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MULTI-PLATINUM RAP SUPERSTAR, JUVENILE, LOSES HIS
HOME AND WORRIES FOR HIS CITY
Multi Platinum Artist Juvenile Evacuated and
Informed that His Home is Gone
(New Orleans, MO) Tuesday, August 30, 2005 -
Juvenile was just in the process of calming down
from being evacuated from his home and city when he
was informed this morning that his home is
completely gone. He was preparing to conduct an
interview for a news station when the news came.
"I am obviously devastated by my personal loss but
thank God that I was able to get my family out to
safety while many families were not so fortunate. I
have lost some friends and to their families I send
my deepest condolences. It is difficult to describe
the feeling of losing friends, not being able to
reach others and having all of your personal items
destroyed, but I am still one of the fortunate ones
to have my music industry family supporting me.
Thousands of people have nobody to reach out to for
support. Please keep our city, its people and our
families in your prayers and please donate to the
Red Cross."
"Our city of New Orleans and several other
surrounding cities are experiencing total
devastation. People have lost their homes, loved
ones and all of their belongings, many of our folks
in New Orleans don't have much to begin with and
have now lost everything."
According to the Red Cross they are not ready to
accept donated items or volunteers but they
definitely need monetary donations by calling
1-800-HELPNOW or online donations at
www.redcross.org. People in need of crisis services
can call Senator Mary Landrieu's Baton Rouge office
at 225-389-0395 or if you are looking for a lost
one, the Crisis Hotline is 866-615-8700 and is open
24 hours and has crisis counselors on hand. Additional
charities accepting monetary donations include the
Catholic Charities at 800-919-9338 or www.catholiccharitiesusa.org
or Mercy Corps at 888-256-1900 or www.mercycorps.org.
Juve adds, "The people that have been evacuated have
nothing with them, no clothes, shoes, toothbrushes-
nothing. Please be prepared to donate whatever you
can."
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