WEEKS....BOTTOM LINE ITS GOING TO BE AWHILE. ### ORGANIZATIONS ARE STEPPING UP TO HELP COMMUNITIES STILL IMPACTED BY THE STORMS. ACTION NEWS REPORTER LESLIE DUARTE IS LIVE IN MONTEREY... WITH A LOOK AT THE EFFORTS OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY. ERIN DAN, SINCE THE FOUNDATION STARTED THEIR RECOVERY FUND ON JAN 10TH, THEY HAVE RAISED 400 THOUSAND DOLLARS....100 PERCENT OF THE MONEY WILL BE GRANTED TO LOCAL NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WORKING DIRECTLY TO HELP PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE STORM. THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS ALREADY AWARDED MORE THAN 200- THOUSAND DOLLARS TO ORGANIZATION LIKE COMMUNITY BRIDGES, CASA DE CULTURA, AND COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE VOLUNTEERS OF THE MONTEREY PENINSULA...AN ORGANIZATION SUPPORTING FARM WORKERS THAT LOST WAGES DURING THE RECENT STORMS.... THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SAYS THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HELPING PEOPLE RECOVER FROM THE STORM... < SO IN THE AFTERMATH OF A DISASTER, PARTICULARLY A FLOOD, THE FLOODWATERS HAVE RECEDED, BUT THE NEED IS THERE. AND SO THE FUND IS OPEN FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS SO LONG AS THEY FEEL COMPELLED TO DO SO. BUT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE GRAPPLING WITH THE AFTER EFFECTS OF THIS FOR A LONG TIME. AND SO SO THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO STAY ACTIVE AS LONG AS WE HAVE FUNDS. CFMC SAYS THEY WILL CONTINUE THE GRANTS UNITL THE FUNDS RUN OUT.... OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN LINE FOR SOME OF THE MONEY INCLUDE... MEALS ON WHEELS OF THE MONTEREY PENINSULA, WONDER WOOD RANCH, AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF MONTEREY..... KEEP IN MIND....THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IS A GO- BETWEEN. THEY RAISE THE MONEY ....BUT NON PROFITS HAVE TO CONTACT THE FOUNDATION TO SEE IF T