AmCham-China Daily

Prior to Spring Festival, AmCham-China sent out an e-mail to our members telling them how to join in the effort to help those affected by the brutal storms that rocked southern China this winter. Elizabeth Knup, co-chair of AmCham-China’s CSR Forum, helped put the wheels in motion, and tons of other people helped along the way as well.

Many member companies had already started to respond before the notice went out, and others who had been looking for ways to get involved used the call as an impetus. Among the companies that made contributions to help out Chinese communities in need were Wal-Mart, who donated US$1,000,000 on February 5; O’Melveny & Myers LLP, who held a charity drive to raise funds; BP donated RMB1,000,000 in cash and kind including generously contributed much-needed goods like anti-freeze to help with clean-up efforts; and Caterpillar Foundation, which gave US$150,000 in addition to the heavy-duty equipped that they provided to help clear roads.

AmCham is extremely proud of the efforts that its member companies made, and the examples above are only a small part of the total impact that US businesses had.

If you did something to help out the Chinese community in its time of need AmCham members want to know. Please add your stories in the comments section of this post, and if you are still looking for ways to get involved, we have information here.