ACCA Chapters Donate to Legal Aid
Monday, October 31, 2005
- Organization: Association of Corporate Counsel America
- Link: http://www.acca.com
Immediately following Hurricane Katrina, ACC issued a challenge to its chapters: contribute up to $5,000 to a hurricane related charity and the national office would match the contribution dollar for dollar.
ACCA is very pleased to announce that 9 chapters (Baltimore, Central Florida, Georgia, Houston, Michigan, New Jersey [NJCCA], Northeast Ohio, San Francisco Bay Area, South Florida) rose to the challenge and contributed a grand total of $28,000 to various charities. ACC matched every dollar contributed and made the following contributions:
Disaster Legal Assistance of Alabama Legal Services
$1,500.00
North Mississippi Rural Legal Services
$1,500.00
Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program
$2,000.00
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services
$500.00
The Salvation Army National Headquarters
$3,500.00
The American Red Cross
$19,000.00
