CMP eMployees Give $15,000 for Red Cross Disaster Relief.Business Editors AUGUSTA, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2001 A special day of fund-raising among Central Maine Power Co. employees has raised more than $15,000 to help the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. assist victims and families affected by last week's terrorist attacks. Volunteers collected $15,386 in cash donations and signed up 100 blood donors Friday at CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine. (1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information general offices in Augusta and at other company locations. Additional pledges continue to be received. Local 1837 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is a labor union which represents workers in the electrical industry in the United States and Canada, particularly electricians, or Inside Wiremen, in the construction industry and linemen and other employees of public cooperated in the contribution drive. "I'm proud of our employees' generous response," said CMP President Sara J. Burns. "We had people donating before the volunteers had their tables set up. Our employees were touched by the tragedy inflicted on thousands of innocent people, and were eager to help." Burns said CMP would match every dollar donated by employees with another dollar in shareholder funds provided by parent company Energy East. Central Maine Power Co. (www.cmpco.com) serves more than 545,000 customers in central and southern Maine. CMP is a subsidiary of Energy East Corp. (www.energyeast.com), an energy services and delivery company serving approximately 2 million customers (1.4 million electricity and 600,000 natural gas) in upstate New York Upstate New York is the region of New York State north of the core of the New York metropolitan area. It has a population of 7,121,911 out of New York State's total 18,976,457. Were it an independent state, it would be ranked 13th by population. and New England. Energy East's New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. symbol is EAS. |
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