McDonald's Global Partner Support Efforts
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Many of you may have seen Mike Robert's thoughts or heard McDonald's U.S.A. C.O.O., Don Thompson, provide a voice-mail update on what McDonald's is doing to provide aid to the devastated Western Gulf Coast of the U.S. in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
In addition to the rapid response the McDonald's System tends to provide to all people following such events -- from dollars (for example, all RMHC canisters are being converted to raise money for hurricane relief in all 13,000 McDonald's U.S. restaurants) to food and water for refugees and aid workers -- the scope of this disaster has a component many recent tragedies have not: deeply affected McDonald's people at all levels: company, Owner/Operators, and restaurant managers and crew. All within the storm's path were not spared some form of hardship -- and, with approximately 120 restaurants closed -- we're talking about thousands of McDonald's family members who are likely homeless, hungry and thirsty, and badly in need of basic necessities and funds to support themselves and their families until more permanent solutions are in place. |
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McDonald's Employees
If you are a McDonald’s Employee displaced
by Hurricane Katrina, please call the McDonald’s Service
Center at (877) 623-1955 to let us know where you are and
how we can help you.
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How to Donate
Please help the Hurricane Relief Efforts by visiting any
U.S. McDonald’s restaurants and donating through our
RMHC canister. 100% of the canister donations assist and aid
local and national relief efforts. |
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You should know that Owner/Operators and McOpCo personnel are working around
the clock to locate each and every affected McDonald's employee. Owner/Operators,
themselves in dire situations, are exhausting themselves taking care of
their people first. I can think of no better example of the spirit of
McDonald's.
The U.S. company is using all vehicles available, including emergency broadcast
networks, to try and reach our people to provide them with a phone number
to call -- to let us know where they are -- and to allow trained H.R. professionals
to begin providing whatever is needed as quickly as possible.
Now, perhaps like me, you are asking, "What can I do?" There is an answer.
The company has had for some time an arm of our charitable giving called,
"The McDonald's Family Charity." This exists solely for McDonald's employees
and RMHC to donate monies that go to McDonald's employees in need. Jim and
Mike have pledged to match -- dollar for dollar -- all monies donated to the
"Family Charity." Simply go to "AccessMCD" and you'll find all the information
necessary to donate.
I would also ask you to look for other ways your operations -- your restaurants
-- and your company employees can offer additional support. You are limited
only by your creativity as to the number of ways you can help and I can assure
you that every centavo and real is badly needed.
I know in my heart that, should something like this happen to any part of
Latin America, McDonald's would come to our aid. For now, the responsibility
-- and the opportunity -- is for US to help others and I'm confident that
Latin Americans will open their big hearts and find many ways to help.
You have my thanks -- and my personal assurance that these monies are going
to men and women just like you and me who are facing a very uncertain future.
Jose
"To be Latin America's favorite place and way to eat"
-Latin America Vision
Jose Armario
McDonald's Latin America
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