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By day’s end, COCC employees
had contributed a total of $2,868 to the
American Red Cross’s Haiti Earthquake Relief
effort. The company matched that amount and
yesterday donated the full $5,736 to Red Cross
personnel at a brief ceremony in Avon.
Betty Dugan, Development Director for the
Connecticut Red Cross, thanked COCC for its
speed in getting the deeply needed funds to her
agency. “This is going to be a long haul for the
people of Haiti,” said Dugan. “We are thrilled
to have the swift and generous support of
companies like COCC. They are making a big
difference in our service to those in need.”
The Red Cross Haiti Relief effort is not the
only beneficiary of COCC’s Haitian efforts. Only
the week before the earthquake in Haiti, COCC
collected $550 for the Haitian Ministries for
the Diocese of Norwich.
“We
are committed to helping our fellow man in his
hour of need,” said Richard A. Leone, COCC’s
President and CEO. “We answered the call when
Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, and
have regularly contributed to the families of
Connecticut-based servicemen and women who are
stationed overseas. It is vitally important for
successful companies such as COCC to extend a
hand whenever we can.” |
