Kansas City Southern to give $500,000, along with employee gift match, to American Red Cross for Ukrainian relief efforts
Written by David C. Lester, Editor-in-Chief
Kansas City Southern is donating $500,000 to Ukrainian relief efforts.
David C. Lester
As Russian attacks on Ukraine become more intense, and the humanitarian crisis grows, Kansas City Southern has joined Canadian Pacific and Wabtec in donating to relief efforts.
You can read our report from March 9 here.
Kansas City Southern (KCS) announced that it has pledged a total of $500,000 to the American Red Cross to support the global Red Cross network response to the Ukraine humanitarian crisis, and will also match employees’ contributions to the American Red Cross for this effort.
“The entire world sees the escalating humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and we want to support the international effort to provide relief,” said KCS president and CEO Patrick J. Ottensmeyer. “I encourage all of our employees, vendors, suppliers, customers, and others across the world to join in these relief efforts.”
The American Red Cross has deployed international crisis responders to Poland, Moldova, Hungary and Romania to provide humanitarian relief in support of the international Red Cross operation helping families who fled their homes. These highly trained crisis responders are supporting on-the-ground relief efforts alongside local teams, including the Polish Red Cross and Moldovan Red Cross.
