Warren Easton Charter High School held a ribbon-cutting for the new clinic on August 29th of that year, on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Tulane News reported. However, a New Orleans high school got a full-service medical and dental clinic in 2010. The clinic cost $700,000, and Bullock was one of the many funders.
A school nurse usually hands out bandages and sends sick kids home. Actress Sandra Bullock was a part of the ceremony. She had been helping the school since not long after the storm.
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, the school flooded, causing extensive structural damage. She adopted it in 2006 and continued her support throughout the years. This history helps explain Bullock’s presence at the 2010 clinic ceremony. The $700,000 didn’t come from a single person. The Associated Press called it a free, full-service medical and dental clinic scheduled to open in fall 2010. She received the Jimmy Collins Award, one of the four handed out by the committee in its awards for 2010.
Warren Easton Charter High School is located in New Orleans’ Mid-City area and is one of the city’s oldest high schools. The school was rebuilt, and Bullock was one of the people who helped out. Her funds were reportedly used for renovation, scholarships, and new band uniforms. Tulane News noted that the clinic was born through a partnership between the Tulane School of Medicine, Louisiana School Health Connection, and the Warren Easton Charter High School Foundation. Major funding sources include the Kellogg Foundation, Bullock, and the San Francisco 49ers Foundation. The report doesn’t say how much each person donated. So the current reading is that Bullock helped fund the clinic, not that she paid for all of it. Its medical director was Dr. Julie Finger, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Tulane. Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Sen. Mary Landrieu also attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Apart from the new band uniforms and scholarships, the money also went to things like athletic lockers, leadership seminars, and audio and video equipment. The gifts range from meeting everyday needs to major projects.
Bullock donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the school, according to the Allstate Sugar Bowl’s New Orleans Sports Awards Committee . It also says that she helped pay for the renovation of the school’s auditorium, in addition to the new clinic.
