City Market Will Donate 1% of Sales to Haiti Earthquake Relief
The Cooperative Development Fund has created the Cooperative Emergency Fund specifically to provide financial aid to people during a devastating event like the recent earthquake. The Cooperative Emergency Fund will be donating all monies received from here until July 2010 to help the rebuilding efforts in Haiti. CDF will be collaborating with international cooperative relief efforts in this endeavor to rebuild those coops afflicted by this disaster.
“We’re saddened that millions of people have lost family, homes and jobs,” said Clem Nilan, City Market’s General Manager. “Many of Haiti’s co-ops, which are crucial to their economy, were destroyed as well. Our Co-op members would like to extend a helping hand to rebuild Haiti’s infrastructure by revitalizing their severely damaged co-ops.”
In addition to the percentage of sales donated by the Co-op, Members and customers can also donate to the relief fund online at their secure Web site, www.cdf.coop. Over the last 20 years, the Cooperative Emergency Fund has raised over $275,000 for cooperative relief and rebuilding efforts for ten different disasters. The CEF was founded to give stability and constancy to CDF’s emergency relief efforts, many of which are of a longer-term rebuilding nature.
City Market is joining other area businesses in getting relief to Haiti. See the story on WCAX TV, 7Days Blurt, or listen on VPR to learn how else you can help with the Haiti relief.