NORFOLK, Va., June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Norfolk Southern
Foundation is providing $830,000 to assist communities along its lines in
Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi that face long-term recovery efforts due
to Hurricane Katrina.
"With the start of this hurricane season, many of the communities
Norfolk Southern serves are still struggling to recover from the last one.
We hope these funds will hasten a full recovery and help these communities
become better prepared to weather future storms," said Norfolk Southern
Chief Executive Officer Wick Moorman.
Norfolk Southern has more than 1,800 employees who live and work in the
Gulf Coast states affected by the hurricane.
The donation is the second part of an NS assistance program to support
community economic development efforts, environmental clean-up and
rebuilding of houses, schools and other infrastructure.
Immediately following the hurricane, NS employees contributed more than
$176,000, and the Norfolk Southern Foundation matched the amount, for a
total of more than $352,000, to assist communities with critical needs. The
NS Foundation is the charitable giving arm of Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE:
NSC).
The funding announced today will go to the following relief
organizations and localities:
* Alabama: Governor's Emergency Relief Fund, city of Mobile
* Louisiana: Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, Jefferson Parish, St.
Bernard Parish, St. Tammany Parish, city of Slidell
* Mississippi: Mississippi Hurricane Recovery Fund, cities of Hattiesburg,
Laurel, Meridian and Picayune and Clarke, Forrest, Jasper, Jones, Lamar,
Lauderdale and Pearl River counties
Norfolk Southern Corporation is one of the nation's premier
transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway subsidiary operates
approximately 21,200 route miles in 22 states, the District of Columbia and
Ontario, Canada, serving every major container port in the eastern United
States and providing superior connections to western rail carriers. NS
operates the most extensive intermodal network in the East and is North
America's largest rail carrier of automotive parts and finished vehicles.
SOURCE Norfolk Southern Corporation
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