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1 2 Part VI Wednesday, December 24, 1986 USA FOR AFRICA MONEY involved," he said of the celebrities who sit on the USA for Africa board of directors. "They are people who represent an industry who place image above reality. "I don't think it takes a genius to figure out that homelessness has seasonal patterns," said Raubeson. "The need expands during the winter, here in L.A. too.

Here we are a couple of days from Christmas and there are still no grants in hand. "I've got to tell you that these were the same kind of criticisms aimed at USA for Africa and their African relief effort: It took too long to get the money into the pipeline. I thought in the early stages that they realized that when they came to us. Now it seems they are going back to their old ways." Rogol said the foundation has purposely shunned publicity during the holidays. He pointed out that the coalition, with its Christmas Eve criticism, has been the publicity seeker, not USA for FANTASIES Continued from Page I his red suit to give it a quick sudsing and drying with the rest of the wash? And wouldn't you know that she inadvertently uses the wrong detergent, the colors run and Santa's suit comes out green? And don't you know that this is the last time that she'll run out to the sleigh on Christmas Eve and say, "Hold it, "Christmas Nightmares of the Rich and Science fiction.

A movie star goes to bed Christmas Eve and has a series of hideous dreams. In the most shocking of these, he rushes downstairs in the morning to greet his family around the tree, but instead finds Robin Leach there with a camera crew. "Elfing for A perfect sports special for the holidays, as skilled participants win rich purses by lobbing elves at bowling pins. ing funds that is just reinventing the wheel and wasting time. "There's no problem to distributing the money.

They can break down their relatively paltry dollars any way they want and distribute it equitably," he said. At the same time that Hayes sent his letter to Rogol, the coalition released a 39-page report detailing results of its own efforts to help the Century City -based foundation spend $2.2 million last spring. "Basically, Rogol came to us last February and said, 'We want some credibility. We want to put out some money and we don't want it said Andy Raubeson, founder of a Los Angeles Skid Row project called Single Room Occupancy. According to the report, entitled "Doing Good Wells A Study of Hands Across America Funding," the $2.2 million was distributed in a series of small grants to 160 feeding and shelter programs in 58 cities and 25 states all in a matter of a few weeks.

In Los Angeles, for example, two $50,000 grants were made to the House of Ruth, a small shelter for women and children, and to St. Vincent de Paul's men's shelter, According to the report, the House of Ruth "was able to double its capacity by purchasing a second house which will accommodate 15 to 20 individuals each night." St. Vincent de Paul "was able to add overnight facilities and other services to serve their clients" by adding about 100 shelter beds to its drop-in center. Rogol said that the original $2.2 million came out of the royalties from sales of the record "We Are the World." The record generated an estimated $52.1 million to date, most of which was spent on African relief. But under its original spending policy, the foundation set aside 10 of the African relief funds for the U.S.

homeless and hungry. Because Hands Across America brought in donations from all across the United States and not just from the accounting offices of the record company that distributed "We Are the World," the problem of equal distribution of the money is far more complicated, according to Rogol. "To be fair to everyone, we can't just willy-nilly pick a few groups over others," he said. Raubeson said he believed the delays are more cynical than that and accused the foundation of attempting to maximize its publicity in distributing the money over a long period of time. "I think there's a lot of ego Continued from Page 1 winter deepens, homeless and hungry Americans cannot wait for an organizational apparatus to decide that it is finally ready to help." Hayes told The Times that his letter to Rogol "is not an indictment or criticism but a friendly prod.

To get moving. Now." But Rogol remained satisfied with the foundation's distribution method at the same time he was critical of the coalition's timing in publicizing its appeal to spend the $15 million now. "For this money to have any effect, we have to do it somewhat differently," Rogol said. "We have the process in place, we have the system we believe in, and there are obviously people who are going to disagree with it, like the coalition." Within a month of the May 25 mega-event which attempted to link 5.5 million Americans from one coast to the other in a single, continuous line, USA for Africa officials initiated a complex process to distribute donations equally and fairly to all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The 15-min-ute hand-holding sing-along was designed to raise money for the poor and demonstrate a national concern for the homeless.

"The rest of the money will go out in the next two to four months," Rogol told The Times. "All the money should be committed if not spent by the anniversary of the event." He said 8,000 to 9,000 shelters and other relief agencies have requested Hands Across America fund distribution guidelines. The foundation's process allots a fixed portion of the $15 million to each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. It then requires relief agencies to hold state-by-state conferences to decide how to divide up their share. That part of the process is currently under way, Rogol said.

Such conferences encourage relief agencies that often compete against one another to learn to cooperate instead, Rogol said. The allocation process also encourages them to get corporations, local government and other fund-raising agencies to match the Hands Across America grants, thereby maximizing the ultimate good that the $15 million will do. Hayes called the process "an elaborate new system for distribut (DlllLrfStlMQcfaS HDsay IHkiffifett TODAY CHRISTMAS DAY There's no end to the videos IHG! HOMKjiQRKOOj) WA IJISMt AMMAIMKIAsSIl 20 I I ft twine gf eaom i 1 A Video $2 SLEEPING BFAUIY PINOCCHIO ROniN HOOD THE SWORD 1 jrm fm I i' 71 i I each IN THE STONE DL'MBO Al ICE IN WONDKRl AN) I rut i iizT lav lV 1 rM I Seasonal Disney Titles JIMINY CRICKFT'S CHRISTMAS Ntw! AWAtr UISN'EY CHRISTMAS A DISNEY CHRISTMAS CIFr Disney Animation MICKFY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL THE LNSINKABLE ra 1986 Red Oraon Inc sss wKrn wit? ''rrrrrr: Disney Movies 5 MJ VC VliijO DRAGON iS1 (m. REDONDO BEACH WESTCOVINA PALM DESERT WOODLAND HILLS MARINA DEL REY LAKEWOOD BEVERLY HILLS FULLERTON 'RIVERSIDE DONALD DUCK SW CANINE COMMANOOWru' A TALE OF TWO CHirMCNKS LJISNEY SING- ALONG SONGS 0 rjju kJt pop goomGooqog; Cos Angeles Sfttneei I erc I wl CKw FAMILY NIGHT 1 tSt IT. I 0)VBt I 1 tm! CA(Mt 1 IHI-WM-Jin- THIMltKAn 1 TM MaMjJ of ttter Muafc VjK Dt lo10li Vkle(Ant Much Mti Moil taxM im Ham vm 0 ri PLAYBOY VIDEO CENTERFOLD I AVHOY I PLAYBOY CEfvreF0LP iimvi) Centerfold f7x THE MANHATTAN PROJECT The Deadly Game JOHN LITHGOW cuniGTOPHsn collet 17-year-oW Paul Stephens has just butit an atomic bomb.

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