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15:05, September 01, 2008 |
Within hours of Sunday's announcement that the Republican National Convention (RNC) would be scaled back, raising money for potential victims of hurricane Gustav became a new focus of the four-day gathering.
Many groups were heeding Republican presidential Hopeful John McCain's plea to begin the fundraising for Hurricane Gustav relief before the storm made landfall on Monday.
At a reception for Arizona and Minnesota delegates Sunday afternoon, pink fliers on the tables at St. Paul's Landmark Center urged party-goers to donate to the Red Cross.
When members of the Ohio delegation got on paddleboats for a Mississippi River cruise, they received pledge cards. Pledges are to be matched by corporate sponsors.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Distilled Spirits Council of America are changing an event of celebration into a fund-raiser.
The "Spirits of Minneapolis" event that the groups are co-hosting Sunday night at the trendy Solera restaurant in downtown Minneapolis near St. Paul is now "Spirits of the Gulf Coast."
McCain announced earlier in the day that he has decided to change the schedule of their Sept. 1-4 national convention here to focus more on Hurricane Gustav, which is expected to make a landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast Monday.
Source:Xinhua
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