UPS SUPPORTS DISASTER RELIEF

Logistics Insight Asia, 1/5/2008

UPS has announced that it is contributing more than US$1 million (7 million RMB) in cash and in-kind support to the earthquake relief efforts in China through itscharitable arm, The UPS Foundation.

Besides a cash donation of US$500,000 to the American Red Cross, UPS has pledged an additional US$500,000 for in-kind support to aid the delivery of relief supplies. An additional US$50,000 has been pledged locally to the China Charity Federation.

In addition, UPS has expanded its support of relief efforts in Myanmar to include in-kind shipping and logistical support and expertise. UPS will deploy a supply chain expert to Thailand as part of the United Nations’ Logistics Emergency Teams in support of the World Food Program’s aid efforts to Myanmar. UPS is also providing an airplane to fl y relief supplies from Utah to Thailand where they will be processed for transport to Myanmar.