More details emerge on large donation to flood victims
(WDAY News Script)
More details tonight about the two-thousand dollar checks being handed out to greater Grand Forks residents affected by the flood...

Najla/News Center 6:
The only qualification to recieve the money is that you are the head of a household in a mandatory evacuation area with immediate needs. Their are about 20-thousand households in Grand Forks and 3-thousand-five-hundred households in East Grand Forks. But city officials say not all of those homes should apply for the money. Laura Gallegos has more.

Mayor Pat Owens/Grand Forks:
We tried to set up an honor system that will be fair for those that had to be evacuated and are in the most need at this point for instance I look down at the Lincoln Drive area and see houses floating and there is no doubt in my mind that they are in need and they are hurting.

Laura Gallegos ..news Center 8:
The hardest hit areas of town will recieve priority when it comes to check distribution. Tomorrow between the hours of one and four residents in the Lincoln Park, Central, and Riverside areas of Grand Forks can fill out applications at Century school.

Mayor Lynn Stauss/East Grand Forks:
This puts a test on both our communites. You know if you are in need. We're are not to judge.

Laura Gallegos ..news Center 8:
East Grand Forks residents living in ward one and two can pick up their checks here tomorrow at Senior High between noon and 3 pm. Ward three starts Friday.. Dates for other areas to start picking up checks will be announced.

Howard Swanson/City Attorney:
This donor intended the money to go to immediate needs she did not intend it to go towards repairs or reconstruction of homes.

Laura Gallegos ..news Center 8:
Swanson adds that the fund is designed to fill in the gaps where other relief programs can not. It's not meant to replace those programs. You can call 1-800-605-5252 for an application or write to "immediate needs fund" 1405 1st ave. N., Grand Forks, North Dakota, 58203. Laura Gallegos WDAZ NewsCenter 8. This is a map of wards one and two in East Grand Forks in case you don't know which ward you live in. Teams will be going to area shelters to distribute checks starting in Mayville and Devils Lake. Residents should be prepared to show a social security number and identification such as a driver's license and proof of residence.