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Realtors shower Katrina victims with $3.2 million in donations.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 24-APR-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Realtors shower Katrina victims with $3.2 million in donations.(Real Estate)

Article Excerpt
No one knows more how important a home is to its owner than the folks who sell them. Realtors across the country showed how true that is by contributing a total of $3.2 million to directly help families in Mississippi who lost their homes or suffered great damage as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

Initially, more than $2.5 million was distributed by the Mississippi Association of Realtors (MAR) in grants of up to $2,500 per family, MAR received more than 15,000 applications from people from the Coast to as far north as Meridian and Tupelo. About 5,000 received grants.

"We tried to help as many people as possible," said Russell...

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