SunHerald.com – Biloxi,MS: There are no strings attached to the $70,000 11-year-old Kelsie Buckley of Morton will present to Coast libraries starting today at 2:30 p.m. during the Gulfport City Council meeting. She is scheduled to present $50,000 to representatives of five libraries destroyed or damaged by Hurricane Katrina in Harrison and Jackson counties.
The fundraising drive began with a goal of $3,000 to $10,000 that Kelsie hoped to raise with a trail ride from Morton to Gulfport, which culminated March 11 at the Gulfport Sportsplex. It got a huge shot of adrenaline after Kelsie’s story was picked up by “CBS Evening News” and she appeared on correspondent Steve Hartman’s featurette, “Assignment America,” then subsequently did an interview via satellite truck with “CBS Evening News” anchor Bob Schieffer.
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