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Companies and celebrities alike have been reaching into their pockets to help with the devastation in Haiti. To me, this just shows certain peoples realization that we are all a part of a larger, global community. Setting all personal feelings/thoughts/beliefs aside and saying “we are all human beings” and “I can’t even imagine this happening to me” because really, this could have just as easily happened here in the U.S., over in England- anywhere. I feel secure in supporting companies that can support others in need.

Here are just a few of the people and corporations pledging aid:

• Go Daddy gives $500,000
• UPS gives $1 mil in relief
• Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, said in a statement on Wednesday that their Jolie-Pitt Foundation would give $1 million to the emergency medical operations of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières.
• Abbott Pharmaceuticals is donating $1 million to help Haiti’s health care system.
• U.S. manufacturer 3M Co, which makes a variety of bandages and other products used in skin and wound care, said it was working with humanitarian relief agencies to ask what medical products it could provide. The company also said it would likely make a monetary contribution.
• The Florida Panthers hockey team said that at its next two home games it will collect donations, including food and used clothing, for victims.
• Rogers Communications and the Rogers family will donate $250,000 in funds and goods to Partners In Health:Haiti and other relief organizations.
• The Walmart Foundation is sending $500,000 in monetary support to Haiti and another $100,000 worth of pre-packaged food kits to help the Red Cross in its relief efforts in the nation. Wal-Mart’s Canadian division said its 314 stores will accept donations, and money raised will be donated to the Canadian Red Cross Haiti Earthquake fund.
  (Wal-Mart won praise for its swift efforts to help victims of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 after the storm destroyed parts of Mississippi and Louisiana. Wal-Mart was one of the first responders on the scene, distributing water, food and other necessities to some of the hardest hit areas.)
• Hanes brands has pledged $25,000 to the relief efforts in Haiti.
• Walt Disney Co pledged $100,000 in humanitarian aid.
• Soles4Souls, a Nashville, Tenn.-based charity has announced it will donate 100,000 pairs of new shoes to victims of the disaster.
• Kraft Foods Foundation is donating $200,000 to the American Red Cross for relief efforts. The company also said it has a special 2:1 match for employees’ donations up to $100,000 — bringing the total matching component to $300,000.
• Toys”R”Us Children’s Fund, a public charity affiliated with Toys R Us Inc said it will contribute $150,000 to help Save the Children in its efforts to provide immediate relief to victims of the earthquake.
• The PepsiCo Foundation said it will donate $1 million to the earthquake victims and that the food and beverage company PepsiCo will provide Quaker products as well as bottled water and Gatorade for the disaster victims through its bottlers in Florida and the Dominican Republic.
• General Mills Foundation said it will contribute $250,000 to support the disaster relief and rebuilding efforts.
• McDonald’s Corp and its franchise Arcos Dorados will together contribute at least $1 million to help the victims of the earthquake.
• Google Inc is donating $1 million to organizations engaged in disaster response in Haiti and has published a link on its home page directing users to a page with information on how to make donations.
• Alyssa Milano has donated $50,000 to UNICEF and challenged other corporations to match her donation.
• Target Corp will donate $500,000 to the American Red Cross to assist with disaster recovery in Haiti.
• Procter & Gamble Co said it will provide at least 2 million packets of PUR Purifier of Water through our Children’s Safe Drinking Water partners. It said Duracell has already provided $200,000 worth of batteries and flashlights for donation.
• The New York Yankees will donate $500,000 in support of rescue and relief efforts.
• The General Motors Foundation is making a $100,000 contribution to the American Red Cross relief fund. GM has provided an Internet link so its employees can contribute to the Red Cross.

This is just sampling. You can find updated information on corporate contributions on the Reuters website.

Kudos to these companies/people for taking action.

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