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18: Number of college students affected by Katrina that took up Bates College’s offer to attend tuition-free last fall. They’ve all gone back, according to the college.

3: Number of students currently in Lewiston-Auburn schools that are hurricane evacuees.

45: Number of families the local United Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross helped after the hurricane.

$730,361: Amount of money donated to Hurricane Katrina victims via the Red Cross by people from Oxford, Franklin, Androscoggin and southern Kennebec counties.

300: Number of families that initially came to Maine after Katrina, according to the Maine Emergency Management Agency

275: Approximate number still here

100+: Approximate number who intend to stay

231: Number of evacuees from hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma living in the Lewiston area, according to the IRS

766: Number living in Maine

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