FACT Provides Immediate Disaster Relief to Members in Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

The Federation of American Consumers and Travelers (FACT) provides immediate disaster relief to members who have been adversely affected by Hurricane Katrina. Current FACT members may call 1-800-USA-FACT to request the Disaster Aid assistance.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (PRWEB) September 2, 2005 -- The Federation of American Consumers and Travelers (FACT) provides immediate disaster relief to members who have been adversely affected by Hurricane Katrina. Current FACT members are reminded to call 1-800-USA-FACT to request the Disaster Aid assistance.

FACT is an association of consumers, formed under the not-for-profit corporation laws of the District of Columbia in 1984. The association currently represents some 1,000,000 consumers nationwide.

Through a special arrangement with the Council for Disaster Assistance (CDA), FACT provides up to $250 in immediate payments for those who are affected by a natural or terrorist disaster. FACT's goal is to help its members get through those first few crucial days following a hurricane, tornado, flood, fire or other disastrous event when, all too often, no other source of help can be found.

In order to facilitate an immediate payment, FACT forgoes the normal claim forms and long lines. Members need only give FACT their word that they were impacted by a disaster and need immediate assistance.

The association emphasizes that this Program does not represent insurance. Benefits are paid at the discretion of the Disaster Aid Committee up to the extent of available funds.

The information and pictures coming out of Louisiana and Mississippi are heart-wrenching," says FACT's Managing Director, Vicki Rolens. We urge our members to call us just as soon as they can get to a working telephone, and promise well do everything we can to get assistance into the hands of those who need it as quickly as possible."

Press questions may be directed to Sarah Chase at 1-877-444-FACT.

Again, members in need of assistance are urged to call FACT's Membership Services Office: 1-800-USA-FACT. More information on the Federation of American Consumers and Travelers may be found in the Encyclopedia of Associations, and by visiting the association's web site (www.fact-org.org). The organization was formed under the not-for-profit corporation laws of the District of Columbia in 1984. Its administrative office is located at 318 Hillsboro Avenue, Edwardsville, IL 62025. A Washington, D.C., office is located at 4850 Connecticut Ave., NW, No.512, Washington, DC 20008. FACT is entirely apolitical. It is not a lobbyist organization. Instead, it serves as a nonpartisan source for our nation's lawmakers on what the consumer is thinking, and as a nonpartisan source for its members on what the nation's lawmakers are doing.

The Disaster Aid Program is not insurance. Payments are charitable in nature and are disbursed at the discretion of the Disaster Aid Committee, and as funds allow.

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