NATCHEZ &045; The power of the Internet and a few caring hearts delivered stacks of supplies to Cathedral School Tuesday morning.

Fresh from a school in Roswell, Ga., notebooks, Post-It notes, folders, lunchboxes and backpacks arrived for the school’s nearly 130 evacuee students.

Cathedral mother Ann Diamond started the donation chain of events by contacting her cousin and sharing the situation at the school. Diamond’s son had 12 new students in his pre-kindergarten grade.

Her cousin, Melanie Leonard of Georgia, started putting the word out a few weeks ago by e-mailing friends. Soon the e-mail landed in the mailboxes of strangers who contacted the school and said donations would be on the way.

Some money had already arrived, but the first load of supplies came in the back of Leonard’s mini-van.

Donations from the Roswell school and friends in the area also led to Wal-Mart gift cards that Leonard handed out to Cathedral teachers Tuesday. The cards are to be used to buy specific supplies for the evacuees.

Tuesday’s deliveries are just the beginning. More is on the way from San Diego, Washington state, Ohio and a few other spots.

&uot;It’s really just the power of e-mail,&uot; Leonard said. &uot;That’s why I’m really excited about it.&uot;

The donated supplies will be stored at the elementary school. Teachers will be able to come by and get what is needed in their classrooms.

Cathedral waived tuition for evacuees and at one point had 140 new students. Donations have helped buy uniforms for the students who needed them.

Principal Pat Sanguinetti said he expects to see enrollment numbers drop soon as more Mississippi coast schools reopen and families return home.

The school already has a waiting list to get in, but at the moment,

more students are not being accepted, he said.