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September 11, 2001—The Response

Supporting Technology and Infrastructure

BellSouth
BellSouth will donate $1 million to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. In addition, BellSouth and its employees have been called upon by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help in rescue efforts in New York and Washington. The company has established and is staffing a 24-hour hotline in Atlanta that will help rescuers locate victims who may have electronic communications devices such as cell phones or 2-way pagers. BellSouth has also purchased 26,000 flags to be flown on company vehicles across the region, and large flags will be displayed in lobbies of major BellSouth buildings.

Goodwill Industries International
With thousands of people who have lost their loved ones, and thousands more across the country who have lost or will lose their jobs, community needs are great and resources scarce everywhere. Goodwill Industries agencies in New York, Washington, DC, and elsewhere are gearing up to meet an increased demand for job training, job placement and career services, as well as other support programs, for people who are directly or indirectly impacted by the disaster, including the families of victims and dislocated workers throughout the nation.

GuideStar/Philanthropic Research, Inc.
GuideStar has added individual records to its database of the ad hoc relief efforts sponsored by existing charities. It is also compiling a database of New York charities that can be used by agencies interested in distributing relief funds throughout the City. In order to facilitate maximum participation by nonprofit groups, GuideStar will provide customer service aid to any nonprofit which has lost its computer systems or Internet access in the attack.

The Hitachi Foundation
The Hitachi Foundation has donated $50,000 to The American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund and Hitachi Group Companies of North America have pledged a contribution of $1 million to the fund.  In addition to its financial support, Hitachi technology and equipment is now being employed in several aspects of the relief effort. Hitachi is contributing DNA gene sequencing technology, demolition hammers, and heavy-duty cutting and excavating machinery.

NPower NY
NPower NY is actively working with a group of technology assistance providers, funders and corporate donors to help nonprofit organizations whose technology has been affected by the World Trade Center disaster. The organization is helping to match affected organizations with resources and volunteers to meet their technology needs.

SBC Communications, Inc.
SBC Communications, Inc. is providing charitable funds, volunteer support and vital telecommunications services to victims, rescue workers, and citizens located in New York, Washington, DC, and in local communities where the company's employees live and work. The SBC Foundation, the company's philanthropic arm, contributed $1 million to The New York Times 9/11 Neediest Fund to support suffering families struck by death or injury in the World Trade Center calamity. In addition, the SBC Foundation will provide an unlimited dollar-for-dollar match of contributions made by its employees and retirees to the American Red Cross, The Salvation Army, the United Way's "September 11th Fund." Cingular Wireless, which is 60 percent owned by SBC, has loaned or donated more than 3,500 wireless phones, hand held data devices, and other equipment, and is providing free airtime to numerous relief and rescue agencies.

 

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