Anheuser-Busch Sends Drinking Water To Hurricane Matthew Victims

CARTERSVILLE, GA -- Anheuser-Busch is stepping up to the plate in an effort to help those affected by Hurricane Matthew.

The company's brewery in Cartersville, Ga., is sending nine truckloads of emergency drinking water to Georgia and Florida.

The decision to ship more than 450,000 cans of water is in response to an urgent request from the American Red Cross which is preparing to open as many as 100 evacuation shelters.

The water is being fast-tracked from the brewery, which periodically pauses production to can safe, clean emergency drinking water.

Deliveries are heading to Union City, which located just south of Atlanta, and Deerfield Beach, West Palm Beach, Fort Pierce, Orlando, Melbourne and Daytona Beach in Florida.

“We are humbled to help out our neighbors in urgent times like this,” said Craig Tomeo, senior general manager of Anheuser-Busch’s Jacksonville Brewery. “Putting our production and logistics strengths to work by providing safe, clean drinking water is the best way we can help right now."

Before this latest move, Anheuser-Busch has donated more than 1 million cans of emergency drinking water this year, including for severe flooding in Louisiana this summer, the company stated.

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