Dollars, and plans to spend aall of that money by may 31st. Thats about the time that other groups will just abegin spending their money for the midterm phase, or recovery. You dont know yet what you dont know in some ways, and you have to be patient and learn what really your longterm strategy will be. Think of it this way Tipping Point community raised 17 Million Dollars through the band together benefit concert and Just Announced another concert coming up on the 14th, because the fires are still so recent. But if organizations were to run out of relief money too quickly, it would be virtually impossible to have a successful fundraiser, say three years after the fires happened. Around that time, these nonprofits will be trying to help with things like Mental Health. This was really a collective, traumatic experience, and i think things like posttraumatic stress you dont see that immediately, so thats one of the things i think were going to need a lot of Mental Health support for the
A Song that Perfectly Describes What Memorial Day Weekend is All About, Sunshine State, by Florida's JJ McCoy. It will bring a tear to your eye, if not more