Gayle Benson makes initial $1 million donation toward Gulf Coast Renewal Fund ⚜️
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It’s going to take a team effort to recover from the impact of Hurricane Ida, so it’s good to see New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson taking a first step towards helping her city rebuild. Benson opened the Gulf Coast Renewal Fund with a $1 million donation on Monday, Aug. 30, all earmarked for the upcoming recovery. Anyone interested in donating can do so at NewOrleansSaints.com/hurricaneida.
Before Ida made landfall in coastal Louisiana, Benson commissioned two commercial flights to transport Saints players, coaches, and many of their family members to safety in Dallas. She herself evacuated to her 600-acre racehorse farm in Kentucky, per the Times-Picayune | Advocate’s Jeff Duncan.
Hopefully this is the first donation of many more to come from Benson. The Saints received a $2.825 billion valuation from Forbes earlier this year and bring in revenue in excess of $400 million annually. It’s a great gesture, but there’s much more she and New Orleans’ wealthiest citizens can do to better the city that has enriched them during its time of greatest need.
