Recovery from the disasters are far from over and there has been a rather absent feeling regarding relief programs, some say. Some University of Memphis students said the majority of the programs that are still around mostly take place off campus and they are not well known.
However, thousands are still suffering and in need, said Lonzell Williams, a junior accounting major. Besides what Williams has heard on radio stations, it seems as though the pace of the efforts has dropped, he said.
"I really think they have slowed down and have tried to make everything seem as if it was back to normal," he said.
Williams said with efforts seemingly dimming down, there still needs to be a way for students to help.
"They're not doing enough right now," he said.
Whether efforts have slipped or not for Courtney Rash and Seglinda Haggarty, the owners of Paggio's for Hair on Poplar Avenue, giving more to hurricane victims will be a priority tomorrow.
Rash and Haggarty will hold a silent auction from 6 to 9 p.m. at Paggio's, where all the money will benefit hurricane victims and the American Red Cross. Some of the items and services on auction will include local artwork, tickets to Memphis Redbirds and Grizzlies games, handcrafted jewelry and an hour-long massage.
The auction will also include food and drinks as well as a local musician.
Rash said she thought of the idea and Paggio's is basically doing anything it can.
"We had a unique situation," Rash said. "We were able to get some people and do anything to help out."
Haggarty said she has a lot to look forward to tomorrow.
"I'm excited and I hope we do really well," she said.
Some said while relief efforts have not been as frequent as in September, events such as Paggio's auction do not need to stop.
"I think they should still be going pretty strong," said Wilson Richardson, a freshman undecided major. "It's only been two months."
Richardson also said the cost of recovery is ranging in the millions and any attempt to continue gathering the money to do so should not end.
"This is for the people who do not have anything," he said.
How much Paggio's will auction tomorrow does not matter, as long as it benefits, Williams said.
"I work at Sports Authority and I see people from New Orleans every day," he said. "They should do something to help these people out."
