AMCHAM NEWS & EVENTS
AMCHAM NEWS & EVENTS
Winter 2017 / Issue 52
Recognition of Support for Skopje Flood Relief and Anti-Hunger Campaign
On an event hosted by U . S . Ambassador Baily and Mrs . Capie Polk at their residence on Vodno , AmCham recognized the member companies that donated in response to Skopje ’ s floods this summer and / or Red Cross Macedonia ’ s “ Think of Us ” 2016 campaign against hunger .
A total of 20 of our members responded to this summer ’ s Skopje flood with roughly € 474.000 of funding and donations in kind . The largest by far was a
€ 100.000 funds donation from Pivara Skopje . Other sizeable contributions came from Granit ( loaned equipment & volunteer operators ), as well as substantial funds donations from EVN Macedonia , Stopanska Banka , Cementarnica Usje , Komercijalna Banka and Makedonski Telekom .
For the third year in a row , this year ’ s Thanksgiving fundraiser was in support of the Red Cross “ Think of Us ” campaign , which provides food to many local families at risk throughout the year . The AmCham team encouraged members to donate and , though this year ’ s donations were a bit dampened by the attention on Skopje ’ s flood recovery , 17 of our members still supported this campaign with over
€ 9,000 of cash and donations in kind . That translates into one-time aid sufficient to feed roughly 360 families for 2-3 weeks .
List of the members that donated :
Alliance One Avto Moto Sojuz na Makedonija Ecotip EVN Macedonia Halkbank Inbox Archive & Data Center Karanovic & Nikolic Nova International Schools Ohridska Banka Okta Polenak Law Firm Savings House Fulm Silk Road Bank SNB React Sparkasse Banka Uniqa Van Hool
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