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ExxonMobil and Its Employees and Retirees Contribute More Than $15 Million to United Way in Houston -- Baytown Areas: "ExxonMobil and Its Employees and Retirees Contribute More Than $15 Million to United Way in Houston -- Baytown Areas
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2005--ExxonMobil announced today it will contribute $10,777,467 in cash to the United Way in the Houston and Baytown areas following completion of its 2005 employee and retiree campaign. The funds will assist those benefiting from services provided by the nonprofit and its affiliated agencies. Of that amount, $9,540,911 will address needs of the United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast, and some $1,236,555 will benefit the United Way of Baytown.
The company contributed an additional $4.9 million through ExxonMobil Volunteer Involvement Program grants to various United Way affiliated agencies, gifts-in-kind donations, and corporate loaned executives and administrative personnel to assist with the heavy work load at already burdened social service agencies. Also included in this amount are the $500,000 cash donation ExxonMobil made to the United Way Katrina Relief Fund and the $500,000 donation to the Houston Chapter of the American Red Cross, a United Way affiliate, to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina who came to the Houston area seeking assistance."
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