Thursday, September 15, 2005

The Chronicle, 9/15/2005: The Kindness of Strangers

The Chronicle, 9/15/2005: The Kindness of Strangers: "The Kindness of Strangers
Thousands of people who lost everything depend on donors and charities as a long recovery begins

As the flood waters from Hurricane Katrina continued to recede last week, nonprofit officials from around the country were grappling with the enormous problems left in the storm's wake.

Chief among them is dealing with the largest displacement of Americans since the Civil War. Charities and foundations are scrambling to figure out how to aid the hundreds of thousands of people who fled the Gulf Coast, and help them get new homes, jobs, transportation, medical care, education for their children, post-trauma counseling, and other services."

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