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Donations
Relief Funds
Many relief funds were immediately set up to assist victims (personally and
economically) of the attack. Liberty Unites links to numerous charities
providing relief. According to this site, more than $78 million has been
raised so far.
American Red Cross
* American Red Cross For direct credit-card, check, and cash donations,
on-line, by phone, mail, or in person
* Amazon - more than $6.5 million collected; ALL money goes to the Red
Cross Emergency Relief Fund
* PayPal - more than $1.6 million collected; ALL money goes to the Red
Cross Emergency Relief Fund
* Yahoo
Rescue Worker funds
Fire Donations took charitable contributions on behalf of firefighters, EMS,
and rescue workers.
Other charitable drives
* In the Washington, D.C. area, Giant Food offered to match contributions
made in-store up to $1 million.
* For the families of the 79 employees of the Windows of the World
Restaurant: Windows of Hope Family Relief Fund, c/o David Berdon &
Company, 415 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017.
* The National Police Defense Foundation Police Memorial Fund to help
fund the existing psychological counseling program for police victims
and establish a police memorial park in memory of the slain police:
NPDF Memorial Fund, National Police Defense Foundation, 21 Kilmer
Drive, BLDG 2, Suite F, Morganiville, NJ 07751; 888-SAFE-COP,
NPDF@AOL.COM
Emergency Supplies
On Thursday and Friday, September 14-15, 2001, various relief supplies for
the World Trade Center relief effort were collected from the New York City
area, and dropped off at the Javits Convention Center or at a staging area
at Union Square.
By Saturday morning, enough supplies (and volunteers) were collected.
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