The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang Tour Donates $1 Million To American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund For Hurricane Katrina Victims
Fans Can Participate by Donating at Booths at Concert Venues
The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang Tour announced that they have made a $1 million donation to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund for Hurricane Katrina. The tour will also offer fans a way to get directly involved by making their own contributions to the American Red Cross at the local concert venues throughout the tour. This effort began in Milwaukee and will continue throughout the tour.
In the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the American Red Cross has launched one of its largest responses ever to a national disaster, and yet thousands who have been forced from their homes are still awaiting help. The damage, which is estimated to exceed $26 billion, pales in comparison to the human loss and suffering.
"We wanted to reach out and offer our help to those whose lives have been devastated by Katrina. We hope that our gift will provide vital services and necessities to the families affected to help them rebuild their lives," said the Rolling Stones.
The American Red Cross is actively working to meet the challenges of providing relief to tens of thousands of survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Since Hurricane Katrina first slammed ashore in Florida, the American Red Cross has housed 159,000 survivors in more than 650 shelters in 17 states. The organization has served more than 5.5 million hot meals and snacks to survivors of Hurricane Katrina since before first landfall.
More than 32,000 trained Red Cross workers have left their homes across the United States and are on their way to join thousands of local volunteers who responded immediately to help their neighbors in impacted areas who have been left without the basic necessities of life: food, shelter, and safe drinking water.
The Disaster Relief Fund enables the Red Cross, through its network of nearly 900 local chapters to provide shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to people in need.
