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UPS Foundation Supports China Disaster Relief Effort

UPS is contributing more than US$1 million (7 million RMB) in cash and in-kind support to the earthquake relief efforts in China through its charitable arm, The UPS Foundation.

UPS is making a cash donation of $500,000 to the American Red Cross in support of Red Cross earthquake response efforts on the ground, led by the Red Cross Society of China. UPS has pledged an additional $500,000 for in-kind support to aid the delivery of relief supplies.

An additional US$50,000 (350,000 RMB) has been pledged locally to the China Charity Federation for medicine, biscuits, clothing, quilts, drinking water, tents, umbrella, torches, candles and masks among other items. The China Charity Federation is a China-based non-governmental humanitarian agency that provides assistance to low-income families and offers social relief work to those in need.



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The UPS Foundation President Honored by Atlanta YWCA

Lisa HamiltonLisa Hamilton, The UPS Foundation President, has been honored by the Atlanta YWCA as one of the community's top ten female role models. Lisa was honored for her lifelong commitment to community service, both with UPS and as a leader with many other service organizations.

For more than 20 years, the YWCA has honored Atlanta's premier female role models through the Academy of Women Achievers. According to the YWCA, "These women represent what every young girl hopes she can become and will become with opportunity and support." Members of the Academy include Jane Fonda, Mayor Shirley Franklin, Monica Kaufman, Gladys Knight and Rosalynn Carter.

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UPS Places Largest Order Ever for Hybrid Electric Trucks

UPS Hybrid Electric VehicleUPS announced it has ordered 200 hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) - the largest commercial order of such trucks by any company - in addition to another 300 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles for its U.S. delivery fleet.

The purchase of the 500 additional vehicles means the UPS alternative fuel fleet - already the largest such private fleet in the United States - will grow 30 percent from 1,718 to 2,218 low-carbon vehicles.

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