How to Help Shooting Victims, Their Families
September 14 2018 - 4:44PM
Business Wire
Fifth Third Foundation Makes $1 Million Gift
to Benefit Victims
The Fifth Third Foundation has made a $1 million gift to help
victims of last week’s tragedy and hopes to raise another $1
million through donations.
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The Fifth Third Foundation has made a $1
million gift to help victims of last week’s tragedy and hopes to
raise another $1 million through donations. (Graphic: Business
Wire)
Fifth Third Bank has provided or coordinated assistance in a
variety of ways to the shooting victims and their families,
regardless of whether the individuals impacted were employees or
contractors. Most of these details are being kept private.
“We have been touched and strengthened by the community rallying
around us,” said Greg Carmichael, chairman, president and CEO of
Fifth Third Bancorp, “and we wanted to do more. We know from what
we’re hearing from our community that others want to help,
too.”
The Bank is working with the National Compassion Fund. It’s a
fund that is part of the National Center for Victims of Crime, a
charitable 501(c)(3) organization, to provide resources and
compensation to victims of mass shootings or terror attacks. The
Fifth Third Foundation has made a $1 million gift to start a
separate fund -- Cincinnati Strong Victims Fund -- within the
organization and it hopes to raise another $1 million through
donations. People will be able to give charitable contributions to
this fund in person, at a Fifth Third banking center or online.
Money raised through this effort will benefit people harmed in the
shooting. This includes families of persons who were shot as well
as those who experienced physical injuries or psychological trauma
as a result of the incident.
“What I’ve found, in every interaction over the last week is
that people sincerely want to help,” Carmichael said. “They want to
connect and comfort; they want to lift us, just as we continue to
lift one another.”
Those wishing to donate to the Cincinnati Strong Victims Fund
can find more information at
https://www.gofundme.com/CincinnatiStrongVictimsFund.
In addition to the Cincinnati Strong Victims Fund, there have
been individual efforts set up for some of the victims.
About Fifth Third
Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company
headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. As of June 30, 2018, the Company
had $141 billion in assets and operated 1,158 full-service Banking
Centers and 2,458 ATMs with Fifth Third branding in Ohio, Kentucky,
Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia,
Georgia and North Carolina. In total, Fifth Third provides its
customers with access to approximately 54,000 fee-free ATMs across
the United States. Fifth Third operates four main businesses:
Commercial Banking, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending and Wealth
& Asset Management. Fifth Third is among the largest money
managers in the Midwest and, as of June 30, 2018, had $368 billion
in assets under care, of which it managed $37 billion for
individuals, corporations and not-for-profit organizations through
its Trust and Registered Investment Advisory businesses. Investor
information and press releases can be viewed at www.53.com. Fifth
Third’s common stock is traded on the Nasdaq® Global Select Market
under the symbol “FITB.” Fifth Third Bank was established in 1858.
Deposit and Credit products are offered by Fifth Third Bank. Member
FDIC.
About the Fifth Third
Foundation
Established in 1948, the Fifth Third Foundation was the first
charitable foundation created by a financial institution. The
Foundation supports worthy causes in the areas of health and human
services, education, community development and the arts in the
states where Fifth Third Bank operates.
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