Wednesday, March 22, 2006

The Sun Herald | 03/22/2006 | Grant workshops overflow

The Sun Herald | 03/22/2006 | Grant workshops overflow: "Grant workshops overflow
By PAM FIRMIN
pfirmin@sunherald.com

BILOXI - Nonprofit organizations seeking to fill in the financial holes dug by Katrina responded in unexpected numbers to an offer of free grant writing training at workshops Tuesday and today.

Reservations for the 30 available slots spilled over into a 20-name waiting list by Tuesday morning and people were still trying to sign up. An extra session was added, and the day was extended from 4 until 7 p.m.

'We started telling people, 'just show up,'"

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