Katrina Donations Pass $1 Billion Mark

Katrina Donations Pass $1 Billion Mark: "Katrina Donations Pass $1 Billion Mark

By ALEKSANDRS ROZENS
The Associated Press
Monday, September 19, 2005; 5:33 PM

NEW YORK -- In the three weeks since Hurricane Katrina and its floods created watery havoc in U.S. Gulf states, Americans have donated just over $1 billion to charities aiding families displaced by the disaster.

That pace of giving exceeds the rate in the two weeks following the Sept. 11 attacks on America, and in the two and half weeks after 2004's massive tsunami."