OAKLAND, Calif., March 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Clorox
Company Foundation announced today a wide-ranging series of grants
to three organizations on the front lines of fighting coronavirus:
Direct Relief, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Foundation's Emergency Response Fund and the American Red Cross.
The donations, totaling $5 million,
will directly go toward "care for the caregivers" — people who are
working with these public health organizations on the front lines
to support public health.
"We are humbled by the work being done by these organizations in
the fight against the coronavirus and want to join them in
providing aid to caregivers who are performing heroic acts during
this time of need," said Benno
Dorer, chair of The Clorox Company Foundation and chair and
CEO of The Clorox Company. "The private sector needs to act, and
these donations are part of our longstanding history of providing
support to public health organizations. In addition, we're doing
everything possible to get our disinfecting products to people and
communities as quickly as possible. In this unprecedented time, we
must all work together to battle this pandemic."
Direct Relief Donation Has Potential
to Help a Quarter-of-a-Million Caregivers
Direct Relief is a humanitarian aid organization, active in all
50 states and more than 80 countries, with a mission to improve the
health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies. The
Clorox Company Foundation's donation will have the potential to
help approximately a quarter-of-a-million healthcare facility
caregivers and employees across the
United States responding to coronavirus. The efforts are
focused in three areas:
- Alleviating the strain on the nation's hospitals, emergency
rooms and ICUs and its caregivers.
- Providing assistance in the form of personal protective
equipment to protect health workers.
- Purchasing and distributing portable oxygen concentrators
allowing ICU units to discharge patients on the other side of
critical care for COVID-19.
"Support from private industry during this public health
emergency is critical, and Direct Relief is deeply appreciative of
the extraordinary step by Clorox to help in these extraordinary
times," said Thomas Tighe, Direct
Relief president and CEO.
CDC Foundation Emergency Response Fund
The CDC Foundation's Emergency Response Fund is mobilizing
support to extend the lifesaving work of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention's (CDC) COVID-19 response. The Clorox
Company Foundation's donation will help bolster healthcare system
and provider readiness, such as:
- Managing needs for healthcare providers, from ensuring adequate
medical supplies to workforce challenges, including childcare and
family support.
- Disease control including required tracking and follow-up as
community transmission occurs and training for caregivers.
- Expanding communication infrastructure between hospitals and
state and local health departments.
American Red Cross Donation to Help Provide Safety to
Frontline Caregivers and Donors
For more than 40 years, The Clorox Company has been a trusted
corporate partner of the American Red Cross, strengthening its
reach within communities both across the U.S. and around the world.
The Clorox Company Foundation's coronavirus support will help
American Red Cross provide for the safety and well-being of Red
Cross frontline caregivers and donors through:
- Enacting enhanced disinfecting measures to help prevent the
spread of the coronavirus, or any respiratory infection.
- Bolstering temperature checks for donors and frontline
caregivers, to protect the well-being of individuals at blood
drives and donation centers.
- Increasing American Red Cross' reach and capacity to help
ensure blood products are available for patients in need, and
mitigate risk to caregivers and donors.
The Clorox Company Foundation
Founded in 1980, The Clorox Company Foundation has a mission to
improve the quality of life in communities where Clorox employees
live and work. Since its inception, the foundation has awarded cash
grants totaling nearly $115 million
to nonprofit organizations, schools and colleges. In addition to
providing cash grants to nonprofits, The Clorox Company Foundation
supports the individual actions of employees by matching through
our GIFT Campaign their personal donations of time and money.
Community support has been, and will continue to be, an integral
part of our culture.
The Clorox Company
The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) is a leading multinational
manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products
with approximately 8,800 employees worldwide and fiscal year 2019
net sales of $6.2 billion. Clorox is
a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact and the Ellen
MacArthur Foundation's New Plastics Economy Global Commitment. The
company has been broadly recognized for its corporate
responsibility efforts, included on CR Magazine's 2019 100
Best Corporate Citizens list, Barron's 2020 100 Most Sustainable
Companies, the Human Rights Campaign's 2020 Corporate Equality
Index and the 2019 Bloomberg Gender Equality Index, among others.
In support of its communities, The Clorox Company and its
foundations contributed about $12 million in
combined cash grants, product donations and cause
marketing in fiscal year 2019. For more information,
visit TheCloroxCompany.com, including the Good Growth blog,
and follow the company on Twitter at @CloroxCo.
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