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PDA Issues $340,000 to Help Long-term Recovery from Hurricane Floyd


From PCUSA NEWS <pcusa.news@ecunet.org>
Date 24 Feb 2000 20:08:40

24-February-2000 
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    PDA Issues $340,000 to Help in Long-term Recovery 
    from Hurricane Floyd 
 
    By Evan Silverstein 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - As a result of the generosity of Presbyterians across the 
country, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) recently issued grants of 
$140,000 to the Presbytery of Coastal Carolina and $200,000 to the 
Presbytery of New Hope to support long-term recovery programs for areas 
damaged by Hurricane Floyd. 
 
    The bulk of the money will be used to repair, rebuild, and furnish 
flood-damaged homes, according to Stan Hankins, PDA's associate for U.S. 
disaster response. With these grants, PDA's response to Hurricane Floyd 
relief now totals $730,000, with contributions broken down as follows: 
 
            Presbytery of Coastal Carolina      $300,000 
 
            Presbytery of New Hope              $300,000 
 
            Synod of the Northeast              $50,000 
 
            Presbytery of Tropical Florida      $25,000 
 
            Howard Memorial 
            Presbyterian Church                 $20,000 
            Tarboro, NC 
 
            NC Interfaith Disaster Response     $15,000 
 
            Presbytery of Eastern Virginia      $10,000 
 
            Bound Brook (NJ) 
            Presbyterian Church                 $10,000 
 
            TOTAL:                              $730,000 
 
    Visit PDA's World Wide Web site: www.pcusa.org/pda. 

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