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THOROUGHBRED SPIRIT RELIEF FUND 2008
The Thoroughbred Spirit Relief Fund was set up to provide immediate financial assistance to families displaced by natural disasters. This special fund was first established in September 2006 by the G&E Hill Foundation to provide financial assistance to displaced families in New Orleans and Texas in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (for more on this click the STORIES link above). In 2008, yet another devastating storm, Hurricane Ike, displaced thousands of families. The G&E Hill Foundation, as it did in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, came to the aid of many displaced families in need of immediate financial aid.
Are you still in need of assistance?
Application forms (limited number) will be made available to families that have been displaced by Hurricane Ike and are still living in the home of a host family.
Thoroughbred SpiritRelief Fund
The G&E Hill Foundation
PO Box 21347
Pikesville, MD 21282
If your family was displaced by Hurricane Ike and you are still in need of help, you may request relief assistance from the Thoroughbred Spirit Relief Fund. Application forms (limited number) may be obtained from the above address. Once the form has been completed, submit your request to the Thoroughbred Spirit Relief Fund.
Note: Funds from the Thoroughbred Spirit Relief Fund are earmarked to go only to displaced families, not to the families housing the displaced families.
Make A Donation
Tens of thousands of families were displaced by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Ike. Your donation will help these displaced families that are still in need. The G&E Hill Foundation is committed to delivering relief assistance to displaced families and will ensure that the dollars donated to the Fund get to the families that need them. So when you make a donation, you can feel confident that your contribution will go directly to displaced families in need of immediate assistance.
You can help us provide for many of the displaced families by making an online donation (click the DONATE button), or by mailing your donation to:
Thoroughbred SpiritRelief Fund
The G&E Hill Foundation
PO Box 21347
Pikesville, MD 21282
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| Note: Letters from the survivors of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Ike were heartwrenching and full of human tragedy. To read some of the many requests for relief assistance that we were able to honor, click on STORIES. To read a few of the many letters of appreciation written to us by these survivors expressing their gratitude for the assistance we provided them during their time of great loss and recovery, click on FEEDBACK. |
The Make It Right Foundation - December 2007
The Make It Right Foundation plan, sponsored by actor Brad Pitt announced a plan today to build uniquely designed houses for former 9th Ward residents who lost their homes because of the hurricane. These residents will be offered the opportunity to buy the program houses at affordable prices, adjusted for their income status.
Area officials and advocates for hurricane survivors say that the most pressing problem for the recovery of the region is the shortage of affordable housing.
To apply for the program, please click here. The site shows the variety of available homebuilding designs, tells visitors how to donate to the cause, and lets former residents know how they can apply for the houses.
You are urged to share the above information with those that will benefit.
New Orleans Post Hurricane Katrina - April 2007
Will the images ever improve?
It seems that clean-up efforts in New Orleans have been moving at a snail's pace. Sadly, according to the following report from the Angel Lane Community Information Administration, not much has changed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in many locations throughout New Orleans:
"Just had to share the sad reality that photos taken in April 2007 of various locations throughout the New Orleans area show that much work remains to be done to revive many neighborhoods in New Orleans. What is interesting is that person who took these photos took some of these same shots right after Katrina and now has retaken some of the same pictures only to find that many of them still look like they did right after Katrina.
You are urged to share this with people so that they will know that, despite what the media spins, little progress is being made and apathy has taken root. If you do not care, then who will?"
Thoroughbred Spirit Relief Fund - 2006
The G&E Hill Foundation suspended its 2006 Bicycle Give-Away to underprivileged children in order to seed a special Thoroughbred Spirit Relief Fund, set up to provide emergency support to families displaced in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina. Our 2007 Christmas Bicycle Giveaway remained on schedule.
All funds raised went to families displaced by Hurricane Katrina that had been taken in by individual families who opened their homes to them as the recovery efforts continued. The Thoroughbred Spirit Relief Fund worked cooperatively with churches and states neighboring affected areas to identify displaced families in need of assistance. There continues to be a tremendous need and the gap in meeting that need is still wide.
Once it was determined which of the displaced families being housed by host families were to receive relief assistance through the Thoroughbred Spirit Relief Fund, a cash donation was forwarded to those families.
Thousands of families were affected by this tragedy. Generous donations from many kind souls helped these displaced families in desperate need during a most difficult time. The Thoroughbred Spirit Relief Fund committed itself to delivering relief to displaced families in need and ensured that the dollars donated to the Fund went to the families that needed them.
| Note: Letters from the Hurricane Katrina and Rita sirvivors were heartwrenching and full of human tragedy. To read some of the many requests for relief assistance that we were able to honor, click on STORIES. To read a few of the many letters of appreciation written to us by survivors of the hurricane expressing gratitude for the assistance we provided them during their time of great loss aand recovery, click on either or both of these two links: STORIES FROM THE HEART and / or FEEDBACK. |
Thank you for continuing to support our children's charitable organization and its efforts by making a tax-deductible contribution to the G&E Hill Foundation. The DONATE link will take you to our
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