
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, June 5, 1990                   TAG: 9006050479
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: NEW YORK                                LENGTH: Short

DONATIONS TO CHARITY ROSE 10.5

Americans gave nearly 10.5 percent more to charity last year, and about half the $114.7 billion donated went to religious groups, a report says.

Two natural disasters in 1989, the San Francisco earthquake and Hurricane Hugo, generated an outpouring of financial aid. The Red Cross, for example, received $155 million for both disasters in mostly small, individual donations.

-Associated Press

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