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SUGGESTED MOTION: Move that the Cass County Board of Commissioners approve a donation to the National Association of Counties program called 'Counties Helping Counties in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina' in the amount of $1 ,500, which is the anticipated balance in the county's contingency fund. From: Johnson, Bonnie O. Sent: Wednesday, September 07,200512:30 PM To: Schepp, Joyce H. Subject: FW: Counties Helping Counties/Parishes in the Wake of Katrina Please print for next agenda file. Bonnie Johnson County Coordinator iohnson@co.cass.nd.us 701-241-5720 From: NACo [mailto:naco@naco.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 06,20055:41 PM Subject: Counties Helping Counties/Parishes in the Wake of Katrina Counties Helping Counties/Parishes in the Wake of Katrina Send a donation today to the Parish and County Fami(v Fund Dear Fellow County Official, Hurricane Katrina could be the worst natural disaster to ever hit our country. Many gulf coast counties and parishes have been devastated. I have been working with the NACo staff to help our county and parish colleagues in those hard hit areas. We are . calling our effort "Rebuilding the Gulf Coast," and it will have several dimensions to it. The first was the need for housing of displaced citizens. At a request from HUD, we sent out an email last Friday to county officials. The response was marvelous, and I want to thank all of you who have responded. Places for thousands of families have been found. Over the last six months I was honored to speak at state association meetings in the three hardest hit states: Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. In fact, the Alabama Association was meeting while Katrina was a tropical storm out in the Caribbean. (Perhaps the lesson is don't have me be a conference speaker!) My heart nearly broke seeing the devastation to individuals and entire communities. I was compelled to call NACo into action. My vision is to have a "County to County/Parish Response" - counties helping each other in a time of need. I have talked about the NACo family, and this is what families do in time of need. The second phase of our effort is to raise funds to help counties/parishes and their employees. NACo has established the Parish and County Family Fund to collect money to help our parishes and counties in the hardest hit states. The funds will be distributed to the counties and parishes through the three state associations. 9/1312005