Tri-City Herald: Local- Charities provide aid between crises

Tri-City Herald: Local: "Charities provide aid between crises

This story was published Sunday, October 16th, 2005

By Andrew Sirocchi, Herald staff writer

Food drives, clothes drives and fund-raisers sprang up around the Mid-Columbia almost immediately after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast.

Doctors and nurses volunteered their time and expertise. Businesses donated their services. More than two dozen refugees found dry homes among Tri-Citians who opened their doors.

Now, local nonprofit groups are asking generous Mid-Columbians to remember that charity starts at home."