Released on = May 29, 2006, 3:23 am

Press Release Author = Linda Pascotto

Industry = Human Resources

Press Release Summary = Los Angeles, September 7- Only eight days after Hurricane
Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, The Prem Rawat Foundation donated $75,000 to the Houston
Food Bank (HFB), a member of America\'s Second Harvest network (ASH)-the largest
domestic hunger-relief organization in the United States. ASH distributes two
billion pounds of food each year, feeding over 23 million hungry people through more
than 200 regional food-rescue organizations in 50 states.


Press Release Body = Los Angeles, September 7- Only eight days after Hurricane
Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, The Prem Rawat Foundation donated $75,000 to the Houston
Food Bank (HFB), a member of America\'s Second Harvest network (ASH)-the largest
domestic hunger-relief organization in the United States. ASH distributes two
billion pounds of food each year, feeding over 23 million hungry people through more
than 200 regional food-rescue organizations in 50 states.
The Prem Rawat Foundation promotes the message of peace of Prem Rawat, known also as
Maharaji, and heads significant humanitarian initiatives. This year alone, TPRF has
donated more than $200,000 to the United Nations' World Food Programme and
spearheaded a hunger-relief initiative in Sri Lanka.
For Linda Pascotto, President of the Foundation: "TPRF started collecting donations
for hurricane victims within days, and the response from the public was immediately
overwhelming. More than $75,000 was collected in less than a week, and the donations
keep coming in. We immediately looked for the best possible entity to deliver
nutritious food to disaster victims, and that also had extremely low administrative
expenses.
"In 2004, Forbes magazine gave America's Second Harvest, of which the Houston Food
Bank is a branch, a charitable commitment rating of 98: That means 98% of donations
received by ASH go toward feeding hungry people rather than to administrative or
fundraising costs. Furthermore, the purchase power of contributions to HFB is
accelerated because they get many food products donated by major suppliers and have
access to the inventory of the US Department of Agriculture for their purchases.
Hence, for every $1 donated by the public, HFB distributes $25 worth of food (13
meals). We were also impressed by the swiftness of their response: as of September
6th, ASH had dispatched 232 truckloads containing 8 million pounds of food and
distributed 6 million meals. I also would like to thank Prem Rawat for his
generosity. Early this year he donated more than $700,000 to TPRF in the form of
proceeds from a benefit auction where all the auctioned items were gifted by him.
This generous donation is helping improve the quality of life for people most in
need."
The HFB feeds 230,000 people in need each month and distributes 37 million pounds of
nutritious food each year through 400 hunger-relief programs in 18 counties. These
programs bring food to shelters for the homeless, to safe havens for the battered
and abused, and to centers to feed children and the elderly.


Web Site =
http://tprf.org/Prem_Rawat_press_releases/Prem_Rawat_foundation_donates_Katrina.htm

Contact Details = Address: P.O. Box 241498
Phone: 1.31039257
Email: lindapascotto@gmail.com