<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/magazine/summer-2005/making-difference-everyday-westmont.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Making a Difference Everyday at Westmont</title><excerpt>The Westmont community responded to Hurricane Katrina in a variety of ways. First, faculty, staff and students prayed for survivors in chapel and in numerous small groups. Students set up a table in the dining commons to collect money for the American Red Cross. Faculty discussed elements of the tragedy in their classes. The weekly discussion group, “Tuesdays with Morals,” focused on the human dimension of the natural disaster. At a ceremony on campus titled “Never Forget” the Westmont community honored the victims of 9-11, prayed for hurricane survivors and raised funds for relief efforts on the Gulf Coast.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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