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Factbox: Companies offer aid to Haiti after earthquake

Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:42pm EST

(Reuters) - A magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti on Tuesday, killing thousands and demolishing schools, hospitals, houses and hillside shantytowns.

On Wednesday, companies pledged millions of dollars in aid.

Here is a list of some of those companies:

- Digicel Group, a mobile phone operator in Haiti, is donating $5 million in cash towards relief efforts.

- National Bank of Canada will contribute up to C$250,000 to the Canadian Red Cross. National Bank MasterCard cardholders can exchange reward points, free of charge, for a cash donation to the Canadian Red Cross by calling 514-847-8280 or 1-800-341-8083.

- FedEx Corp is working with international relief groups including the Red Cross to fly supplies to Haiti.

- United Parcel Service Inc, which participates in a World Food Program that helps coordinate delivery of aid to disaster zones, said it expects to have its volunteers in the program called up soon. It will also provide $1 million in aid, half in cash and half in services.

- Kraft Foods Foundation is donating $25,000 to the American Red Cross for relief efforts.

- 3M Co, which makes bandages and other products used in skin and wound care, is working with relief agencies to see what medical products it can provide. 3M said it would likely also make a monetary contribution.

- Scotiabank (Bank of Nova Scotia) is accepting donations for the Canadian Red Cross' Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund at its bank branches and making a C$250,000 corporate contribution.

- 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.

- Campbell Soup Co is contributing at least $200,000 and putting a mechanism in place for employees to make contributions.

- Wells Fargo & Co is donating $100,000 to the American Red Cross relief fund.

- Wal-Mart Stores Inc is donating $500,000 to Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti and sending pre-packaged food kits valued at $100,000 to Haiti at the request of the Red Cross.

The world's biggest retailer has launched an Internet page, www.walmartstores.com/haiti, where customers and employees can make donations to nonprofits supporting relief efforts.

- Lowe's Cos Inc is donating $1 million to the Red Cross' efforts in Haiti. The No. 2 U.S. home improvement chain also plans to seek cash donations from its customers.

- American Airlines, a unit AMR Corp, scheduled three flights to Port-au-Prince on Wednesday with 10,000 pounds of aid, including material for hospitals. Three more flights are scheduled for Thursday.

American is working with the Red Cross on a program through which members can make donations towards relief in return for frequent flier miles. American has 100 employees in Haiti.

- ConAgra Foods Foundation said it would pledge $100,000 to the International Red Cross Relief Fund.

- 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.

(Compiled by Nicole Maestri; Additional reporting by Brad Dorfman in Chicago, Scott Malone in Boston, John Crawley in Washington, and Dhanya Skariarchan in New York; Editing by Toni Reinhold))

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