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Children were able to play with art
materials, puzzles, and books at Safe
Spaces including this play area in the
Mississippi Coliseum. (Annjo Lemons) |
At a shelter in
Hattiesburg, Miss., for Hurricane Gustav
evacuees, children played games designed
to promote emotional resilience. (Pamela
Myrick-Mottley) |
MSU Early Childhood Institute Staff Open
“Safe Spaces” at Three Mississippi Shelters for Gustav Evacuees
SEPT. 6, 2008
│ Employees of the Mississippi State University (MSU) Early
Childhood Institute operated play areas for the children of
Hurricane Gustav evacuees in three large shelters in
Mississippi.
Collaborating with employees of the
Mississippi Child Care Resource and Referral Network,
institute employees equipped and oversaw the “Safe Space” play
areas at shelters in Jackson, Hattiesburg, and Tupelo, helping
children cope with the stress of the evacuation from Gustav’s
Sept. 1 landfall in Louisiana.
The play area at the Mississippi Coliseum was open Mon.-Wed.,
Sept. 1-3; on Sept. 4, ECI donated remaining art materials and
books to families that were being transferred from the Coliseum
to the Mississippi Trade Mart.
Annjo Lemons, director of the Excel by Five project of
the MSU Early Childhood Institute, oversaw the Safe Space at the
coliseum. JoAnn Kelly
oversaw other ECI employees at a Safe Space at BanCorpSouth
Arena in Tupelo. Pamela
Myrick-Mottley coordinated a third Safe Space at the
James Lynn Cartlidge Multi-Purpose Center in Hattiesburg.
Safe Spaces are shelter areas designed and furnished according
to guidelines of the American Red Cross, Save the
Children, and Children’s Disaster Services.
46 Blackjack Rd. / P.O. Box 6013 /
Mississippi State, MS / 39762
tel. 662-325-4836 / fax 662-325-5436
© 2004- Mississippi State University
Updated
09/07/2008
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