Consumers Energy, CMS Energy Employees and Company Foundations Donate Nearly $130,000 to American Red Cross for Hurricane Relief
December 19 2005 - 6:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
JACKSON, Mich., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Employees of
Consumers Energy and CMS Energy and the philanthropic foundations
for both companies have donated nearly $130,000 to the American Red
Cross for hurricane relief efforts. After Hurricane Katrina ravaged
the Gulf Coast, the Consumers Energy Foundation announced to
employees that it would match their hurricane relief donations to
the Red Cross in September. The philanthropic arm of CMS Energy,
the CMS Energy Foundation, made an immediate donation of $10,000.
The employee donations totaled close to $60,000 and the Consumers
Energy Foundation matched that amount this month with a check to
the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. "The generosity of our
employees who saw the destruction and human toll of the hurricanes
was overwhelming. Employees stepped up and gave from their hearts
to help others whose lives were torn apart by these natural
disasters," said David Mengebier, president of the CMS Energy and
Consumers Energy Foundations. The Consumers Energy Foundation is
the philanthropic arm of Consumers Energy. It provides funding to
areas including education, the environment, Michigan growth and
enhancement, culture and the arts, social services, and emerging
issues. Consumers Energy, the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy,
provides natural gas and electricity to more than six million of
Michigan's nearly 10 million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula
counties. For more information about Consumers Energy, visit our
Website at http://www.consumersenergy.com/ DATASOURCE: Consumers
Energy CONTACT: Jeff Holyfield, +1-517-788-2394, or Dan Bishop,
+1-517-788-2395, both of Consumers Energy Web site:
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