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| SEATTLE - Up until five months ago, Ted Gachowski's weekly chemotherapy appointment was one long, tedious slog through the Virginia Mason Medical Center.
The retired engineer, battling lymphoma since 1999, typically began his journey at 8 a.m. in the first-floor lobby. There he would be directed to the sixth-floor laboratory for blood testing. Next, Gachowski, 63, would board one of the hospital's notoriously slow elevators to meet his oncologist on the second floor. If the lab results weren't ready, he would wait some more.
Then back to the elevators for the trek up to 12 and even more waiting. Around lunchtime -- if things went smoothly -- Gachowski would be seated in a noisy "bullpen" with half a dozen other patients, finally getting the intravenous chemotherapy he came for. By 10 p.m., exhausted from the 17-hour odyssey, Gachowski would arrive home.
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Toyota contributes 7.5 millon to hurricane relief! |
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Toyota Contributions to Hurricane Relief Top $7.5 Million
September 28, 2005 - New York, NY Toyota companies today announced additional support for victims of the Gulf Coast hurricanes. To date, 2005 hurricane relief pledges from Toyota and its 38,000 employees in North America exceed $7.5 million, including in-kind donations.
Toyota's efforts toward hurricane relief include:
• More than $6.5 million in corporate contributions, the majority of which went to the American Red Cross
• A total of $800,000 in company-matched employee donations
• A donation of five Hino trucks, worth an estimated $200,000, to the American Red Cross
• Return transportation for a team of medical personnel who were assisting in American Red Cross relief efforts
• Assistance by Toyota Financial Services and Lexus Financial Services to affected customers including a 90-day extension on payments and suspension of credit bureau reporting and collection
• Shipment of supplies, food and clothing donated by Toyota employees across North America
To stimulate further giving, employee contributions to the American Red Cross and other relief organizations will be extended through the end of October.
Toyota established operations in the US in 1957 and currently operates eight US manufacturing plants, with two more under construction. There are over 1,400 Toyota, Lexus and Scion dealerships located in 50 US states. Selling over 2 million vehicles in the US in 2004, Toyota has a direct US investment of over $13 billion and direct US employment of over 31,000. According to a 2005 Center for Automotive Research study, Toyota, along with its dealers and suppliers, has generated over 386,000 U.S. jobs - including jobs created through spending by direct, dealer and supplier employees.
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