CORRECTING & REPLACING ConAgra Foods® Foundation Pledges Additional $100,000 to Support International Red Cross Relief Fund ...
January 13 2010 - 6:29PM
Business Wire
Fourth graph, first sentence should read: In 2008, following the
disasters in Myanmar and China, the ConAgra Foods Foundation
extended its support to the Red Cross International Relief Fund to
effectively reach people in disaster-ravaged areas where aid is
needed most as quickly as possible (Sted In 2008, following the
Myanmar earthquake in China, the ConAgra Foods Foundation extended
its support to the Red Cross International Relief Fund to
effectively reach people in disaster-ravaged areas where aid is
needed most as quickly as possible.)
The corrected release reads:
CONAGRA FOODS® FOUNDATION PLEDGES
ADDITIONAL $100,000 TO SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS RELIEF FUND
TO HAITI
ConAgra Foods® Foundation announced today its pledge of an
additional $100,000 to the International Red Cross Relief Fund to
support emergency relief aid to Haiti following the 7.0-magnitude
quake that hit the area on Tuesday, Jan. 12.
“The first 48 hours are critical in a disaster, and that’s why
we have chosen, for years, to invest in both the domestic and
international relief funds with the Red Cross,” explained Kori
Reed, executive director, ConAgra Foods Foundation. “We then
monitor other needs as the aftermath of the disaster unfolds. A
well-intentioned donation of food or clothing at the wrong time and
without the appropriate infrastructure to get the items to the
victims can add to the chaos.”
In 1998, the ConAgra Foods Foundation became a founding member
of the American Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving
Program, and, in 2005, it pledged an additional $1 million to
the cause, to be contributed over five years. This domestic-focused
disaster relief fund enables the Red Cross to tap into critical
resources and respond immediately to emergency situations, such as
those brought about by Hurricane Katrina and, more recently, the
string of tornadoes that struck Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
and Iowa in 2008.
In 2008, following the disasters in Myanmar and China, the
ConAgra Foods Foundation extended its support to the Red Cross
International Relief Fund to effectively reach people in
disaster-ravaged areas where aid is needed most as quickly as
possible.
“We partner with leading nonprofit organizations that have the
experience, infrastructure and support to get aid quickly to the
people who need it most,” continued Reed. “In the true spirit of
collaboration, it does take a coordinated humanitarian effort to
ensure people have even the basic essentials in times of need.”
ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) is one of North America’s
leading food companies, with brands in 97 percent of America’s
households. Consumers find Banquet, Chef Boyardee, Egg Beaters,
Healthy Choice, Hebrew National, Hunt’s, Marie Callender’s, Orville
Redenbacher’s, PAM, Peter Pan, Reddi-wip and many ConAgra Foods
brands in grocery, convenience, mass merchandise and club stores.
ConAgra Foods also has a strong business-to-business presence,
supplying potato, other vegetable, spice and grain products to a
variety of well-known restaurants, foodservice operators and
commercial customers. For more information, please visit us at
www.conagrafoods.com.
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