The Coca-Cola Foundation Pledges $400,000 to The Salvation Army for Disaster Relief Efforts in the Bahamas
September 06 2019 - 4:39PM
Business Wire
The Coca-Cola Company, its local bottling partners and The
Coca-Cola Foundation are providing disaster relief assistance to
communities in the Bahamas that have been impacted by Hurricane
Dorian. The philanthropic arm of The Coca-Cola Company, The
Coca-Cola Foundation, today pledged $400,000 to The Salvation Army
to provide immediate resources for emergency food and shelter for
people in need on the islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco.
“We are concerned about the communities impacted by Hurricane
Dorian,” said Helen Smith Price, president, The Coca-Cola
Foundation. “We are using our resources to provide immediate relief
and recovery assistance to those impacted by the storm. As a
longtime partner of The Salvation Army, we are proud to support
their critical relief efforts.”
In addition to monetary support from The Coca-Cola Foundation,
the company and its local bottling partners, Caribbean Bottling
Company and Coca-Cola Puerto Rico Bottlers, have donated bottles of
water, volunteer hours, power generators and other essential items
to community centers, hospitals and other local community
organizations in the Bahamas to support emergency response efforts
in impacted areas. Coca-Cola Puerto Rico Bottlers mobilized the
Puerto Rican community to donate additional items and hired a plane
to deliver them to the Bahamas today.
The Coca-Cola Company is also activating its Employee Disaster
Relief Fund. This fund provides disaster relief and rebuilding
funds to Coca-Cola system employees impacted by Hurricane Dorian.
More than 200 Coca-Cola system employees live and work locally in
the Bahamas.
"We deeply understand the impact of these devastating storms
because our people live, work and serve their neighbors in these
communities every day,” said Roberto Mercade, president of The
Coca-Cola Company’s Latin Center Business Unit, which includes the
Bahamas. “Our entire Coca-Cola family is mobilized and doing all we
can to support each other and help our communities recover and
rebuild throughout the Bahamas.”
The Coca-Cola Company is also supporting relief efforts in areas
where Dorian has impacted the United States. Efforts to date have
included the donation of approximately 150,000 bottles of DASANI
water to Hurricane Dorian relief efforts in Southeastern states and
an ongoing partnership with the American Red Cross as a member of
its Disaster Responder Program, which supports relief efforts for
natural disasters on an ongoing basis.
Coca-Cola consumers in the U.S. also can support the American
Red Cross by donating points from product codes under the caps of
Coca-Cola beverages through the Coca-Cola Give program. People can
visit Coke.com/give and enter codes found under the caps of
Coca-Cola beverages – and inside multi-packs – and convert them
into donations to the American Red Cross for hurricane relief.
About The Coca-Cola Foundation
The Coca-Cola Foundation is the global philanthropic arm of The
Coca-Cola Company. Since its inception in 1984, the Foundation has
awarded more than $1 billion in grants to support sustainable
community initiatives around the world. For more information about
The Coca-Cola Foundation, please visit
www.coca-colacompany.com/our-company/the-coca-cola-foundation.
About The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is a total beverage company,
offering over 500 brands in more than 200 countries and
territories. In addition to the company’s Coca-Cola brand, our
portfolio includes AdeS, Ayataka, Costa, Dasani, Del Valle, Fanta,
Georgia, Gold Peak, Honest, innocent, Minute Maid, Powerade,
Simply, smartwater, Sprite, vitaminwater and ZICO. We’re constantly
transforming our portfolio, from reducing sugar in our drinks to
bringing innovative new products to market. We’re also working to
reduce our environmental impact by replenishing water and promoting
recycling. With our bottling partners, we employ more than 700,000
people, helping bring economic opportunity to local communities
worldwide. Learn more at Coca-Cola Journey at
www.coca-colacompany.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram,
Facebook and LinkedIn.
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