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Article: Compass Bank Raises Nearly $1.8 Million for American Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Relief.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- October 4, 2005
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Compass Bank today announced that its employees, customers and other groups have contributed $1.8 million to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund in a drive to support victims of Hurricane Katrina. This total includes a $250,000 matching donation that was pledged by the company shortly after the storm hit the gulf coast in late August.
"This disaster has touched all of us in some way and the response from Compass employees, customers and countless others has been overwhelming," said D. Paul Jones, Jr., Compass' chairman and chief executive officer. "We hope that these funds may be put to use as quickly as possible to meet the immediate ...