CEMEX secures grants for more than 80 non-profits nationwide in fight against COVID-19
CEMEX USA | December 21, 2020
CEMEX USA announced today it has reached a milestone in its endeavors to help the battle against COVID-19, conveying grants this year from its humanitarian arm, the CEMEX Foundation, to in excess of 80 non-benefit associations cross country to help give food, safe house, wellbeing and instruction in networks profoundly influenced by the pandemic.
As the Covid spread across the U.S. in March 2020, CEMEX USA workers looked for occasions to help by distinguishing non-benefit associations giving basic alleviation inside CEMEX's operational impression and proposing award solicitations to the CEMEX Foundation. The grants conveyed by CEMEX USA workers have given in excess of a quarter million dinners to those confronting food instability and by and large have emphatically affected in excess of 200,000 individuals across California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, Alabama, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Florida.
"COVID-19 has created far-reaching impacts and unparalleled challenges, prompting thousands of families to request additional support for food and shelter while they continuously worry about the health and safety of themselves and their loved ones. At CEMEX USA, we wanted to help our neighbors and communities during this unprecedented time," said CEMEX USA President Jaime Muguiro. "The help provided by non-profits right now is critical, and we are proud to be able to deliver significant support for their initiatives that are making a difference in our communities."
Over the previous year, notwithstanding suppers, the gifts helped reserve the improvement of in excess of 20,000 bits of individual defensive hardware (PPE) for clinical staff and specialists on call on the forefronts of the pandemic. With the extra subsidizing, non-benefits were likewise ready to keep on financing safe house and training programs just as offer monetary help for those out of luck.