Ball Corporation Partners with CAN’d Aid Foundation to Donate 1 Million Cans of Water for Disaster Relief
June 21 2017 - 9:19AM
Business Wire
Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) and the CAN’d Aid Foundation are
growing their partnership to provide clean drinking water to U.S.
communities in the wake of disasters. Ball is donating one million
aluminum cans to the CAN’d Aid Foundation, which will be filled at
Oskar Blues Brewery facilities and distributed to communities in
need.
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CAN'd Aid Water Cans from Ball
Corporation. CAN'ed at Oskar Blues Brewery. (Photo: Business
Wire)
To date, Ball, the CAN’d Aid Foundation and Oskar Blues Brewery
have collaborated to package and distribute 483,200 cans of clean
water to victims of flooding and other disasters, including the
Flint, Michigan, water crisis.
“At the end of 2015, a flood devastated much of South Carolina
and we were able to quickly and efficiently can and distribute
water by partnering with Oskar Blues Brewery, North Carolina to
fill cans donated by Ball Corporation. We realized we were in a
unique position to be able to help in the wake of disasters, and we
jumped at the opportunity,” says Diana Ralston of CAN’d Aid. “Now,
with Ball’s increased support of one million cans, we’re eager to
reach this ambitious goal to help as many people as we CAN.”
The expanded and improved relief effort will include a focus on
faster deliveries to areas that most need safe drinking water.
“While disasters aren’t predictable, Ball Corporation and CAN’d
Aid Foundation aim to provide canned water as quickly as possible,”
Ralston added.
Canned water is an ideal option for helping people affected by
disasters because aluminum beverage cans are transport-efficient,
durable and infinitely recyclable. The canned water will benefit
communities across the U.S. in response to crises like floods,
hurricanes, fires and more.
“Ball is excited to expand our partnership with the CAN’d Aid
Foundation and Oskar Blues Brewery to provide relief to communities
when they are most vulnerable,” says Chris Chavez, Director of
Global Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Relations at Ball. “By
working together, and by outlining our commitment in advance of a
disaster, we will be able to get clean drinking water to more
people more quickly.”
About CAN’d Aid Foundation
The CAN’d Aid Foundation is all about diggin’ in and makin’ a
difference where we CAN. Since its inception in 2013, more than
$2.6 million has been raised to support our “do-goodery”
efforts:
- Towns – building strong
communities
- Tunes – for your eyeholes and
earholes
- Treads + Trails – get outside and get
after it!
- Love Yur Mama – save the blue
marble
About Ball Corporation
Ball Corporation supplies innovative, sustainable packaging
solutions for beverage, food and household products customers, as
well as aerospace and other technologies and services primarily for
the U.S. government. Ball Corporation and its subsidiaries employ
18,450 people worldwide and 2016 net sales were $9.1 billion. For
more information, visit www.ball.com, or connect with us on
Facebook or Twitter.
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CAN’d Aid FoundationSarah LeavittOperations + Program
Director303-776-1914sarah@oskarblues.comorBall CorporationRenee
Robinson, APRDirector, Corporate
Communications303-460-2476rarobins@ball.com
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