First Choice Power's Customers and Employees Surpass $500,000 for Katrina Relief

(FORT WORTH, Texas) — September 20, 2005 — First Choice Power’s customers and employees helped raise more than $500,000 for American Red Cross hurricane relief efforts with a company match from its parent company, PNM Resources.

“The generosity of our customers and employees was overwhelming,” said Jeff Shorter, president, First Choice Power. “This helps buy medicine, food, water, shelter and clothes. It helps support volunteers so they can provide much-needed assistance to the hurricane victims.”

PNM and First Choice pledged to match as much as $75,000 in customer and employee contributions on Aug. 31, days after Katrina struck the Gulf Coast. In less than a week, donations exceeded the match, prompting PNM Resources to raise the company match to $100,000. In the end, more than $500,000 was donated to the Red Cross through the effort.

“We’re very proud of the community partnership that‘s been shown with our customers in such a worthy cause, and the American Red Cross is thankful to those who contributed,” Shorter said.

 

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