Evacuees from Hurricane Gustav line up for meals from the Salvation Army outside a shelter in Lafayette, La. Salvation Army received a $500,000 donation gift from Shell Oil Company and Motiva Enterprises LLC on Monday to be used towards immediate and long-term disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
The gift is part of a larger $4 million donation split between The Salvation Army, the American Red Cross, the Gulf Coast Relief Fund and other community organizations.
“We are incredibly grateful to Shell and Motiva for this generous gift,” said Salvation Army National Commander Israel L. Gaither. “Hurricane Ike in particular led to the Army’s largest disaster response operation since Hurricane Katrina – so corporate donations like this become all the more critical.”
The Shell Oil and Motiva Enterprise gift adds to the ministry’s corporate donation list, which includes: Wal-Mart’s $250,000, Lilly’s $10 million, British Petroleum’s $1 million, and Pepsi’s $100,000. Counting donations given through the internet, White Mail, and other methods, The Salvation Army has collected a total of $12,724,851.
Meanwhile, Church World Service is working to assess damages, gut out homes, and clean-up the mess in Galveston, Texas, which bore the brunt of Hurricane Ike’s 110-mph winds.
Most residents of the island city of Galveston are reportedly still living elsewhere as it is being cleaned up, according to CWS.
Visit: Salvation Army Gets $500,000 for Hurricane Relief
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Posted By: Minister Celeste Kelley
Wednesday, October 1st 2008 at 8:52AM
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