More than $428,000 donated: Red Cross funds exceed 4 times what was given for Ivan, tsunami combined

More than $428,000 donated: Red Cross funds exceed 4 times what was given for Ivan, tsunami combined: "More than $428,000 donated
Red Cross funds exceed 4 times what was given for Ivan, tsunami combined

By Paul Huggins
DAILY Staff Writer
phuggins@decaturdaily.com � 340-2395

Local donations to the American Red Cross' disaster relief fund have slowed to a trickle, but not before amassing $428,882.

That's more than four times the amount collected for Hurricane Ivan and the tsunami relief efforts combined.

The record amount has Susan Codding, director of the Morgan-Lawrence County Chapter of the Red Cross, both worried and optimistic."