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Get Hurricane Aid to Low Income Families

A community investing institution and Green America's Green Business Network™ member was on the ground immediately after Hurricane Katrina hit, offering help to those most affected. Enterprise Corporation of the Delta (ECD), a nonprofit community development financial institution and sponsor of HOPE Community Credit Union, is now providing you a powerful way to help low-income families hit hardest by the disaster.

Started in 1995 by an African-American church congregation, ECD and HOPE work
to strengthen communities and improve lives of people in economically distressed areas of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Through affordable loans, checking and savings accounts, technical assistance, and financial literacy workshops, ECD and HOPE have helped more than 10,000 people in these three states lift themselves out of poverty.

With so many communities they serve decimated by Hurricane Katrina, ECD and HOPE are now using their close ties to the people to participate in immediate and long-term disaster aid. By donating to ECD’s Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund, or by opening a Hurricane Relief Certificate of Deposit (CD) account with HOPE at a 0-2 percent interest rate, you can help ECD and HOPE channel funds where they’re most needed.

Initially, funds will go to local organizations providing displaced hurricane victims with food, shelter, and clothing. As these basic needs are met, ECD and HOPE “will build on 12 years of experience in strengthening distressed areas to help residents rebuild their lives, homes, businesses and communities.”

You can mail donations to ECD’s Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund, P.O. Box 22886,
Jackson, MS 39225-2886, or visit www.ecd.org for wiring instructions. To open a Hurricane Relief CD with HOPE, call 601/944-1100, or visit www.hopecu.org.