{"id":19601,"date":"2019-03-25T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-09-18T00:36:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T00:36:01","slug":"salesforce-is-named-2019-humanitarian-company-of-the-year-by-the-red-cross-of-the-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/salesforce-is-named-2019-humanitarian-company-of-the-year-by-the-red-cross-of-the-bay-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Salesforce is Named 2019 Humanitarian Company of the Year by the Red Cross of the Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Salesforce is honored to be named the 2019 Humanitarian Company of the Year<\/a> by the American Red Cross of the Bay Area. On Saturday night at the 25th Annual Red Cross Gala held at City Hall in San Francisco, Allyson Fryhoff, Senior Vice President of Salesforce.org, accepted the award on Salesforce\u2019s behalf. The Red Cross Gala is dedicated to recognizing local heroes and supporting the Red Cross mission to prevent and alleviate human suffering in the face of emergencies. Salesforce was recognized for \u201cextraordinary long-term contributions\u201d by the Red Cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSalesforce has been an extraordinary supporter of the Red Cross for more than 17 years, donating millions of dollars and more than 11,000 volunteer hours to advance our mission, and to ensure that everyone who wants to help change the world has the tools and technology to do so,\u201d said Gala Co-Chair Lindsey Haswell. \u201cThis year was no exception. Salesforce proved to be a tireless partner donating resources toward problem-solving and generous funds in the face of the most destructive wildfire in California’s history.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salesforce and Salesforce.org\u2019s overall investment in the Red Cross exceeds $2.1 million, including $325,000 donated by employees over the course of the partnership. The Red Cross noted that in 2017, Hurricane Harvey inundated the Gulf Coast with the largest amount of rainwater ever recorded in the continental United States. In one week, Salesforce employee volunteers created an application that helped the Red Cross to disperse $225 million in financial assistance to more than 573,000 households. \u201cThe application that Salesforce developed worked flawlessly and was never stressed, even during peak load times,\u201d said Gail J. McGovern, President and CEO of the Red Cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response to the devastating fires throughout Northern and Southern California in 2018, Salesforce launched a campaign to sponsor the acquisition of a new emergency response vehicle (ERV), which would be used by the Red Cross for relief supply, food distribution and other activities during national and local disasters. The funds raised supported the purchase of a next generation ERV, as well as fuel and maintenance, during the deployment of the ERV for relief operations over the lifetime of the vehicle. The new ERV was unveiled at the Gala on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n

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