Catholic Online - Cathcom - Catholic Charities establishes hurricane relief fund

Catholic Online - Cathcom - Catholic Charities establishes hurricane relief fund: "Catholic Charities establishes hurricane relief fund


9/27/2005

LEXANDRIA, Va. (CNS) -- Catholic Charities USA has established a fund to aid victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which landed a ferocious one-two punch on the Gulf Coast nearly a month apart.
About 96 percent of contributions made to Catholic Charities' 2005 Hurricane Relief Fund will be used for emergency response and recovery efforts, said an announcement on the agency's Web site. "