HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) today pledged up to $250,000 to match employee contributions to Red Cross disaster relief efforts following this week’s devastating earthquake in Haiti.  UTC will match 100 percent of individual contributions to Red Cross relief efforts up to $250 per employee, for a program maximum of [...]

OAK BROOK, Ill., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — To help the victims of Haiti’s devastating earthquake, McDonald’s Corporation today announced a donation of $500,000 USD to be matched with donations from Arcos Dorados, the company that operates nearly 1,700 McDonald’s restaurants in Latin America. These combined contributions are estimated to total at least $1 million.  ”McDonald’s has [...]

PARIS, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ — Haiti was struck by a powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.0, causing a large number of deaths and injuries, as well as immense material destruction. Faced with the enormity of the catastrophe, France Televisions and Radio France have joined with the Fondation de France in making an appeal for generosity in order [...]

Verizon Wireless Customers Can Contribute $10 to Relief Efforts by Texting ‘HAITI’ to 90999  NEW YORK, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ — The Verizon Foundation has awarded a total of $100,000 in grants to World Vision and Food for the Poor to assist the victims of the devastating 7.0 earthquake in Haiti.  In addition, the Verizon Foundation will match [...]

 CaribPR Wire, NEW YORK, Jan. 14, 2010: CaribPR Wire today announced it will join with partner, PR Newswire, in waiving all fees for all news releases relating to aid in rescue and recovery efforts for the Haiti earthquake crisis. The fee waiver will be in effect through midnight on Sunday, January 17 for U.S. organizations submitting [...]

STEVENS POINT, Wis., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ — Travel Guard announced today that it will provide free emergency travel and medical assistance services to travelers and families affected by this week’s earthquake in Haiti. Services available through Travel Guard include coordination of emergency medical arrangements and evacuations, temporary lodging, cash wire transfers, passport replacement, translation services, [...]