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BBC NEWS | Americas | Americans rush to aid tsunami victims: "Americans rush to aid tsunami victims

Americans of all walks of life have responded to the call for aid
From children collecting money at their schools to a New York man who donated the winnings from his newspaper lottery ticket, Americans are donating money to the victims of the Asian tsunami at a pace unlike anything since the attacks of 11 September 2001.
Private donations are set to overtake the US government aid of $350m.
Already private US donors have given $322m, and groups say additional pledges of aid push the total to almost $355m, according to the Centre on Philanthropy at Indiana University.
And that figure does not include the Salvation Army, one of the largest charitable organisations in the US"