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Tornado relief funding now available

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Walter Geiger
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Saturday, June 25. 2011
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The Barnesville-Lamar Community Foundation's Tornado Relief Fund at United Bank has received more than $135,000 in contributions to support those affected by the April 28 tornadoes.


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#1 Anonymous on 06/25/11 at 11:42 PM
HOW and WHY did FEMA get involved with the B-LC Community Foundation Grant? Was this not a PRIVATE foundation that people THOUGHT they were giving to? I feel so sorry for the tornado victims. They are worried about their homes. They don't have time for all of the government red tape!! Someone needs to do some research on this!!
#2 Anonymous on 06/26/11 at 10:06 AM
hahahahahaah and the limit is $500!!!! That wont move my trash to the rd...
What a joke
#3 CC on 06/26/11 at 10:27 AM
Ok so here we go again, FEMA is only gonna grant money to those that do not have insurance or are very low income families. So I being a working person with a fairly good income will be punished and turned down, so why waste my time to apply. America we are so doing this wrong, I believe the man who tries to provide for his family should be rewarded and the man that sits with him butt on sofa and his hand out should be punished. If we are gonna rebulid we need to be fair about it. I feel sorry for all those that donated money, you would have been better off to hand it to the man with the sigh on the street corner..
Quit milking the system and help make America a fair place for us all to live..
DISCUSSTED!!!!
#4 Dan't blame fema on 06/26/11 at 02:45 PM
I think youve got it all backward here. they want u to jump thriough hoops and the best way is to use fema a a crutch.

hate to ask this but could it be that they really just enjoy the power trip?
#5 Anonymous on 06/26/11 at 04:27 PM
Think FEMA is bad?

Try dealing with State Farm "Insurance".
#6 lizzybegood on 06/27/11 at 12:41 PM
I'm curious as to how FEMA got involved in this "community fund". If it's a true "community fund" there shouldn't be any need for federal involvement.I'm not a attorney, but from as I understand it trusts can be managed by a designated group of individuals.

I understand the need not to double dip and manage the fund effectively, however I do think that the terms need to be re-evaluated. I for one donated money in the hopes that it would reach the people of the community immediately.

It seems to me like there's still a lot of red tape involved and I'm no mathematician but $500 seems like a paltry sum for people that lost everything and had minimal insurance or are battling insurance/mortgage companies over their checks.

I'd love to see the written terms of this tornado relief trust. Is this available somewhere? It doesn't seem to be well thought and now it seems like there's a lot of money in the bank, gaining interest and not helping people.
#7 anon on 06/27/11 at 01:29 PM
"I'm curious as to how FEMA got involved in this "community fund". If it's a true "community fund" there shouldn't be any need for federal involvement."

Was wondering the same then a thought occurred. Maybe the community fund folks are wanting applicants to have gone through the FEMA process to reduce chance of giving the money to a fraudulent applicant. Just a thought...would like to hear real clarification on why.
#8 Anonymous on 06/27/11 at 02:06 PM
How else do you think they'll be able to track who needs to be taxed a little more next year?
#9 lizzybegood on 06/27/11 at 03:29 PM
True anon @ 14:29, but there are other ways to mitigate that risk. Which is why I wanted to understand the screening process. I mean they could require similar verification documents without involving FEMA.
#10 Anonymous on 06/28/11 at 03:15 PM
I have spent more than $500 on renting machines to get all the debris off of my property. Guess it is better than $0. Glad i am not looking forward to getting any help cause it would hurt my feelings. After all of this we should be thankful to our neighbors. When you see 1 of your neighbors out at least say how nice it is to see them out and happy.
#11 It's Me on 06/28/11 at 07:13 PM
I would like to see the requirements, etc. as well for this organization. We lost our home and a lot of everything else so I feel we have a right to know. People selfelessly donated to help those affected and they also have a right to know just how those funds are being dispersed.
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