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After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita ravaged much of the Louisiana coastline, the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana, was opened as a temporary emergency shelter for a few hundred refugees. However, newly homeless men, women, and children continued to arrive each day in need of food, clothing, and medical attention. This is the struggle of the volunteers and workers at the Cajundome who cared for more than 18,000 evacuees in the devastating aftermath of the hurricanes.

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Ann B. Dobie is a retired professor emerita of English from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She holds a doctorate in education from Columbia University and is the author of several educational books. Dobie is a member of the Acadiana Council of Teachers of English and serves as state coordinator of the Louisiana Writing Project. She has also worked as a consultant to the National Writing Project. She lives in Lafayette, Louisiana.

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