The Walt Disney Company, and the ABC Owned Television Group have raised more than $1 million in donations to help the recovery related to Hurricane Florence
What Disney Is Doing:
- On Tuesday, ABC11 teamed up with the American Red Cross to host a 13-hour Hurricane Florence Relief Drive to begin a week of giving.
- The on-air phone bank and online donation drive included support from the ABC Owned Television Group with eight stations from New York to Los Angeles rallying their viewers to give.
- This ongoing initiative has collected $538,886 to date.
- On Thursday, The Walt Disney Company announced that it would be donating another $500,000 to the Red Cross Hurricane Florence relief drive.
- Disney also pledged to match donations made by Disney employees. This brings the total funds raised to $1,038,886 and counting.
What They Are Saying:
- WTVD President and General Manager Caroline Welch: “We are just so grateful to our viewers, viewers across our ABC stations, and to the Walt Disney company for their incredible generosity. This is a great example of how people come together when there is a need. Our ABC11 Together motto is ‘together, we can do more,’ and this week, we’ve seen how powerful that idea really is.”
How You Can Help:
- If you would like to donate, you can text “FLORENCE” to 90999