CEDAR RAPIDS - In preparation for the immense recovery and rebuilding efforts our community will face, The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation today opened the Flood 2008 Fund for flood relief and recovery donation.
This fund will support nonprofit organizations in Linn County who are providing first-response efforts and ongoing recovery and rebuilding throughout Linn County.
The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation encourages donors to support first-responders like the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army and the United Way of East Central Iowa. The Flood 2008 Fund will support these organizations immediately as well as funding recovery and rebuilding efforts in the day, weeks and months to come.
Donations may be sent to:
Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
PO Box 9
Marion, Iowa 52302
Other donation methods are currently being explored and more information will be shared in the coming days. For more information on how you can help, go to
www.gcrcf.org or call Bud Synhorst, vice president of resource development at 319.550.4538 or 319.366.2862 or at bud.synhorst@gmail.com.
The Community Foundation does not grant directly to individuals or families, but to the nonprofit organizations that serve individuals and families in Linn County, Iowa.
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