Walgreens Mobilizes for Oklahoma Tornado Victims
23 May 2013 - 7:38AM
Business Wire
Responding to Monday’s devastating tornado in the Oklahoma City
area, Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (Nasdaq: WAG) this week mobilized
increased shipments of essential supplies to its area stores, made
an initial donation of three semi-trailers of food, water and first
aid supplies to the Oklahoma chapter of the American Red Cross and
offered customers an opportunity to make donations at its Oklahoma
drugstores.
The Walgreens store at 1041 S.W. 19th St. in Moore, Okla.,
suffered severe damage and is temporarily closed. To serve that
area’s pharmacy patients, the company plans to locate a temporary
pharmacy trailer at the site as soon as possible, and construction
workers will begin rebuilding the store this week so it can be
reopened for business.
Walgreens increased shipments of items such as food, water,
first aid supplies and tetanus shots to keep store shelves and
pharmacies stocked with essentials. The company also worked with
the Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy to enact emergency procedures that
allow pharmacists to help displaced patients refill prescriptions
if they lack documentation or an empty prescription bottle.
“Our hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Moore
and the entire Oklahoma City area who suffered such devastating
losses,” said Bill Miller, Walgreens market vice president for
Oklahoma. “They include our neighbors, our customers and our
employees, and we want to support them in any way we can.”
At Walgreens drugstores throughout the state of Oklahoma, store
employees began inviting customers to make point-of-purchase cash
donations to the American Red Cross in amounts of $1, $5 and
$10.
At least 18 Walgreens employees suffered property losses,
ranging from moderate damage to property and automobiles to homes
completely lost. Employees who suffered losses can apply for
financial assistance to the Walgreens Benefit Fund, which was
established by company founder Charles R. Walgreen Sr. after his
death in 1939. The Walgreens Benefit Fund is a nonprofit
organization devoted to distributing financial assistance to
company employees who experience financial difficulties due to
circumstances beyond their control, including natural
disasters.
About Walgreens
As the nation's largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2012 sales
of $72 billion, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) vision is to become
America’s first choice for health and daily living. Each day,
Walgreens provides more than 6 million customers the most
convenient, multichannel access to consumer goods and services and
trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services and
advice in communities across America. Walgreens scope of pharmacy
services includes retail, specialty, infusion, medical facility and
mail service, along with respiratory services. These services
improve health outcomes and lower costs for payers including
employers, managed care organizations, health systems, pharmacy
benefit managers and the public sector. The company operates 8,086
drugstores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto
Rico. Take Care Health Systems is a Walgreens subsidiary that is
the largest and most comprehensive manager of worksite health and
wellness centers and in-store convenient care clinics, with more
than 700 locations throughout the country.
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