MAXIMUS Contributes $90,000 to Haiti Earthquake Relief
RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MAXIMUS (NYSE:MMS), a leading provider of government services, announced today that it has made a donation of $90,000 in employee contributions and corporate matching funds to Project HOPE to aid the earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.
"In keeping with our organizational commitment to social responsibility, all of us at MAXIMUS want to do our part to help the many children and families of Haiti in dire need of medical care, food, water, and shelter," commented MAXIMUS CEO Richard Montoni. "We appreciate the outpouring of compassion and support from our employees, and we are honored to make this contribution to Project HOPE."
Donations provided by MAXIMUS have helped Project HOPE to mobilize staff members and medical volunteers to Haiti, including the 36 volunteer nurses and doctors serving onboard the USNS Comfort. In addition, the funds will help Project HOPE continue to make regular shipments of supplies and medicines over the coming weeks and months. Project HOPE has worked in Haiti for the past two decades to provide both humanitarian assistance and health programs.
"Through this significant donation made by MAXIMUS and its generous employees, Project HOPE is providing immediate relief to the Haitian people during this time of crisis," said John P. Howe, III, M.D., President and CEO of Project HOPE. "With support from partners like MAXIMUS, we have sent nearly $10.5 million of donated medical supplies and critically needed medicines to help care for those injured in the January 12th earthquake."
About MAXIMUS
MAXIMUS is a leading provider of government services worldwide and is devoted to providing health and human services program management and consulting services to its clients. The Company has more than 6,500 employees located in more than 220 offices in the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Israel. Additionally, MAXIMUS is included in the Russell 2000 Index and the S&P SmallCap 600 Index.
About Project HOPE
Founded in 1958, Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere) is dedicated to providing lasting solutions to health problems with the mission of helping people to help themselves. Identifiable to many by the SS HOPE, the world's first peacetime hospital ship, Project HOPE now provides medical training and health education, as well as conducts humanitarian assistance programs in more than 35 countries. For more information, please visit www.projecthope.org.
Source: MAXIMUS
Released February 9, 2010