Lowes to donate $1M towards Hurricane Ike relief

September 17, 2008 by Stil7

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Lowe’s will donate $1 million to the American Red Cross in response to Hurricane Ike. The donation will help the American Red Cross in its efforts to assist people who have been affected by Ike and other hurricanes this season.

“Millions of families are suffering from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike throughout the Gulf Coast,” said Jeffrey Towers, chief development officer of the American Red Cross. “Our core mission involves providing urgent relief and disaster support for those whose lives and homes have been abruptly thrown into chaos during this active hurricane season. Lowe’s generous donation of $1 million will help the American Red Cross provide shelter, food, and counseling for people in the affected communities. I want to thank Lowe’s for its support of the Red Cross mission.”

In addition to the $1 million contribution, all 1,575 Lowe’s stores nationwide will continue to serve as official cash donation sites to benefit the American Red Cross relief efforts for all the 2008 hurricanes. Lowe’s will match in-store contributions dollar-for-dollar, up to $250,000. Since partnering with the American Red Cross in 1999, Lowe’s has raised more than $17.5 million for disaster relief.

Lowe’s Command Center is working around the clock to obtain the essential products residents need to recover from the storm, and is expediting those products to stores as quickly as possible. Lowe’s team members throughout the impacted region and across the country are working to help customers when they return home, and help relieve affected Lowe’s employees so they may attend to their own homes and families.