Trust Fund Donations Top $3 Million

(Akron/Tire Review) Bridgestone Americas Holding said that the Bridgestone/Firestone Trust Fund donated more than $3 million to nearly 700 U.S. charities and non-profits in 2005, including more than $800,000 to charities in Middle Tennessee.

Published: January 3, 2006

The donations included relief funds for victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Along with a donation from the Trust Fund, Bridgestone Corp. donated $1 million to the American Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund.

In addition, volunteers from the company teamed up with the Nashville Area Red Cross, Second Harvest Food Bank and the Tennessee Titans for the Titans Drive for Relief. During the weekend event, almost two hundred pints of blood, thousands of pounds of food and more than $260,000 dollars were donated to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Yokohama Rubber donates to Eastern Taiwan earthquake relief

Through its Yokohama Magokoro Fund, Yokohama Rubber will donate a combined ¥1 million (approx. $6,380).

By Christian Hinton

Published: May 3, 2024

Yokohama Rubber shared its deepest condolences and sympathies to the families who have lost loved ones and to all those who have been affected by the earthquake in Eastern Taiwan. In response, Yokohama Rubber and its employee-backed Yokohama Magokoro Fund said it will donate a combined ¥1 million (approx. $6,380) through the Japanese Red Cross Society to support relief efforts in the region.