ABC 7 News - Americans Race to Give to Charities

ABC 7 News - Americans Race to Give to Charities: "Americans Race to Give to Charities
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NEW YORK (AP) - Within a week after news and images of the chaos left by Hurricane Katrina were broadcast, Americans donated over half a billion dollars to charities aiding victims of the flood.The speed of the money raised has outpaced the rate of donations offered to victims of the 2001 terror attacks and could hit $1 billion, according Stacy Palmer, editor of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, a publication that tracks nonprofit organizations.

'It is unprecedented in scale and speed,' Palmer said."