Donations are still coming in to help out area nonprofits following Winter Storm Uri.
The latest is a $50,000 donation from Mitsubishi Gas Chemical in Tokyo Japan. The money will be split between four area nonprofits. $12,500 will go to each of these local organizations: the American Red Cross, Killeen Food Care Center, Greater Killeen Community Clinic and United Way of Central Texas.
Millions of people were left without power, water, and other basic needs as Winter Storm Uri rolled through Texas. These four organizations were among many that jumped into action to help those that needed it in Killeen. This donation will help these organizations continue to provide the help people need.
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical, of Tokyo, Japan, recently donated a total of $50,000 to four area nonprofits to assist with winter storm recovery efforts.
The parent company of MGC Pure Chemicals America (MPCA), located in Killeen, wanted to help those in the Killeen community affected by the winter storm that ravaged Texas in mid-February.
Recipients of these donations were the American Red Cross, Killeen Food Care Center, Greater Killeen Community Clinic and United Way of Central Texas, according to a news release.
âWe are so grateful to MGC for their $12,500 donation,â Killeen Food Care Center Director Raymond Cockrell said in the release. âWe can buy 87,000 meals with that $12,500. In the week immediately following the storm we distributed food to 1,800 families with right at 100,000 pounds of groceries.â
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