# US Red Cross raises $227,758 online for El Salvador earthquake

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/02/28/us-red-cross-raises-227758-online-el-salvador-earthquake/
- Published: 2001-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The American Red Cross raised $227,758 online for earthquake relief in the first
11 days after the El Salvador earthquake on 13 January 2001. However, Paulanne Simmons
at dmnews.com argues that “charities have made little headway in their outbound 
Internet marketing efforts.” Read her Net Is Still a Small Part of Disaster Relief
at dmnews.com for other statistics on US charities’ income and direct e-mail activities.

 

 

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