OLATHE, Kan., January 15, 2009 — Heart to Heart International Inc., a leading global humanitarian organization, today announced that FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), is donating US$25,000 to assist with the organization’s relief and recovery efforts in Sichuan Province, PRC, site of a massive earthquake that claimed more than 60,000 lives in May 2008.
“We are privileged to have such a rich, longstanding partnership with the
FedEx and Heart to Heart provided the first private airlift of relief supplies to China after the earthquake, leaving the U.S. on May 23 with 75 tons of medical aid, tents, tarps and blankets.
Along with FedEx, Heart to Heart has worked to improve health and emergency-response capacity in
In all, FedEx has donated more than $300,000 in cash and $900,000 of in-kind shipping to support the
“When it comes to corporate social responsibility, our goal at FedEx is to leverage our strengths to contribute to the communities where we live and work,” said David L. Cunningham, Jr., president, FedEx Express Asia Pacific. “By working with Heart to Heart, we are able to combine our talents to help the victims of the earthquake in
Beyond providing humanitarian aid, Heart to Heart assisted with direct medical services and helped restore health to remote villages. Since the quake, the organization has worked with emergency officials at the 120 Command to accelerate the provincial capacity to respond to complex disasters.
Earlier this month, Dr. DeGraffenreid participated in a conference sponsored by the 120 Command that focused on disaster readiness and expanding cooperation between various emergency-response services.