FedEx Pledges $1 Million to Support Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts
August 29 2017 - 1:57PM
Business Wire
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) has committed $1 million in cash and
transportation support to deliver critical medical aid and supplies
in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. FedEx is proud to support disaster
relief efforts through our humanitarian organization relationships
with American Red Cross, Direct Relief, Heart to Heart
International, Salvation Army and Team Rubicon.
This collaboration is part of the FedEx Cares “Delivering for
Good” initiative. The company uses its expertise in shipping and
logistics to connect organizations, communities and individuals
with the resources they need through charitable shipping and cash
donations.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the millions of people
affected by this unprecedented storm,” said David J. Bronczek,
president and chief operating officer of FedEx Corp. “FedEx will
continue to work closely with humanitarian and disaster relief
organizations to provide support and deliver supplies to assist
those hardest hit by the storm.”
FedEx has a long history of working with nonprofit and
government entities to support communities and economies during
times of crisis. In the past year, the company donated $7 million
in cash and in-kind assistance to support humanitarian
organizations.
- FedEx supported the Red Cross in its
response to 190 large-scale disasters in 2016, through a
combination of financial contributions and charitable
shipping.
- In the wake of Hurricane Matthew last
year in Haiti, FedEx joined with Direct Relief to fill a charter
flight full of supplies including medication, medical equipment,
hygiene kits and tents that could be used as pop-up health
facilities. FedEx has been working alongside Direct Relief since
2003, helping to provide medicine and other critical supplies to
communities affected by disaster.
- In 2016 FedEx collaborated with Heart
to Heart to deliver more than 30,000 hygiene kits and other
response supplies to refugees in Turkey, hurricane survivors in
Haiti and flooding survivors in West Virginia and
Louisiana. FedEx has supported Heart to Heart International in
responding to disasters around the world since 1995.
About FedEx Corp.
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses
worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and
business services. With annual revenues of $60 billion, the company
offers integrated business applications through operating companies
competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the
respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world's most
admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 400,000
team members to remain "absolutely, positively" focused on safety,
the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of
their customers and communities. To learn more about how FedEx
connects people and possibilities around the world, please visit
about.fedex.com.
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FedEx Media RelationsRae Lyn Rushing,
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