CVS/pharmacy Launches Comprehensive Relief Effort to Aid Victims of Hurricane Katrina
31 August 2005 - 8:41AM
PR Newswire (US)
Evacuated or displaced CVS/pharmacy customers can visit any CVS
location to get their prescriptions filled WOONSOCKET, R.I., Aug.
30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CVS/pharmacy (NYSE: CVS) and the
CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust announced today that it will donate a
combined $504,000 in money and supplies to the American Red Cross
in order to assist with relief efforts for victims of Hurricane
Katrina. The CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust, the private foundation
managed by CVS Corporation, will make a $250,000 monetary donation
to the American Red Cross National Response Fund. CVS/pharmacy will
also donate $254,000 worth of supplies, including food, personal
care items, water and specially designed CVS/pharmacy Care
Packages, to the American Red Cross for distribution to hurricane
victims. "We have many CVS/pharmacy locations in areas that are
affected by Hurricane Katrina, and we are deeply concerned about
the impact this storm has had on our customers and employees," said
Eileen Howard Dunn, Vice President of Community Relations. "We are
pleased to support hurricane relief and recovery efforts with a
donations from CVS and the CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust to the
American Red Cross." In addition to the $250,000 CVS/pharmacy
Charitable Trust monetary donation, CVS will donate 1,000
CVS/pharmacy Care Packages valued at $34,000, each of which contain
a dozen personal care items, 4 truckloads of water valued at
$20,000, and $200,000 of other food and personal care items. The
donation of these supplies is being facilitated though the American
Red Cross, Rhode Island Chapter, in cooperation with the Red Cross'
national office. "We hope these donations will bring some level or
relief to the communities that were impacted by the hurricane,"
said Dunn. "We also want our customers to know that even if they
are temporarily unable to access their local CVS/pharmacy, they can
go to any other CVS/pharmacy location to get their prescription
filled quickly and conveniently." About CVS CVS is America's
largest retail pharmacy, operating more than 5,400 retail and
specialty pharmacy stores in 36 states and the District of
Columbia. With more than 40 years of dynamic growth in the retail
pharmacy industry, CVS is committed to being the easiest pharmacy
retailer for customers to use. CVS has created innovative
approaches to serve the healthcare needs of all customers through
its CVS/pharmacy stores; its online pharmacy, CVS.com; and its
pharmacy benefit management, mail order and specialty pharmacy
subsidiary, PharmaCare. General information about CVS is available
through the Investor Relations portion of the Company's website, at
http://investor.cvs.com/, as well as through the pressroom portion
of the Company's website, at http://www.cvs.com/pressroom. About
CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust The CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust is
a private foundation managed by CVS Corporation. The Trust's
mission is to provide funding for health care, education and
community involvement initiatives in communities where CVS stores
are located. The CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust has a particular
interest in supporting programs that promote inclusion and advocacy
for children with physical disabilities. CONTACT: Mike DeAngelis
CVS Corporation 401-770-2645 DATASOURCE: CVS Corporation CONTACT:
Mike DeAngelis of CVS Corporation, +1-401-770-2645 Web site:
http://www.cvs.com/
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