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The Reader's Digest Foundation to Donate $100,000 to Share Our Strength's Relief and Recovery Fund for New Orleans
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Reader's Digest
Foundation (RDF) announced today that it will donate $100,000 to Share Our
Strength's Relief and Recovery Fund forNew Orleans, a program focused on
community recovery inNew Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The
grant will be used to address the city's unmet health care needs.
The grant to Share Our Strength, the fourth in the Foundation's $1 million
Make it Matter program, was inspired by the selfless efforts of two local
nurses, Alice Craft-Kerney and Patricia Berryhill, who returned toNew Orleans
after Katrina to find their homes uninhabitable and their jobs gone. Despite
their circumstances, the two women spearheaded a desperately needed health
clinic in the Lower 9th Ward, one of the areas hardest hit by the hurricane.
Since its opening in February 2007, the clinic has treated more than 1,200
people. The remarkable story is featured in the July issue of Reader's Digest
and is one example of the kind of recovery work that Share Our Strength
supports inNew Orleans.
"We are proud to support the critical work of Share Our Strength as they
help rebuildNew Orleans," said Susan Fraysse Russ, executive director,
Reader's Digest Foundation. "At the same time, we applaud the accomplishments
of Alice and Patricia and hope their story inspires others to support their
good works."
Reader's Digest magazine is lending its support to the Foundation's
program by highlighting the stories of the selected individuals in its monthly
"Make it Matter" column. Many of the submissions will be featured on
http://www.rd.com.
Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis throughout 2008.
About Make it Matter:
Make it Matter is a program of the Reader's Digest Foundation (RDF)
dedicated to promoting efforts that encourage individuals to make a positive
difference in their communities. RDF considers the public's stories of giving
back and chooses one each month that embodies the RDF mission and serves as an
inspiration to others. For each Make it Matter story, RDF will donate $100,000
to a nonprofit organization that furthers the cause. Submissions from the
public can be directed to http://www.rd.com/foundation.
SOURCE The Reader's Digest Foundation
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