[UUA-L] UUA-UUSC Gulf Coast Relief Fund tops $500K; more aid is needed

[Unitarian Universalist Association]

Boston, MA - Sept. 9, 2005

Contributions to the UUA-UUSC Gulf Coast Relief Fund, established nine
days ago, have topped $500,000.  A goal of $1 million has been announced
and a panel established to make decisions about aid distribution (see
http://www.uua.org/news/2005/050831_katrina/panel.html for further
information) which will go to address the needs of the most
disadvantaged and marginalized communities in the affected areas as they
rebuild their lives and livelihoods, and to support Unitarian
Universalist congregations as they rebuild their ministries in the
regions affected by the hurricane.

A just-posted uuworld.org feature story about the relief effort is
available at
http://www.uuworld.org/news/articles/uuhurricanereliefeffortsets$1millio
ngoal2149.shtml .  

To contribute to the UUA-UUSC Gulf Coast Relief Fund, please visit
http://www.uua.org/news/2005/050831_katrina/donate.html .  Online
donations are being accepted through a secure web site.  To send
donations by post mail, please address your contributions to:
UUA-UUSC Gulf Coast Relief Fund
c/o UUA
P.O. Box 843155
Boston, MA 02284-3155


-- Deborah J. Weiner
Director of Electronic Communication
Unitarian Universalist Association
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