Louisiana League Forms Disaster RecoveryTeam

September 14, 2005, 1:00 a.m. EDT 1 Min Read

BATON ROUGE, La. - (09/14/05) The Louisiana Credit Union League(LCUL) has assembled a Disaster Recovery Team, and named Mary Wolfeand Donna Bordelon to assist South Louisiana credit unionsdisplaced by Hurricane Katrina. The league said Wolfe and Bordelonwill be working to connect with displaced credit unions, and helpto match them up with other credit unions and vendors that haveoffered assistance and may be able to meet some of their immediateneeds. Our priority is to help credit unions in SouthLouisiana who have been displaced because of the storm get back upand running, said Wolfe. Bordelon will continue to servicecredit unions in the Baton Rouge and Lafayette Chapters.

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