From: Cindy Hill (Cynthia.Hill@Sun.COM)
Date: Thu Sep 01 2005 - 11:40:38 PDT
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:40:38 -0700 From: Cindy Hill <Cynthia.Hill@Sun.COM> Subject: Re: SLA-SF: uh oh, a rant Message-id: <43174B26.4080902@Sun.COM>
Michele,
Many corporations do not publicly announce their financial or other
support but it is occuring. Sun sent all employees an annoucement about
how we can make donations so that Sun can match the contributions, let
us know about our colleagues and partners that were affected, and has an
ongoing communications process. And, this is not unusual. Sun provided
the same support during September 11th, the Asian tsunami disaster and
other disasters. These are only a few of the examples of support that
Sun has and will continue to provide. And Sun is not the lone
corporation in its efforts. We just don't make it public knowledge.
Cindy Hill
Manager, SunLibrary
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Michele McGinnis wrote:
> I've been looking at various lists of disaster relief orgs. involved
> in the rescue and relief efforts in the Gulf region. Overwhelmingly,
> and as expected, they are made up of churches, NGO's and a few GO's.
> The glaring omission seems to be corporate efforts. Where is the
> Carlyle Group Compassionate Ministries or Bechtel Operation Blessing?
> What about, say, Lockheed Mercy Corps or Halliburton World Relief?
> Has anyone seen Boeing Charities? Wait, I know where they are...
>
> Why is it in times of disaster, it's the cash-strapped ministries,
> non-profits, and regular people who empty their pockets and give of
> their time? You can be sure the multinationals are waiting in the
> wings for the "reconstruction" goods.
>
> A stumper: Anyone know of any corporations doing any good in this
> endeavor? Anyone seen this list?
>
> m
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