NEWS RELEASES
Walmart & Red Cross Provide Relief Efforts For Hurricane Victims
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through American Red Cross' website.
WASHINGTON, DC - Walmart, Sam’s Club and its customers have partnered with The American Red Cross by donating $4 million to help provide around-the-clock shelter, food and comfort to thousands of people impacted by Hurricane Florence. This funding has enabled the Red Cross to send thousands of disaster workers to the affected areas. Starting September 15, Walmart websites collected donations that were matched $2 for every $1 by Walmart. On September 19, due to the generosity of Walmart and Sam’s Club customers, the Walmart 2018 Hurricane Relief Fund administered by Foundation For The Carolinas has contributed $4 million to the Red Cross.
According to a press release by the Red Cross, disaster workers were sent to the affected areas to help shelter, feed and comfort people in large portions of South and North Carolina who are impacted by prolonged and catastrophic flooding due to the hurricane. As rivers continue to rise and crest, many more people are expected to need help for an extended time. “Support from partners such as Walmart, Sam’s Club and its customers, enabled the Red Cross to quickly mobilize volunteers, equipment and supplies to provide help and hope to people across the East Coast impacted by Hurricane Florence,” said Gail McGovern, president and CEO of the American Red Cross. Working with partners, the Red Cross has served about 300,000 meals and snacks, and distributed more than 3,400 relief items like diapers and comfort kits that contain deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste and other hygiene items for people forced from their homes. The Red Cross also requests that donors in unaffected areas give blood for patients in the Southeast and throughout the country if able to make up for the cancelled blood drives due to the Hurricane.
For more on partnering the American Red Cross in disaster relief, go to their website.
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