Hurricane Relief & Recovery Efforts at McGraw-Hill (9784 hits)
Posted on November 26, 2012 by Vanessa Garzon
More than 5,000 McGraw-Hill employees in the New York metro area and New Jersey were impacted by Hurricane Sandy. In the wake of the storm, McGraw-Hill employees reached out to each other via email, text, phone, and social media — first to close friends at work, then to colleagues across departments and businesses — to share information and survival stories alike. Who had lost power? Was everyone safe?
City Harvest Headquarters in Long Island City, NY
And the next question, on the lips of so many: what can we do to help? Almost immediately, our Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability department responded with information about an emergency corporate matching campaign, volunteer opportunities for McGraw-Hill employees, plans for food and coat drives, and information about how to help in our communities.
McGraw-Hill launched a Special Disaster Relief Matching Gift Program. This program matches employee contributions one-for-one, up to the US equivalent of $2,000, and is open to all employees globally. The corporation is also honoring contributions that were made by employees to other eligible charitable organizations that are engaged in relief efforts. McGraw-Hill’ s corporate match of all contributions will be directed to the American Red Cross and their relief and recovery efforts for Hurricane Sandy.
