SBC - Free Telephone service for all people who are in the dome in TX.
HP - comptuers and internet access setup for people in dome.
Me - $500.00 donation to Red Cross - care to out donate me? Please do.
What other companies have stepped up that you all know about?
Lots of companies have stepped up. I’ll even give props to Walmart.
And kudos to Texas- among other things, they’re allowing kids displaced by the hurricane to enroll in Texan schools for the Fall.
GM/Ford/Toyota: 50 trucks each…free of charge…to the relief effort.
just matched your donation, plus a buck… going to give blood on the way home.
anyone know if that’ll affect my sprint distance tri this weekend? it’s a nice built in excuse anyway…
And kudos to Texas- among other things, they’re allowing kids displaced by the hurricane to enroll in Texan schools for the Fall.
Is that a good thing? 
Couldn’t match $500, but I did do $100.
How about the Walt Disney Company $2.5 million!!!
Here’s a ton from http://www.marketwatch.com/news/yhoo/story.asp?guid={FF95549F-AA75-447C-9B31-9E99CAF443C2}&siteid=myyahoo&dist=myyahoo Abbott Laboratories (ABT: news, chart, profile) has pledged $2 million in cash, as well as an initial $2 million in nutritional and medical products to aid those struck by Katrina. A.G. Edwards, Inc. (AGE: news, chart, profile) is donating $100,000 along with individual employee contributions to support rescue, relief and recovery efforts. Anheuser Busch Cos. (BUD: news, chart, profile) and its wholesalers have shipped over 825,000 cans of safe drinking wate. It’s also donating $250,000. Bayer Corp. (BAYZF: news, chart, profile) has pledged $2 million in cash and product donations. Bayer is also matching donations made by its U.S. staff. Canon Inc. (CAJ: news, chart, profile) is donating $1 million outright and will match amounts donated by employees. Comcast Corp. (CMCSA: news, chart, profile) is donating $10 million worth of advertising time and $50,000 cash. The cable company also plans to dedicate On-Demand programming during September to air Red Cross updates, benefit concerts and other information related to relief efforts. Exelon Corp. (EXC: news, chart, profile) and its ComEd and PECO units committed $1 million by donating $500,000 in cash and matching employee donations up to $250,000. The company is also sending utility experts to the region to help power restoration efforts. Oracle Corp. (ORCL: news, chart, profile) will match contributions made by its U.S. staff to relief efforts. It also pledged to help with any technical assistance related to recovery and relief in the region. SBC Communications Inc. (SBC: news, chart, profile) said it began deploying an extensive network of communications services at the Houston Astrodome to help victims being relocated from the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. SBC plans to make available up to 1,000 telephones with free local and long distance calling, free wireless service and computers for high-speed Internet access. Toyota Motor Corp. (TM: news, chart, profile) and its subsidiaries will contribute $5 million. Toyota Financial Services and Lexus Financial Services will assist finance and lease customers affected by Hurricane Katrina. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT: news, chart, profile) said it donated $1 million in cash to the American Red Cross as well as $1 million to the Salvation Army. The world’s biggest retailer is also sending truckloads of water, batteries and emergency medical kits to Baton Rouge, La. Wal-Mart is also accepting donations at all 3,800 of its Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores and through its Web sites. Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC: news, chart, profile) will match contributions from its employees, up to $250,000 for a potential total of $1 million.
Dave Matthews band just announced they will be performing at Red Rocks ( a fourth show) and donating all $ to the relief effort. This includes everyone involved. Red Rocks is donating the venue, ARAMARK the food and security, all the sound people… I mean everyone is donating their efforts. They hope to raise $1 million
Props to Record for starting a positive thread.
~Matt
any news on Halliburton… just curious.
Chip, I thought you wanted to just leave them there.
I knew you were lying.
Damn, you doubled my contribution. Hmm.
If you’re so interested why don’t you go look it up?
Here are a ton more: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,168106,00.html
Great to see.
“Hank Goldstein, chairman of Giving USA (search) in Glenview, Ill., said individual and corporate donations combined could reach $1 billion”
Donations Wednesday already had reached well into the millions and included $5 million from Chevron Corp., $3 million each from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup, $2 million from Pfizer and $1 million from insurer State Farm.
The Walt Disney Co. contributed $2.5 million, $1 million of which will go to the American Red Cross and the rest for rebuilding efforts and volunteer centers helping affected communities.
The contributions also included 50 trucks donated by Nissan North America to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, more than 825,000 cans of water supplied by Anheuser-Busch (BUD) in St. Louis and 3,000 walkie talkie-type phones for emergency personnel from Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) Kellogg Co. (K) of Battle Creek, Mich., sent seven truckloads of crackers and cookies to hard-hit areas. General Motors Corp. (GM) also planned to donate 25 cars and trucks to the Red Cross.
Qwest Communications International Inc. will send 2,000 long-distance calling cards so those affected could call loved ones, said spokesman Michael Dunne. He said Denver-based Qwest also has given the Red Cross $230,000 to help train responders.
Home improvement companies Home Depot (HD) and Lowe’s (LOW) pledged cash and manpower, while Culligan International of Northbrook, Ill., sent five truckloads of water to residents in Alabama and Mississippi.
The water, part of a larger, 28-truck convoy organized by the Missouri-based Convoy of Hope, was traveling at 10 mph through Mississippi.
“It’s very treacherous,” said Mike Ennis, director of strategic initiatives at Convoy of Hope.
Office Depot (ODP) of Delray Beach, Fla., donated $1 million to the American Red Cross for hurricane relief efforts. Officials announced Wednesday the company also would give the contents of its five New Orleans stores, valued at $4 million, to New Orleans officials to use as they recover from Hurricane Katrina.
I donated $100 and 7 bees
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I’m curious - what’s the deal with the bees… are you a beekeeper?
Also, Favre and McNair (the football players) were sending an entire truckload of supplies.
I did. Nothing on their web-site and no wire reports (that I’ve seen)
I’m a bee killing machine!
So, we can conclude that
A) they are selfish bastards, who didn’t send a nickel or
B) they donated, but out of the public eye
My company will be sending a donation, but you won’t see it in the news or on our website.
I’m a bee killing machine!
Shouldn’t you, like, capture them and demand honey or something?