The Walt Disney Company Donates $1 Million in Humanitarian Aid to Support Communities Impacted by Hurricane
Michael
The Walt Disney Company today announced it is contributing $1 million to aid in relief efforts across Florida’s Gulf Coast
region and other areas impacted by Hurricane Michael. The donation will support disaster response and recovery efforts through the
Florida Disaster Fund managed by the Volunteer Florida Foundation.
“The families and communities impacted by this devastating hurricane need our help as they begin to rebuild,” said Robert A.
Iger, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Walt Disney Company. “Through today’s $1 million contribution, and other
relief efforts in the weeks and months ahead, we will stand with our Gulf Coast neighbors as they recover from this tragic
storm.”
In addition to Disney’s donation announced today, contributions from Disney employees to eligible relief and recovery
organizations will be matched dollar for dollar by Disney Employee Matching Gifts: A Program of The Walt Disney Company
Foundation.
Disney works on an ongoing basis with numerous nonprofit organizations on emergency preparedness efforts, including sharing
lifesaving information with families before and during emergencies, having supplies prepositioned and at-the-ready to respond to
natural disasters, and providing resources to activate large-scale responses in the event of a disaster.
ABOUT THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries, is a diversified worldwide entertainment company with operations in
four business segments: Media Networks; Studio Entertainment; Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products; and Direct-to-Consumer and
International. Disney is a Dow 30 company and had annual revenues of $55.1 billion in its Fiscal Year 2017.
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The Walt Disney Company
Zenia Mucha
Corporate Communications
Zenia.Mucha@disney.com
818 560 5300
or
Mariam Sughayer
Corporate Communications
Mariam.Sughayer@disney.com
818 560 3117
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