Alliant to offer grants for nonprofits hit by floods | GazetteOnline.com - Cedar Rapids, Iowa City

Alliant to offer grants for nonprofits hit by floods | GazetteOnline.com - Cedar Rapids, Iowa City: "Alliant to offer grants for nonprofits hit by floods
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A new grant program set up by Alliant Energy Foundation will offer non-profit groups and programs up to $20,000 to help recover from the recent floods.

The charitable foundation of Madison, Wis.-based Alliant Energy allocated $1 million for the new Rebuilding Our Communities Grant Program."

Group gives cleaning supplies to flood victims | Ocala.com | Star-Banner | Ocala, FL

Group gives cleaning supplies to flood victims | Ocala.com | Star-Banner | Ocala, FL: "The organizers of the Disaster Buckets project have seen how hard it is to rebuild life after a flood, and are collecting buckets full of cleaning supplies to offer help and hope to people affected by last month's flooding.

Volunteers for Compassionate Alliance will drive the Disaster Buckets to Burlington, Iowa, and Clarksville, Mo., in semi-trucks. The first truck will depart on July 26, and the volunteers hope it will contain around 1,500 buckets."

Myanmar: UN appeals for $482 million for cyclone recovery

Myanmar: UN appeals for $482 million for cyclone recovery: "0 July 2008 – The United Nations has appealed for a total of $482 million to assist victims of Cyclone Nargis which devastated large areas of Myanmar in early May, leaving around 140,000 dead or missing and severely affecting an estimated 2.4 million people."

AmeriCares Meets Long-Term Health Needs of Disaster Victims in China and Myanmar - MarketWatch

AmeriCares Meets Long-Term Health Needs of Disaster Victims in China and Myanmar - MarketWatch: "STAMFORD, Conn., July 10 -- AmeriCares is continuing its efforts to provide long-term relief for people living in China's earthquake-stricken Sichuan Province and in areas most affected by Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. The nonprofit international aid organization today announced it has delivered a second field hospital to Sichuan Province and provided a second shipment of life-saving medicines and medical supplies to support primary health clinics serving displaced people in Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta."

Faced with destruction, Art Museum ponders move - Metro

Faced with destruction, Art Museum ponders move - Metro: "Maggie Anderson stepped through the doorway of the UI Art Museum Wednesday for what might be the last time.

The devastating floods have made a permanent relocation a very real possibility for the museum.

'I don't know where it will be or when it will happen,' said Anderson, the marketing manager for the museum and a former DI arts reporter. 'We're just in the evaluation stage.'"

The ignored nonrecovery of New Orleans | Geek Gestalt - by Daniel Terdiman - CNET News.com

The ignored nonrecovery of New Orleans | Geek Gestalt - by Daniel Terdiman - CNET News.com: "NEW ORLEANS--Don't let anyone ever tell you that New Orleans is doing just fine three years after Hurricane Katrina.

Sure, it's true that some areas of the city, like the French Quarter or the Garden District, seem back to normal, with swarms of tourists, drinks flowing, and the leisurely pace and laid-back attitude the city is famous for on full display. And it's also true that there are parts of town where you'd never know anything bad happened."

Red Cross plans faux flood - Milton, PA - The Standard-Journal

Red Cross plans faux flood - Milton, PA - The Standard-Journal: "MILTON — Watsontown, batten down the hatches, a faux flood will be sweeping through the borough.
The American Red Cross of Upper Northumberland County will be holding a simulated disaster drill 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 16."