Amazon initiative to raise funds for hurricane victims
21 Sep '05
3 min read
Seattle based Amazon.com, a fortune 500 company announced that only 10 days remain to donate money. Nonprofit Innovation Award finalists, which are vying for up to a $1 million matching grant from Amazon. The contest ends September 30, and is designed to recognize and reward nonprofit organizations that use innovative solutions to improve local communities and the world at large. More than $800,000 has been donated thus far and each finalist will receive all of the donations it has generated on Amazon.com.
In addition to their existing innovative efforts, many of the finalist organizations are using creative approaches to help survivors of Hurricane Katrina -- here are just a few examples:
Community Voice Mail is operating a specialized "Disaster Relief System" that is providing 120,000 free voice mail numbers to evacuees and survivors of Hurricane Katrina to help them reconnect and rebuild their lives;
Donors Choose has created "Classroom Care Packages" to provide resources for students affected by Hurricane Katrina; First Book has launched "Book Relief," an initiative providing millions of books to children, adults, schools, and literacy programs affected by Hurricane Katrina. Every $0.50 donated sponsors a new book;
Teach For America is working to re-deploy the corps members who would have taught in New Orleans as "emergency corps" in Houston and Southern Louisiana so that they can continue to serve the New Orleans students they were teaching.
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