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American Red Cross receives $125m for disaster preparedness
San Diego Business Journal, July 7, 2008 by Joyce Glazer
The American Red Cross San Diego/Imperial Counties Chapter received $1.65 million in grants from the Akaloa Resource Foundation, including $1 million that will go toward the startup of Prepare San Diego, a disaster preparedness initiative. Red Cross also received an annual grant of $500,000 to support ongoing local disaster services. The remaining $125,000 will support improvements in the Red Cross Service to the Armed Forces program.
Please send Giving items to contributing writer Joyce Glazer at jglazer@sdbj.com.
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