First and foremost, our thoughts are with all of the people affected by Hurricane Katrina, including UPS employees and their families who live in the impacted areas.

UPS has moved more than four million pounds of supplies to aid Katrina victims.

Ongoing relief efforts
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Relief efforts include:

UPS Air

• Transported pharmaceutical supplies from Reno, Nev. to Baton Rouge, La., at the request of the Center for Disease Control.
• Operating relief flights for FEMA to move mobile hospital from Reno, Nev. to New Orleans, La.
• Transported seven trailers of relief supplies from San Diego to Jackson, Miss.
• Flew child-size cots and mattresses to Red Cross Shelters in McKinney, and Dallas, Texas.View b-roll
• Arranged the move of a mobile water treatment system from Johannesburg, South Africa, to Gulfport, Miss.
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• UPS 757 charter flew donations from San Diego to Houston.
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• Shipped more than 1,000 backpacks from Bethesda, Md. to displaced school children at shelters in Texas and Louisiana.
• Flew relief goods from Boston, Mass. to Lafayette, La.

UPS Ground

• Ten UPS tractor trailers filled with water, non-perishable goods and paper goods for FEMA (and MEMA (Mississippi Emergency Mgt. Agency) from Jackson to southern parts of the state (approx. 800,000 lbs). UPS has moved more than 1.5 million pounds of supplies for FEMA/MEMA.
• Three UPS tractor trailers moved bottled water (approx. 240,000 lbs.) from Meridian, Miss. (working with the Coca-Cola bottling plant) to Purvis, Miss. FEMA warehouse.
• Four UPS tractor trailers moved 320,000 lbs. of water from Mobile, Ala. (working with the Coca-Cola Company) for FEMA to the Stinnis NASA site in Gulfport, Miss.
• Governor of Vermont request – Five UPS feeders in a convoy of 30 vehicles moved relief supplies from Vermont into Jackson, Miss.
• Fraternal Order of Police – UPS tractor pulled a mobile kitchen from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans area.
• Tractor/trailer from Oakhaven, Miss. to Jackson, Miss. for Red Cross and the State Troopers with bottled water, tents, sleeping bags, bug spray and other supplies for emergency workers in the southern part of the state.
• Transported emergency kits and water from Dallas to Jackson for Mississippi State Troopers and Red Cross.
• Transported more than 300 cases of water from Chicago area to Jackson, Miss. View b-roll
• Moved relief supplies of water, food, baby care items and clothing from Mahwah to Houston for non-profit agency Bold, Brave and Courageous.
• UPS and the Salvation Army are collecting toys to fill two trailers in Milwaukee to deliver to children in shelters near Dallas, Texas.
• Transported five truckloads of blankets from South Carolina to Texas.
• Assisting Salvation Army to set up process for sorting, storing and creating of orders for donations in supplies warehouse in Atlanta.
• Overnite, a UPS company, moved 14 pallets of relief essentials from Fredericksburg, Va. to Atlanta, Ga.
• Moved eight truck loads of water/canned goods from Scranton, Pa. to Alexandria, La.
• Moved truck load of food products from Hileah, Fla. to Gulfport, Miss.
• The UPS Store is collecting money for its We Deliver Dreams program for Toys for Tots to provide new toys to children impacted by the hurricane.
• Overnite, a UPS company, moved nearly 8,300 of donated gallon totes containing specialized cleaning chemicals from Charlotte, N.C. to Woodstock, Ga.
• Moved nine Overnite, a UPS company, trailers of food and relief essentials from a Kroger Distribution Center in Paris, Texas to a Houston food bank.
• Overnite, a UPS company, moved 21 pallets of collected water from Merced, Calif. To American Red Cross in Houston, Texas and moved ten pallets of donated water from Sylvania, Ohio to Waterville, Ohio.
• Overnite, a UPS company, moved three pallets of specialized bug repellent clothing for relief workers from Greensboro, N.C. to Baton Rouge, La.
  
  

How can I help?

UPS will provide its in-kind assistance to efforts being coordinated by official relief and governmental agencies. UPS also is urging other individuals or organizations seeking in-kind shipping assistance to review product donation guidelines provided by the American Red Cross, The Salvation Army and Gifts-in-Kind International before conducting any drives. Previously used personal property generally does not benefit the affected communities and may make it more difficult for the critically needed items to reach those in need.

UPS service updates

For information on service impacts due to Hurricane Katrina, please visit the Service Updates section of UPS.com.

UPS press releases

09/19/05 – UPS Resumes Service to New Orleans' Business District
09/08/05 – UPS Joins Louisiana Emergency Relief Team
09/01/05 – UPS Donates $1.25 Million to Hurricane Relief

Other press releases

09/09/05 – Water Purifier Arrives From South Africa
09/09/05 – “Operation Care-Lift”: San Diego Dads Fly UPS Plane
09/04/05 – America's Second Harvest Delivers

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