(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting company HostGator (www.hostgator.com) announced on Monday it has donated $100,000 to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief and Development fund.
This marks HostGator’s eight year history and the third such donation to the American Red Cross (www.redcross.org).
The funds will help the Red Cross provide support for the relief efforts in Haiti, which will likely include recruiting additional aid workers, sending supplies, and providing financial resources for the recovery of the government and people of Haiti.
“What happened in Haiti is a tragedy,” says Brent Oxley, HostGator’s founder and CEO. “I’m glad to be in a position where we’re able to help those in need. It’d be wrong to do nothing in light of what happened to the people. Their lives are going to be forever changed in a way that most Americans can barely fathom.”
HostGator is also participating in the Hosting for Haiti alliance, an effort in which many Web hosting companies are providing financial and public resources for relief in Haiti.
Other companies in the hosting industry have also recently announced their contributions to the relief and aid cause, including a $500,000 donation to Hope for Haiti by Go Daddy and a $10,000 donation to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund initiative by SingleHop.
On January 12, a number of earthquakes ranging from 6.5 to 7.3 on the Richter scale, devastated island nation of Haiti.
The local government estimates the death toll to be about 200,000, with another 1.5 million people homeless.
In addition to its financial donation, HostGator says it will continue to encourage its customers and employees to donate to the efforts in Haiti through Twitter and other company communication channels.
WHIR TV recently interviewed HostGator chief marketing officer Chad Bean and chief operating officer Lance Custen about its recent employment opportunities.
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