3M today announced it will donate $1.5 million to help with the relief efforts in the Southern Asian countries devastated by the earthquake and tsunamis. The donation includes a $500,000 grant to match employee contributions to the American Red Cross, CARE and UNICEF. 3M will also donate $1 million in products needed by relief organizations. To date, product donations have included medical tapes, bandages, monitoring electrodes, surgical masks, respirators and packaging tape.
"3M and its employees are committed to helping those affected by this terrible tragedy," said Alex Cirillo, staff vice-president, 3M Community Affairs and Workforce Diversity. "We are monitoring the situation to explore what else we can do to alleviate suffering and to help rebuild the communities that have been devastated."
3M Community Giving is made up of cash and in-kind gifts made by 3M and the 3M Foundation and bolstered by employee and retiree volunteerism. 3M grants and product donations work together to improve communities around the world. In 2003, more than $50 million in cash, products and services was donated to charitable institutions.
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