Title: Information regarding APHA’s New Orleans Partners

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Section/SPIG: Community Health Planning and Policy Development

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APHA will be contracting with several of the New Orleans partners for the meeting in Philadelphia. This includes the child-care provider, official photographer, florist and security vendor, who are all based in New Orleans.

Each year APHA designates a local charity from our host city to receive contributions from Annual Meeting attendees. This year's New Orleans-based charity is Bridge House, a long-term alcoholism and drug addiction treatment center. Bridge House will receive all contributions received to date. Since the hurricane has had widespread damage across the entire Gulf Coast, we're planning to broaden the reach of our contributions and are now coordinating donations during the time of our Annual Meeting on behalf of APHA to assist in the recovery and rebuilding efforts. APHA has made a lead contribution of $5,000 and has asked Annual Meeting attendees to join in contributing what they can.