Cotton breeder D&PL funds to Hurricane Katrina disaster relief efforts
02 Sep '05
3 min read
Cotton seed breeder & marketer Delta and Pine Land Company (D&PL) announced a commitment of up to $100,000 for disaster relief.
The company has made initial commitments of $20,000 to the Salvation Army Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief Fund and an additional $20,000 to the American Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief Fund. The Company also announced matching programs for employees and customers that will raise the total financial commitment by D&PL to a maximum of $100,000.
"In the last couple of days, we have all seen the devastation and suffering that Hurricane Katrina caused," Tom Jagodinski, president and CEO says. "This storm will affect people's lives forever. We find ourselves wondering how we can help in a meaningful way. After talking to several people at D&PL, we decided to kick off an immediate campaign to respond to the needs of Katrina's victims."
The Company expects a matching program being offered to employees, customers and business partners that will result in a total donation by the company of $100,000. Jagodinski explains, "We are hopeful that by encouraging participation by our employees and our business associates, we can reach this goal. We are also hopeful that other companies with far more resources than we have will choose to participate in similar ways."
He concludes, "This is an exceptional donation for our company, which has 600 employees. But these are certainly unusual circumstances. The devastation is somuch deeper and widespread than any natural disaster that we as a nation have recently experienced. The company has learned from Red Cross officials that up to 10,000 people will be relocated to the region with thousands of victims already in the West Mississippi Delta. Therefore the company chose to dig deeper when deciding upon our contribution level. We will direct our donations to the Red Cross to those local chapters who will serve these locally placed victims."
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