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CVS/pharmacy Launches Comprehensive Relief Effort To Aid Victims of Hurricane Katrina
Evacuated or displaced CVS/pharmacy customers can visit any CVS location to get their prescriptions filled
CVS/pharmacy and CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust to Contribute Over $500,000 to American Red Cross in Cash and Product Donations
(CSRwire) 
Woonsocket, Rhode Island - CVS/pharmacy 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 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.
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