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Wake of the storm: KeyCorp's Chairman and CEO Henry Meyer took over as chairman of the Greater Cleveland United way annual campaign with modest fundraising goals--and then came Hurricane Katrina.(PHILANTHROPY)
Inside Business, December, 2005 by Lewis, Morgan, Jr.
On September 1, waters from Hurricane Katrina continued to fill New Orleans like a bowl. More than 30,000 people driven from their flooded homes were trapped in the Superdome as the city descended into anarchy. No one was sure when food, clean water and safety forces would arrive.
On that same day, about 1,050 miles northeast, KeyCorp Chairman and CEO Henry Meyer, adorned in a chef's hat and apron, flipped pancakes in Cleveland's Public Square.
Trying to stay upbeat, he kicked off the United Way of Greater Cleveland's annual fundraising campaign, but his thoughts turned to the devastation in the Gulf Coast. His mission that day, as chairman of the campaign, was to raise money for the 130 agencies and 175 programs the United Way supports in Northeast...
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