March of Dimes Creates Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort Online Press Kit

The March of Dimes has created an online press kit about its Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.

The kit can be accessed by visiting: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/marchofdimes/22765/

The kit contains audio, video and written news releases, as well as color photos with captions.

Audio: Statements by Liza Cooper, director of the March of Dimes NICU Family Support Program; and Memrie McDonald, March of Dimes, state director for Louisiana. Both provided direct support to hurricane evacuees in Baton Rouge.

Video: B-roll of shelters, NICUs and evacuees telling their stories, including one in Spanish.

Color Photos:

1. Liza Cooper and Todd Dezen, March of Dimes employees, hand out t-shirts and clothing at the River Center, one of the larger shelters in Baton Rouge for Hurricane Katrina evacuees.
2. Two young Hurricane Katrina evacuees staying at the River Center shelter in Baton Rouge display the March of Dimes t-shirts they received.
3. Landon Graham is one of dozens of premature babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the NICU population surged to more than double its capacity.
4. Beds in the University Presbyterian church in Baton Rouge that were set up as a shelter for pregnant women or mothers of newborns and their families. Many of these smaller shelters are underutilized.

Written materials:
            Press Release 
            Links to:                       
                  Liza Cooper's blog of her stay in Baton Rouge 
                  Donation page on March of Dimes Web site. 
                  Mission Response
                  Share Your Story home page Web site.