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Support relief efforts of Hurricane KatrinaWednesday, August 31, 2005Mayor Urges Cash Donations to Help Hurricane VictimsRelease Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Dayton Mayor Rhine McLin is joining other national and local officials to urge citizens to support relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina by making cash contributions. ?What the victims of Hurricane Katrina need right now is financial support to the various volunteer agencies responding to their situation,? Mayor McLin said. ?More than donated goods or volunteers, relief agencies are looking for cash.? According to FEMA, cash donations are especially helpful to victims because they allow volunteer agencies to issue cash vouchers to victims so they can meet their needs. Cash donations also allow agencies to avoid the labor-intensive need to store, sort, pack and distribute donated goods. Donated money prevents, too, the prohibitive cost of air or sea transportation that donated goods require. Volunteer agencies provide a wide variety of services after disasters, such as clean up, childcare, housing repair, crisis counseling, sheltering and food. To make a contribution, Mayor McLin said residents can contact the local Red Cross chapter at 222-6711. Other national relief organization contact information provided by FEMA is listed below: American Red Cross Operation Blessing America?s Second Harvest Adventist Community Services Catholic Charities, USA Christian Disaster Response Christian Reformed World Relief Committee Church World Service Convoy of Hope Lutheran Disaster Response Mennonite Disaster Service Nazarene Disaster Response Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Salvation Army Southern Baptist Convention ? Disaster Relief United Methodist Committee on Relief For further information: visit the website for the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) at www.nvoad.org. |
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