Nonprofits will gut homes for free

Nonprofits will gut homes for free: "Nonprofits will gut homes for free
As deadline nears, wait can be long
Thursday, August 10, 2006
By Bruce Eggler

New Orleanians seeking help with cleaning and gutting their flood-damaged homes by the Aug. 29 deadline set by the city can contact more than a dozen nonprofit organizations that offer free gutting, according to a list posted on the city's Web site.

Most of the organizations report they have waiting lists from one to six months long, but a few apparently are prepared to handle new requests quickly. Besides 15 groups still accepting applications, the city includes three other groups whose lists are so full they are not accepting applications at this time."

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FOXNews.com - 3 Doors Down Aids Katrina Relief Efforts - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment

FOXNews.com - 3 Doors Down Aids Katrina Relief Efforts - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment: "3 Doors Down Aids Katrina Relief Efforts
Wednesday, August 09, 2006

PASCAGOULA, Miss. — Members of 3 Doors Down have presented two checks to aid Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.

Guitarist Matt Roberts presented a $25,000 check Tuesday to Resurrection Catholic School, which he attended, to help replace library books.

Principal Darnell Cuevas said the school lost thousands of books when Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29."

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Louisiana Weekly - Your Community. Your Newspaper.-8 N.O. groups awarded funding to revitalize Gulf Coast

Louisiana Weekly - Your Community. Your Newspaper.: "8 N.O. groups awarded funding to revitalize Gulf Coast

August 7, 2006 talkback

Eight New Orleans-based groups were among 17 organizations from Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia that recently were awarded grants from the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health that will be used to revitalize communities among the Gulf Coast in the wake of Huricanes Katrina and Rita. The $250,000 in grant money will be used to address issues such as housing and urban planning; needs of hurricane survivors and the diaspora; culture and arts; worker and day laborer rights; and environment, health and green rebuilding."

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