During and after the Hurricane, more than 500,000 residents of Louisiana and Mississippi were evacuated. More than 100,000 people were housed in temporary shelters throughout the gulf coast region and throughout the United States. Nearly 233,000 square miles of fertile, productive, and economically vital areas of our Nation were declared a disaster area - an area approximately the same size as the land mass of the United Kingdom – with $80 billion dollars in damages.

1,700 lives were lost. 275,000 homes were destroyed. Unprecedented amounts of families were separated, displaced, and dispersed throughout the United States. Over half of these displaced people, families, and children are still displaced. Many are even left homeless.

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Waves Fund Raising, Inc is a corporation founded to raise funds for non-profit organizations and to support assistance projects such as the rebuilding of the homes, communities, and lives of the Gulf Coast and New Orleans area devastated by hurricanes.

Waves also seeks to raise funds for where ever help is needed, whether it be for someone down the street or abroad. One of the organizations we are now assisting is the non-profit organization FIG, The Family Investment Group. The funds raised for FIG are to be used for the ongoing overseas missions.