Accepting Gift Cards After Hurricane Katrina
When giving aid to people displaced by Katrina, Deena Gerber found, surprisingly, that gift cards were much easier for people to accept than cash handouts.
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Jewish Women's Archive. "Accepting Gift Cards After Hurricane Katrina." (Viewed on November 21, 2025) <https://qa.jwa.org/media/deena-gerber-gift-cards>.