America's North Shore Journal

Look over on the left. $831,427,479. Americans just keep on giving for tsunami relief. My company wrote a check today, modest compared to many but our $8 an hour employees gave what they could and we matched it all. Please don’t forget your local charities. Lots of folks right outside your door also need help. From fire companies and ambulance corps to the United Way or Salvation Army. Please, please don’t forget to set aside a dollar for your friends and neighbors, too. … Read entire article »

Cintas Corporation: $2 million in clothing Farmer Family Foundation: $250,000. Seattle area sports teams: $246,100. American State Bank Tsunami Relief Fund: $625,000. … Read entire article »

How does $786,747,969.55 sound? That’s what the total contributions by Americans, individuals, groups and companies, adds up to as of this update. One billion dollars is within striking distance. Imagine that; one billion dollars from the pockets of Americans to assist people half a planet away, who we have reason to believe don’t like Americans very much. I hope Mr. Egeland can get the right spices, because he should be eating his words. I’ve been able to find numbers from the Sunday collections of 21 of the 178 Roman Catholic Dioceses in the United States. $5,968,493 in donations that were put in the collection basket. Money from the wallets of ordinary Americans. Hollywood, to no one’s surprise, remains silent. … Read entire article »

$721,440,410. … Read entire article »

$686,982,534 That’s what the total is for THE STINGY LIST as of tonight’s update. I’m all but certain that this number is $30-$50 million U.S. too low. I have access to donation data that some corporation do not wish to make public. They choose to keep their giving private. In addition, the donations on-line and direct to various charities is understated. Because the information is unclear, I have chosen to leave it off the list rather than duplicate donations already present. For example, a portion of the original U.S. government $35 million went right to the Red Cross. The corporate donations are in a similar state, so I am very reluctant to update the charity totals. What is amazing me the most is the variety of sources for the donations, from children going … Read entire article »

Press Release NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 18, 2005–Citigroup (NYSE: C) and its employees have contributed $7.4 million to provide relief and reconstruction in the aftermath of the South Asia tsunami disaster, the global financial services company announced today. Citigroup expects the total will grow as the Foundation continues to match employee contributions to tsunami relief efforts. As of January 18, more than 15,000 of Citigroup’s employees around the world had donated more than $2.2 million in support of the relief efforts. The Citigroup Foundation is matching these donations with a corresponding contribution of more than $2.2 million to the Red Cross and will continue to match employee donations to the relief effort. Combined with the Foundation’s USD$3 million commitment to the relief effort, that brings Citigroup’s total tsunami relief cash contribution to more … Read entire article »