'Indy Timeline' of Upcoming Events Lilly Endowment Giving $10 Million To Salvation Army
[from the Indianapolis Star...]The Lilly Endowment is giving the Salvation Army $10 million to provide disaster relief in the wake of recent hurricanes that hammered the Gulf Coast and dumped record rainfall on parts of the Midwest.
The grant announced Monday is the largest disaster relief donation to the Salvation Army of the 2008 hurricane season, said Melissa Temme, national spokeswoman for the organization.
Temme said the grant will allow the agency to provide ongoing assistance to victims of Hurricane Ike, as well as those affected by Hurricanes Dolly, Fay, Gustav and Hanna.
"This gift is huge for us," she said.
Before the endowment's donation, Temme said, about $2.2 million had been given to the Salvation Army or pledged for disaster relief this year. But the agency has spent more than $4 million on immediate services to victims.
The Lilly donation brings to $60 million the amount it has pledged to disaster relief this year, said spokeswoman Gretchen Wolfram.
In June, the endowment gave...
[continued at IndyStar.com]
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