Charity coalition seeks donors

Charity coalition seeks donors: "Charity coalition seeks donors
Fast-track rebuilding city by giving, it says
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
By Michael Perlstein
Staff writer

Over lunch last month, movers and shakers from six local charities were surveying the vast humanitarian needs of post-Katrina New Orleans and pondering where to focus their efforts. The answer they came up with: themselves. The plan: to join forces to regroup and announce they're back in business.

At a news conference Monday, representatives of about 20 nonprofit agencies stood in front of a burned-out Catholic Charities complex on Carrollton Avenue to draw attention to their plight. Operating under the name 'Rebuild by Giving,' the consortium of civic and charitable groups said their most important message is, simply: 'We're here.'"