Local organizations still dealing with financial aftermath of tsunami (HamptonRoads.com/Pilot Online)

Local organizations still dealing with financial aftermath of tsunami (HamptonRoads.com/Pilot Online): "Local organizations still dealing with financial aftermath of tsunami

A relief check arrives at the American Red Cross of Southeastern Virginia. L. TODD SPENCER/VP


By BENITA D. NEWTON , The Virginian-Pilot
� January 19, 2005

The tsunamis that devastated southern Asia on Dec. 26 have long since rolled back out to sea, but Hampton Roads businesses and nonprofits are still feeling and reacting to their effects.
Red Cross employees and volunteers are putting in long hours to handle the additional donations. Locally owned businesses are giving up profits for the cause and creating new avenues for employees to get involved"