshop

Alabama Public Television Education Services

Georgia Public Television

KLVX Communications Group

We are Family Foundation

Family Communications, Inc

WGBH

Time Warner

SusCom

First Book Hurricane Relief Project

Eton Radio (100 emergency radios)

 

Funds provided by the Foundation for Public Broadcasting in Mississippi were used to purchase 100 televisions with video/digital combination players.

 

Thus far, Operation ABC – Read has provided resources for 100 child-care centers in 23 Mississippi counties for more than 5,000 children.