President Barack Obama visited with residents at a flood damaged subdivision in East Baton Rouge Parish today. He told a gathering of reporters that the nation is committed to rebuilding devastated areas of the state. The President says Louisiana has already received millions in federal assistance…
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The CEO of GoFundMe Rob Solomon says over six-million dollars has been raised for over five-thousand GOFundMe campaigns that were created to aid flood victims. There’s been talk that donations are down for this disaster, because of the lack of national media attention, but Solomon says that’s NOT the case on their website…
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Solomon says First Lady Donna Edwards has partnered with the Louisiana School Board Association on Go Fund Me to raise money for schools that lost supplies, had damage to their buildings and clean-up costs.

Former Governor Kathleen Blanco understands what state and local officials are dealing with as the recovery has begun from the devastating flood that inundated thousands of homes without flood insurance. She says similar to Hurricane Katrina, we are once again dealing with a serious housing dilemma….
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Blanco says this will not be an overnight recovery and rebuilding will cost billions of dollars.

Film workers, who are currently unemployed, are hoping companies will hire them to help in the recovery efforts. President of Film Production Capital, Will French, says unless these people get work, they could leave the state to work on film projects in Georgia or California….
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Film workers looking for work or employers looking to hire should email film-dot-helping-dot-l-a-at-gmail.com.