Anheuser-Busch to Deliver Canned Water to Texas Flood Victims.Business Editors ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2001 Anheuser-Busch (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BUD) will provide 4,800 cases of canned water to Southeast Texas Southeast Texas is a subregion of East Texas located in the southeast corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The subregion is geographically centered around the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown and Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan areas. residents in response to the recent flooding caused by the tropical storm Allison This article is about the Atlantic tropical storm of 2001. For other storms of the same name, see Tropical Storm Allison (disambiguation). Tropical Storm Allison was a tropical storm that devastated southeast Texas in June of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. . One shipment of 2,400 cases is expected to arrive in Houston Monday at 7 a.m. at the Salvation Army Salvation Army, Protestant denomination and international nonsectarian Christian organization for evangelical and philanthropic work. Organization and Beliefs The Salvation Army has established branches in 100 countries throughout the world. at 2600 Aldine Westfield. The other shipment of 2,400 cases will arrive at the Dallas Salvation Army at 9216 Harry Hines Blvd. at approximately 7 a.m. Monday. The Salvation Army will then distribute the water to those in need on Monday or Tuesday. The request for the water donation was made by the Salvation Army. "This water will be distributed to those in need across 27 counties in Southeast Texas," said Jan Porter, volunteer coordinator, corporate relations for the Salvation Army. "It will be offered first to those who rely on well water for their drinking needs." The water was canned at the Anheuser-Busch Cartersville brewery, and Metal Container Corporation in Rome, Ga., a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch Companies, supplied the cans. "It's important for communities to pull together and lend a helping hand in times of need," said Mike Harding, vice president of operations for Anheuser-Busch. "Anheuser-Busch is proud to provide fresh water to the people of Texas in their time of need." Helping communities cope with natural disasters has been an Anheuser-Busch tradition since 1906 when Adolphus Busch made a donation to victims of the San Francisco earthquake San Francisco earthquake disaster claiming many lives and most of city (1906). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 443–444] See : Disaster . Today, in addition to providing monetary support, the Anheuser-Busch breweries package fresh drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. and donate it to emergency relief organizations for distribution to those in need. In the past five years, Anheuser-Busch has donated more than 21 million cans of water to victims of natural disasters. SOURCE: Anheuser-Busch |
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