Alltel, Penske Racing South Driver Ryan Newman Team up to Help Hurricane Victims
September 09 2005 - 11:05AM
Business Wire
Alltel (NYSE: AT) and Penske Racing South driver Ryan Newman are
teaming up to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. Alltel will donate
$12 to the American Red Cross for every lap completed by Newman in
the No. 12 Alltel Dodge at the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 at
Richmond International Raceway Saturday. If Newman makes the "Chase
for the Championship," Alltel will multiply the donation by 12 for
a total possible donation of $57,600. "I am very proud to be
associated with Alltel, especially in times like this," Newman
said. "Alltel has stepped up to the plate to help their employees,
customers and others affected by Hurricane Katrina. This is just
another motive for the Alltel Racing team to outperform our
competitors this weekend in Richmond." Alltel is providing
temporary housing and financial assistance to employees and their
families displaced by the hurricane. The company helped evacuate
several employees from New Orleans to its corporate headquarters in
Little Rock this past weekend. Hurricane evacuees can make free
calls to family and friends at any Alltel retail store. Alltel also
is providing nearly 50 computers with Internet access and phones
with free long-distance calling for evacuees in the central
Arkansas area at a Cyber Center inside Alltel Arena in North Little
Rock, Ark. The company has established a phone donation hotline for
relief organizations to request wireless phone service. The hotline
number is 1-888-2Alltel. Alltel has made cash donations to American
Red Cross chapters in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, and is
contributing to the relief effort led by former presidents George
Bush and Bill Clinton. Alltel is a customer-focused communications
company with more than 15 million customers in 36 states and nearly
$10 billion in annual revenues. Alltel, NYSE: AT www.alltel.com
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