From sidewalk sales to marine rescuers, helping New Orleans

From sidewalk sales to marine rescuers, helping New Orleans: "From sidewalk sales to marine rescuers, helping New Orleans

By Ronda Kaysen

Katherine Marlowe wasted no time fundraising for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Within 48 hours of the disaster, she and a friend were collecting donations for the American Red Cross from her Greenwich Village stoop.

The federal government could learn a lot about speedy responses from Marlowe and Jessica Petrow-Cohen. The two friends are only 9 years old.

In the weeks since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, New Yorkers have been cobbling together relief efforts of their own, with some heading down to the affected areas and others looking for ways to raise much-needed cash.
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