The Salvation Army has been given $75,000 for Hurricane Ivan relief in the Caribbean, the bulk of which was raised within two days.

Salvation Army Major Lindsay Rowe said ?people have been coming to our Citadel with cheques and cash.?

And representations made to large companies have paid off with ?large donations? he said.

?We are very grateful. The money will be used to buy additional supplies in Canada. Surplus funds will be sent to the Salvation Army in Jamaica to be used in Jamaica, Grenada and the Cayman Islands,? he said.

?For me, the most heartwarming thing has been the volunteers downstairs,? Major Rowe said, speaking from the Army?s Hamilton Citadel.

?People just keep coming. It?s overwhelming. I never expected the help to be of this scale,? he said.

In addition, a large supply of goods including mattresses, canned goods, medical supplies, building supplies, linens of all sorts and used clothing has been deposited to them at their Citadel on North Street, in Hamilton, he said

But he said they have enough used clothes ?for the time being?.

The Salvation Army is also planning to send at least two more containers: one full of goods to Jamaica and another to Grenada.

Yesterday, Major Wilson was shopping in Toronto for items on the Army?s emergency response shopping list for Grenada.

?I have been able to call him up in Canada and increase the amount he can spend, three times today,? he said.

Some of the newly purchased Canadian supplies will be flown directly from Toronto to the devastated regions of the Caribbean.

?But the bulk of it will be brought back to Bermuda and shipped over by container. We have free shipping to Miami for containers,? he said.

He said that items they need the most are: ?personal hygiene (sanitary napkins), canned food, new baby clothes and products like diapers and baby food?.

?We can?t get enough (canned food) and several local suppliers have already made donations,? he said.

The Army is also looking for tents, tarpaulins and folding cots, as well as tools.

?If anyone wants to spend a couple of hundred of dollars, they can go down to the hardware store and buy hammers, saws, nails, levels ? anything used for carpenters tools,? he said.

Another flight left Bermuda yesterday afternoon bound for the Cayman Islands.

?We were given space on a private jet,? he said.

He said the flight was due to arrive in Cayman at 8 a.m. today.

As there were no Army representatives in Cayman, the Red Cross had volunteered to distribute it for them.

Bermuda Red Cross Director, Ann Spencer-Arscott said the plane was full of ?medical supplies, baby food, clothes and diapers.?

They have not had a chance to make a total tally of their fundraising appeal.

?We have received in cheques and credit card donations today probably $3,000 and requests for more tins to be put into offices and stores. We have also had so many calls from offices and schools who are organising denim days next week.?

Rock Island Coffee had $1,100 in their Red Cross collection tin, she said.

?The International Federation of the Red Cross is hoping to raise $4.8 million for their appeal for the Hurricane Ivan victims,? she said.