USFreightways is matching every dollar donated to the campaign by an employee with a dollar of its own, up to a maximum company contribution of $500,000.
"Our employees responded immediately with their hearts and their checkbooks,” said Samuel K. Skinner, USFreightway’s president & CEO.
Skinner said USFreightways has checks totaling $116,990.58 with $42,475.47 allocated for the American Red Cross and $74,515.11 allocated for the 911 Armed Forces Scholarship Fund. Additional funds of $176,726.22 have been pledged through payroll deduction plans.
Even before the corporate relief effort was planned, Skinner said employees of USF Red Star donated $93,492.34 to the American Red Cross and bought and delivered supplies to workers at Ground Zero that totaled an additional $28,000, bringing the USFreightways employee contributions to $415,209.14.
