Donations Help Texas EquuSearch Dig Out Of Debt
Federal Grant, $12,000 In Donations Help Organization Stay Alive
POSTED: Tuesday, January 10, 2006
UPDATED: 9:36 am CST January 10,
2006
HOUSTON -- A specialized volunteer search team based in Texas is seeing brighter days thanks to donations and federal grant money.Texas EquuSearch was $60,000 in debt, but found Tim Miller said the search-and-rescue organization is now making a slow recovery.Miller said EquuSearch has recently received federal grants and $12,000 in donations.In December, EquuSearch helped find the bodies of a missing 12-year-old girl, Teketria Buggs, and missing University of Houston-Downtown student, Nate Hendrickson.The group has also helped in the search of Aruba for missing Alabama teen, Natalee Holloway.
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Previous Stories:
- December 28, 2005: Fundraiser To Be Held For EquuSearch
- January 2, 2006: Autopsy To Determine UH Student's Cause Of Death
- December 30, 2005: Body Found Near Search Area For Missing Student
- December 26, 2005: New Clue Leads Searchers To New Area For Missing Student
- December 15, 2005: Body Of Missing 12-Year-Old Found In River
- December 8, 2005: Missing Girl's Stepfather Linked To Another Disappearance
- December 7, 2005: Missing Girl's Stepfather Arrested On Unrelated Charge
- December 6, 2005: Search Resumes For Girl, 12, Who Vanished From Couch
- December 5, 2005: Texas EquuSearch Aids Authorities In Amber Alert Search
- July 22, 2005: EquuSearch Plans Return To Aruba With New Equipment
- June 29, 2005: Dutch Marines To Assist Texas EquuSearch In Aruba
- June 24, 2005: More Local Volunteers, Cadaver Dogs To Search For Holloway
- June 20, 2005: Local Volunteers To Join Search For Missing Teen In Aruba
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