The company outperformed federal and local relief efforts and was widely recognized for its efficient provision of much-needed emergency supplies.
All the money raised from a public concert after the prom party will be donated to a local disaster relief fund, the group said.
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There have been discussions about state and local fiscal relief.
The result was SandyBaggers, a grassroots Facebook movement to circumvent red tape and galvanize immediate and effective local disaster relief by leveraging the power of digital media.
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As a reward for feeding the hungry, Alexander denied the local assemblies and relief corps greater autonomy or influence over public policy.
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Local residents expressed relief that Mr Mandela was back home.
Sayles predictably intersperses scenes of rehab drama and female friendship with comic relief and local (Louisiana) color.
Today, America is far wealthier than when relief was local and primarily private.
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"I think it will come as a great relief to local residents, as we have seen this site really become just a dumping ground and as a magnet for anti-social behaviour, " he added.
Members of the U.N. humanitarian affairs office have deployed to Tai to coordinate relief efforts there with local authorities.
And to minimise the costs facing businesses, the government will enable local authorities to grant business rate relief, by funding at least three quarters of their costs.
They feared the group would use its relief efforts to radicalize the local population.
Launched in 2004, the Darden Harvest Program partners with local food banks to provide immediate hunger relief.
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For local politicians, greenery is a welcome relief from duller concerns such as bin collections, lollipop ladies and parking charges.
With 23 flagship Sport Relief Miles and hundreds of smaller local events planned in every area of the UK there is no excuse for not getting involved.
As well as the changes to business rates relief, the act has given local authorities the power to increase the council tax on homes that have been empty for a year or more by up to 100%.
As well as the changes to business rates relief, the bill will give local authorities the power to increase the council tax on homes that have been empty for a year or more by up to 100%.
When asked about the fact that following the terrorist attacks donations to local charities declined, Hughes said the Bush administration is "concerned, " but she hopes the ad will encourage those who gave to funds for Sept. 11 relief to extend their goodwill to local organizations.
Later, Secretaries Donovan and Napolitano, along with New Jersey Senators Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez visited the Middletown Joint Field Office to meet with disaster survivors, relief workers, and state and local officials to discuss coordination among federal, state and local partners on recovery efforts throughout the region.
Then, the restaurant remits the savings from serving less food to Halfsies, which donates it 60 percent to local hunger charities and 40 percent to global food relief organizations.
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Vincent Tan: The main causes I support include community causes (provide aid for the poor, children, elderly folks), health causes (provide support and financial aid for treatment of diseases like AIDS, kidney ailments, cancer, free acupuncture centre), education (providing scholarships for education, and free education for underprivileged children and youth), environmental preservation (protection and preservation of coral growth), support and promotion of local performing arts, and humanitarian assistance for disaster relief.
Dilip Banerjee is integrating disaster relief into the long-term management of local needs and resources.
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Other groups are certainly involved in the relief effort, and are mobilising through social media and the web - among them Rockaway Relief, which describes its members as "local New Yorkers working in tech, design, fashion, restaurant, entertainment and hospitality".
And then bring in economic and humanitarian relief that will connect the people to the local government, ultimately to a national government, so the people themselves will isolate the insurgents and the violence that's taking place and bring some cohesion to that situation.
India's civil aviation ministry this week also said it will prepare a note for the federal cabinet to consider allowing up to 49% investment by foreign carriers in Indian local airlines in a bid to provide much-needed relief to an industry marred by high jet-fuel costs and mounting losses.
In response to the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, the Federal, state, and local governments immediately started to work with outside partners to provide relief, support, and reconstruction.
In Tabriz and nearby Ardabil, the two major cities near the earthquake area, several local businesses, teachers and college professors had created ad hoc relief teams, separate from the government, and were sending truckloads of food, water and blankets to the area.
The causes I support are mainly local with some financial assistance on a few occasions for international disaster relief.
Local people have long been campaigning for a bypass or a traffic relief scheme to stop through traffic clogging up the High Street.
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The fund has already helped provide items like blankets, socks and kerosene to local residents in need, said volunteer David Coates at the Disaster Relief Center in Scottsburg.
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