Article: Bridgestone Group Gives $1 Million to American Red Cross Katrina Relief Effort.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, the Bridgestone Global Group of Companies has donated $1 million to the American Red Cross for the hurricane relief effort. More than 2,200 company-owned retail stores across the United States are also offering their customers a way to lend a helping hand by accepting donations on behalf of the Red Cross.

"The American Red Cross is the way neighbors help neighbors in disasters," said Marsha J. Evans, Red Cross President and CEO. "We are profoundly grateful to the Bridgestone Global Group of Companies for being good neighbors to the countless people displaced by ...