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The HCH Relief Fund
 Recent hurricanes have created much new homelessness, with its attendant health care needs, and have destroyed much Health Care for the Homeless capacity on the Gulf Coast. HCH clinical facilities in New Orleans, Biloxi and Mobile were severely damaged or destroyed, and many established clients are going without needed care. The tide of newly homeless persons has already increased demand on HCH services elsewhere. HCH projects in cities like Atlanta, Chattanooga, Washington DC, Houston, and Dallas have been important providers of care at arrival points and emergency shelters. HCH projects as far away as Casper, Wyoming, and Los Angeles report seeing among their clients persons who have fled the Gulf Coast, and we expect the same to occur everywhere as the Diaspora from the South takes hold.
The National Health Care for the Homeless Council has established the HCH Disaster Fund as one avenue for the HCH community to respond.
To help meet immediate needs, and to help restore the capacity of HCH projects to serve their communities, all contributions to the Disaster Relief Fund will be re-distributed as follows:
 25% to the Franklin Primary Health Center in Mobile
25% to Tulane Drop-In Health Services in New Orleans
25% to Coastal Family Health Center in Biloxi
25% to other HCH projects that serve persons displaced by the hurricane or to homeless agencies severely impacted by recent disasters; the National Council’s Board of Directors will choose these recipients.
Contributions to the fund have been heartening, and are being put to work already. A list of donors appears below.
Please make a generous contribution to the HCH Disaster Fund using your MasterCard or Visa, by visiting http://www.nhchc.org/donate.html.
Checks made to the National HCH Council and designated for the Disaster Relief Fund can be mailed to:
PO Box 60427
Nashville TN 37206-0427.
Thank you for your concern for those made homeless by this disaster. The National Health Care for the Homeless Council is a 501(c)(3) organization, EIN 62-1475145. Contributions to the National Council are tax-deductible.
HCH Disaster Fund Donors as of September 19, 2005.
The National Health Care for the Homeless Council is grateful for the generosity of the following donors who have contributed to the HCH Disaster Fund.
| Organizations |
| Association of Clinicians for the Underserved |
McClean VA |
| Bay Cities Pyrotector, Inc |
Emeryville CA |
| Care for the Homeless |
New York NY |
| Central City Concern staff |
Portland OR |
| Coalition for the Homeless |
New York NY |
| Health Care for the Homeless |
Baltimore MD |
| Northwest Human Services staff |
Salem OR |
| Parkersburg South High School student groups |
Parkersburg WV |
| Philadelphia Health Management Corporation staff |
Philadelphia PA |
| Sisters of Providence Health System |
Holyoke MA |
| St. Jude Melkite Catholic Church |
Miami FL |
| Unity Health Care |
Washington DC |
| Individuals |
Jessica Byron &
James Dumbauld |
Tucson AZ |
| Susan Spencer |
Sebastopol CA |
| Marian Pena |
Kelseyville CA |
| Theresa Brehove |
Venice CA |
| Curry Sawyer |
Santa Barbara CA |
| Michael Menchaca |
North Hollywood CA |
| Prudence Oey |
SanFernando CA |
| John Jahahn |
Lake Forest CA |
| Antonia Koot |
San Francisco CA |
| Mark Freeman |
San Francisco CA |
| Joyce Evans |
Valencia CA |
| Sandra Aseltine |
San Francisco CA |
| Karen Cohen |
San Francisco CA |
| Gail Spaver |
Berkeley CA |
| Carol Wilkins |
Berkeley CA |
| Meredith Florian |
Oakland CA |
| Eleanor Dwight |
Sebastopol CA |
| Elizabeth Cookson |
Denver CO |
| Marilyn Hansen |
Littleton CO |
| Martin Katz |
Denver CO |
| Simone DeVillier |
Denver CO |
| Maria Anjier |
Avon CO |
| Donald McCloskey |
Denver CO |
| George Pring |
Golden CO |
| Annamarie Cruse |
Denver CO |
| Nancy Scanlon |
Hartford CT |
| Mark Anderson |
Washington DC |
| Helen Masin |
Coconut Grove FL |
| Raffoul Ajami |
Miami FL |
| Alina Perez-Stable |
Miami FL |
| Maria Venzal |
Miami FL |
| Linda Lom |
Miami FL |
| Lauren McTeague |
Chicago IL |
| Fakhruddin Adamji |
Evanston IL |
| John & Cynthia Fitzgerald |
Warrenville IL |
| Matthew Broscio |
Prospect Heights IL |
| Jeff Wilzbacher |
Chicago IL |
| Peter & Carol Meirose |
Louisville KY |
| Bart Irwin |
Louisville KY |
| Linda Barnet |
Westfield MA |
| Kathleen Chaconas |
Ludlow MA |
| Rosemary Surdyka |
Wilbraham MA |
| Judith Mealey |
Westfield MA |
| Geraldine Kennedy |
East Longmeadow MA |
| Monica Batchelor |
Springfield MA |
| Theresa Kim |
Roslindale MA |
| Ellen Bassuk Newton |
Centre MA |
| Robert Taube |
Boston MA |
| Mary Ann Kopydlowski |
Jamaica Plain MA |
| Karen Rotondo |
West Yarmouth MA |
| Stephanie Yesner |
Boston MA |
| Michael Kestigian |
Charlton MA |
| Ronald Kehoe |
Boston MA |
| Laura Kehoe & Eric Maillis |
Watertown MA |
| Mark Daniel Geary |
Somerville MA |
| Michele Rapp |
Arlington MA |
| Emily O’Brien |
Jamaica Plain MA |
| Diane Cummings |
Jamaica Plain MA |
| Julia Hammid |
Baltimore MD |
| Louise Theherne |
Baltimore MD |
| William Breakey |
Baltimore MD |
| Patricia Dailey |
Beltsville MD |
| Margaret Hobbs |
Rockville MD |
| Jim & Jean Hochron |
Rockville MD |
| Fred Osher |
Baltimore MD |
| Ann Ciekot |
Baltimore MD |
| Martha Alvaran |
Baltimore MD |
| L. Louise Treherne |
Baltimore MD |
| Vicki Dailey |
Baltimore MD |
| Lee Barker |
Baltimore MD |
| Jean Prevas |
Glen Arm MD |
| Amy Anderson |
Minneapolis MN |
| June Prange |
Minneapolis MN |
| Lori Hartford |
Billings MT |
| Marianne Savarese |
Manchester NH |
| Kathleen Daley |
Morristown NJ |
| Paul Seymour West |
New York NJ |
| Mindy Grossberg |
Albuquerque NM |
| Sigrid Olson |
Albuquerque NM |
| Amalia Torrez |
Albuquerque NM |
| Emily Davidson |
Albuquerque NM |
| Gary Harris |
Santa Fe NM |
| K.B. Thomas |
Albuquerque NM |
| Abby Karp |
Riverdale NY |
| Joseph Kayal |
Huntington NY |
| Ansell Horn |
Flushing NY |
| Mary Klein |
New York NY |
| Philip Brickner |
New York NY |
| Ephraim Shapiro |
New York NY |
| Ann Winton |
New York NY |
| Leo Wenneman |
Lakewood OH |
| Robert Donovan |
Cincinnati OH |
| Judith Allen |
Cincinnati OH |
| Thomas Helmrath |
Columbus OH |
| Karen Cameron |
Portland OR |
| Ed Blackburn |
Portland OR |
| Bozena Lamparska |
Philadelphia PA |
| Angel Gonzalez |
Caguas PR |
| Shelley Armstrong |
Lookout Mountain TN |
| Joceline Lemaire & John Lozier |
Nashville TN |
| Scott Orman |
Nashville TN |
| Pat Petty |
Nashville TN |
| Lisa Williams |
Nashville TN |
| Diane Campbell |
Nashville TN |
| Karen Holman |
Amarillo TX |
| Paul & Kathie Westpheling |
McLean VA |
| Linda Wong |
Richmond VA |
Janna Wilson &
Annette Joyce |
Seattle WA |
| Suzanne & Kevin Wolf |
Seattle WA |
| Katherine Sebastian |
Takoma Park WA |
| Patricia Jorgensen |
Oak Harbor WA |
| Mary Lee Crone |
Vienna WV |
| Elizabeth Cramer |
Milwaukee WI |
| Stephanie Spaeth |
West Bend WI |
| George Scanlon |
Cairo Egypt |
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