List of corporate contributors to disaster relief

[Rude Horner]

http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/31/news/fortune500/firms_hurricane/index.htm/

Why is Microsoft not on this list? I sure as hell hope that they're planning a BIG frickin' donation! I will be really p.o.'d if they don't.

[bleedingheart]

1. While I won't list the name of my company, they are donating money

to relief efforts. Apparently droves of people in our company wrote to the President and encouraged him to send money and whatever we could.

I work for a Fortune 500 company so I am hoping they make at least a donation of a few million.

[hippiechick]

2. ... add little ole' Conseco to that list ...

... for once I'm proud of my greedy insurance company ... they're giving a donation (I didn't get the specifics); matching employee donations, and have been encouraging those with Red Cross training to mobilize - their jobs will be here when they get back.

:thumbsup:

[halobeam]

3. This is actually sick....

Ford Motor Credit Company is offering customers affected by Hurricane Katrina the opportunity to defer up to two vehicle payments.

[OhioChick]

5. I read that..........

They couldn't do any better???

[yankeedem]

9. Actually, they can probably have the car back

After they dig it out of the mud, that is.

[TomInTib]

4. Thanks! This is why I drink coke (apart from the taste) $5M

in cash PLUS water, vs. Pepsi $500,000 in water and cash. Doesn't PepsiCo market heavily to blacks?

Coke - it's the real thing...remember when we were lobbying for either of them to send something to Camp Casey? How much bigger is this?

Edit the amount...sorry, I had a lead finger with the zeros. Still, the disparity is significant.

[lpbk2713]

6. I didn't see Haliburton or KBR on that list

What a surprise.


:eyes:

[TomInTib]

7. Silly, that is the CONTRIBUTOR list, - you need to look up...

www.kaching.com!

"We're in the money...we're in the money..."

[bleedingheart]

8. they are waiting to get a hold of that donation money in a contract

to supply water at $500 a case...

[lpbk2713]

10. And of course it will be an exclusive no-bid contract.

Emergency conditions you understand.

[TomInTib]

11. Well duh...plus Bunnatine has been sidelined...so all bets are

off! Fleece me baby - it's summer and I am getting hot, anyway...

[yellowdogintexas]

12. I work for a large corporation that is not on the list...but

There will be a large corporate donation, probably to Red Cross

There will be an employee matching/fundraising effort companywide for the victims.

There already IS a disaster relief in place for our customers who are impacted by Katrina. Special teams have been established for those impacted.

All day Tuesday and Wednesday, company wide, small groups of 20 to 25 at a time were pulled into meetings w/management to emphasize that we are expected to be sensitive to the callers we have from the Gulf Coast area.

There is a separate relief fund w/100% corporate matching to employee donations for our EMPLOYEES in the affected area.

Oh Yeah, I work for a mortgage loan company. We are talking about their homes, and their payments, and their insurance, and the rebuilding