Busloads of nursing home residents from Aransas Pass seeking refuge from Hurricane Rita found a temporary home on Thursday, Sept. 22 at the Laredo Community College gymnasium, which was designated by the city of Laredo as a medical site for evacuees with medical needs.
“Laredo Community College’s nursing and allied health departments and other college department personnel actively assisted the first wave of evacuees, which arrived early morning on Thursday. Two additional busloads of nursing home residents arrived later that afternoon. The college was ready to receive up to 200 people,” LCC President Dr. Ramon H. Dovalina said.
Dovalina added that the college received valuable support from businesses. La Posada Hotel donated soaps and shampoos, while Sam’s Club donated a variety of personal items, as well as magazines and other items for entertainment. The Bayshore Nursing Home residents left with a memento of LCC on Friday afternoon after the college bookstore donated clothing apparel with the college logo to all the residents. Dr. Dovalina was on hand to present the clothing items to the evacuees. The residents departed Laredo after receiving word that the voluntary evacuation orders had been lifted in Aransas Pass.
Below are scenes of the evacuees brief stay at LCC.
A Laredo Community College health sciences student chats with an Aransas Pass nursing home resident last week on Thursday after settling into the comforts of the LCC Maravillo Gymnasium, which was designated as the city’s medical site for evacuees fleeing the terror of Hurricane Rita.
LCC health sciences students and faculty eagerly await to lend a helping hand on Thursday as a busload of nursing home residents from Aransas Pass are unloaded to be transported to the college gym.
Classes remained in session at Laredo Community College on Thursday as some health sciences students provided valuable support and medical attention to a group of nursing home residents from Aransas Pass escaping the potential wrath of Hurricane Rita.
LCC Emergency Medical Services student Ana Lisa Medeles checks the pulse of an Aransas Pass nursing home resident in the Maravillo Gymnasium at LCC.
A nursing home resident from Aransas Pass is moved on a wheelchair by three LCC health sciences students to the medical site located inside the college gym on Thursday.
The LCC Choir sung soothing music to the nursing home residents on Friday morning at the Maravillo Gymnasium.
The nursing home residents began their day with an energetic start Friday after participating in a short session of aerobics led by LCC kinesiology instructors Dr. Sara Carrasco (standing) and Beverly Boling (seated).
Among the evacuees who stayed at the LCC campus were family members of the residents and staff of the Aransas Pass nursing home. During their stay in the Kazen College Center, the children engaged in various activities led by students and staff from the LCC Child Development program.
LCC President chats with some nursing home residents on Friday after distributing LCC T-shirts and other college apparel donated by the college bookstore.
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