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Press Release
The Reboot Program
How to Donate
About CDW
About LABI
About BRAF
Media Inquiries
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On December 20, CDW Corporation donated $350,000 to the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) for the Small Business Disaster Relief Fund. Founded by the LABI, the Fund provides grants to help rebuild small businesses in the four states most affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita - Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
After its initial donation, CDW also launched the "Small Business Reboot" program, challenging other businesses to contribute to the Fund as well.
CDW matched the next $350,000 in other businesses’ donations dollar-for-dollar, bringing the total small business grants available from the effort to more than $1 million. Since “Small Business Reboot’s” launch in December, the initiative has helped more than 200 Gulf-Area-based small business companies rebuild their facilities and infrastructure.
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"The long-term viability of this region’s economy depends on small business recovery. These enterprises are the backbone of the Gulf region’s economy, and they need our help now. That’s what this effort is about – providing real help, right now, where it has the greatest potential to provide both immediate and long-term benefits."
John Edwardson, CDW
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SMALL BUSINESS HURRICANE RELIEF FACTS
Small businesses create two-thirds of new private sector jobs in America, employ more than half of all workers, and account for more than half of the output of our economy
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 205,995 small businesses exist in the four states affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, creating a large need for funds
Although $2.9 billion has been raised in the past four months for hurricane relief, most of these monies are not earmarked to help the small business owner
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If you or your company is interested in donating to the Small Business Disaster Relief Fund via the "Small Business Reboot" challenge, please visit http://www.labi.org.
Funds received in this campaign will be administered by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF). BRAF is an organization described by I.R.C. Section 501(c)(3) as a non-profit organization that is exempt from federal income tax and to which contributions are tax deductible.
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CDW and its coworkers have given food, funds, on-site support and several other donations to charitable and humanitarian efforts in the Gulf region after the hurricanes. In fact, CDW’s donation and match program for the "Small Business Reboot" were made possible when CDW coworkers decided to forego their annual holiday party and use its significant budget to help in the Gulf Coast rebuilding efforts. Click here to learn more about CDW's previous donations.
CDW®, headquartered in Vernon Hills, Ill. and ranked No. 343 on the FORTUNE 500, is a leading provider of technology solutions for business, government and education. CDW is a principal source of technology products and services including top name brands such as Adobe, Apple, Cisco, HP, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, Sony, Symantec and Toshiba. CDW was founded in 1984 and today employs approximately 4,350 coworkers.
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LABI was founded 30 years ago to serve as Louisiana’s state chamber
of commerce and manufacturing association. The member-supported
organization’s mission is to foster a climate for economic growth by
championing the principles of the free enterprise system and representing
the general interests of Louisiana’s business community. With more than
3,500 members, of which more than 80 percent are small businesses, LABI
is the state’s premier business association. More information on LABI is
available at http://www.labi.org.
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LABI established eligibility criteria and engaged the nonprofit Baton Rouge Area Foundation to administer a “blind” application and evaluation process for distributing funds to small businesses. The application and evaluation process conceals business' identities from volunteer teams who screen the applications.
Baton Rouge Area Foundation is a nonprofit organization that forms partnerships with philanthropists, nonprofit organizations and other community leaders to ensure that its community can exceed any challenge, and that its residents have every opportunity to succeed. More information on the Baton Rouge Area Foundation is available at http://www.braf.org/.
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