CHARLESTON’S EMMANUEL AME CHURCH EXPECTED TO DONATE $1.5 MILLION TO CHURCH SHOOTING VICTIMS

Emmanuel AME Church, where nine people were shot and killed in June, is set to donate $1.5 million to survivors of the attacks and the families of slain victims.

The Grio reports that the Charleston, South Carolina church announced the donations in a press release on Wednesday. Proceeds were funded by the Charleston’s Hope Foundation which raised $3.4 million in the wake of the shooting.

Emanuel AME says it will use its share of the donated money for building improvements, a permanent memorial to the nine killed and five survivors and scholarships and community outreach projects.

Source:AP/TheGrio