Response to Hurricane Katrina

University Courtyard Apartments Collection Center

University Courtyard Apartments will have boxes in our Clubhouse (open until 11 pm daily) for you to place your donations.  Any item may be donated, and will be sent to a collection site in Denton and Carrollton for assembly and shipment to designated areas.  Any donation is welcome and appreciated.  This is one small way we can all help assist in the effort to clean up the devastation left by Katrina and enable those who cannot be in their homes have the items necessary to live healthily.

University Courtyard Apartments will collect the following items:

Items to send to relief workers:

Health Kit:
  • 1 hand towel
  • 1 washcloth
  • 1 comb
  • Nail file
  • Nail Clippers
  • Bath-size Bar Soap
  • Adult Toothbrush (wrapped) 
  • 1 lg tube toothpaste
  • 6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages     
Flood Bucket:
  • 5 gal bucket w/ resealable lid
  • 1 qt bleach
  • 5 scouring pads
  • 7 pk sponges
  • 1 scrub brush
  • 18 reusable cleaning towels
  • 50 oz liquid laundry detergent
  • 28 oz disinfectant dish soap
  • 50 clothes pins          
  • 50 ft clothes line
  • 5 dust masks
  • latex gloves
  • Work gloves
  • 24 bag roll heavy duty 33 gal trash bags
  • 14 oz insect repellant spray
  • 8 oz can air freshener

Items to be sent to evacuees in Houston, Dallas and Denton:

  • Bottled Water
  • Protein items (beef jerky, peanut butter, etc)
  • Canned meats (soups, stews, chili, pasta)
  • Canned vegetables (lg size)
  • Paper plates
  • Plastic cups
  • Plastic Utensils
  • Disposable Diapers
  • Baby Formula
  • Baby wipes
  • Toothbrushes (wrapped)
  • Deodorant         
  • Mouthwash
  • Toothpaste
  • Shampoo
  • Liquid Body Soap
  • Baby Powder
  • Combs
  • Brushes
  • Underwear     
  • Clothing items
  • small stuffed animals                        

Contact us

University of North Texas
P.O. Box 311277
Denton, Texas
76203-1277
Phone: (940) 565-2000
TTY: (940) 369-8652

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