NEW CANAAN, Conn., May 14, 2001 (PRIMEZONE) - AmeriCares(r), the international disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization, announced today a strategic partnership with AccuWeather, Inc., the World's Weather Authority(tm).
AccuWeather will provide AmeriCares with up-to-the-minute weather information around the world and access to its 100 meteorologists -- the most forecasting under one roof, anywhere -- 24 hours a day. This information will enable AmeriCares to more efficiently maintain its relief readiness. Known for its quick response to both natural and man-made crises, AmeriCares has found yet another way to stay two steps ahead of potential weather-related disasters by establishing this partnership with AccuWeather.
AccuWeather will also feature a link from its Website to AmeriCares' home page, allowing Web browsers to find out more about AmeriCares' emergency response when hurricanes, tornadoes, mud slides, floods and tsunamis strike. AmeriCares' Website could potentially receive an additional 1,000,000 impressions per month from this on-line agreement.
"AmeriCares is thrilled to team up with AccuWeather in this forward- thinking approach to relief preparation," stated Robert C. Macauley, Founder and Chairman of AmeriCares. "This strategic partnership will enable AmeriCares to more readily determine the magnitude of each disaster and the quantity of the relief supplies that are needed."
"AccuWeather's 400 staff members are pleased to lend their talents to AmeriCares and its efforts to alleviate worldwide suffering by providing these forecasts and information which can help their staff provide timely advance notification of severe weather events to those who may be effected anywhere in the world," Dr. Joel N. Myers, AccuWeather Founder and President, noted.
AccuWeather, the World's Weather Authority, provides a portfolio of products and services that benefit hundreds of millions of people worldwide; through the airwaves, via the Internet, in print and behind the scenes. AccuWeather services 15,000 customers in media, business, government and institutions, and millions more through AccuWeather.com. AccuWeather also provides content on more than 1,200 Internet sites including CNN Interactive, MSNBC, The Associated Press, The Washington Post and the New York Times.
AmeriCares is the nonprofit disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization, which provides immediate response to emergency medical needs, and supports long-term healthcare programs for people around the world, irrespective of race, creed or political persuasion. Since its inception in 1982, AmeriCares has delivered more than $2.9 billion in aid to 137 nations worldwide. Help AmeriCares to continue its relief efforts by sending cash donations to AmeriCares, 161 Cherry Street, New Canaan, CT 06840; by calling AmeriCares at 1.800.486.HELP; or by logging onto www.americares.org.
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CONTACT: AmeriCares, New Canaan
Elizabeth Griffin
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