TORONTO, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CIBC today announced a corporate donation of $150,000 to help the recovery efforts in the southern United States following Hurricane Katrina. The funds will be donated to the Red Cross and will assist in providing relief support such as food, clean water, shelter materials and blankets to those most impacted by the hurricane. CIBC will also accept donations, in support of the relief efforts, from its clients at all of its branches across Canada starting on Tuesday, September 6. CIBC is a leading North American financial institution with more than nine million personal banking, business and corporate clients. CIBC offers a full range of products and services through its comprehensive electronic banking network, branches and offices across Canada, in the United States and around the world. To find other news releases and information about CIBC, visit the bank's Press Centre at http://www.cibc.com/. DATASOURCE: CIBC CONTACT: Media Inquiries: Rob McLeod, CIBC, (416) 980-3714; Archived images on this organization are searchable through CNW Photo Archive website at http://photos.newswire.ca/. Images are free to accredited members of the media.

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