Arizona Human Resources Association Donates Funds to Assist Katrina Evacuees
The Arizona Society for Human Resources Management (AZSHRM) announced today it will contribute a significant amount of its operating reserves to the relief efforts assisting the individuals displaced by the tragedy following Hurricane Katrina.
Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) September 16, 2005
The Arizona Society for Human Resources Management (AZSHRM), an affiliate of the worldÂ’s largest human resources association, the Society for Human Resources Management, headquartered in Washington, D. C., announced today it will contribute a significant amount of its operating reserves to the relief efforts assisting the individuals displaced by the tragedy following Hurricane Katrina. AZSHRM, a non-profit organization, will contribute $41,000 from its reserve to the efforts being led by the American Red Cross and World Care, a Tucson-based organization assisting with relief efforts in Arizona.
"Our organization has held a reserve of excellent size for a non-profit professional association and we have always reinvested these funds in the education and professional development of our members," stated Jack Milligan, State Council Director for AZSHRM. Milligan continued, "we are humbled and very happy to be in the position to be able to contribute the majority of our reserves so that those affected by this terrible tragedy will be able to get their lives back on track as quickly as possible."
AZSHRM is a non-profit organization comprised of local professional associations dedicated to the human resources professions. ItÂ’s member associations include the Central Arizona Human Resources Management Association, the East Valley Human Resources Association, the Employment Management Association of Greater Phoenix, the Northern Arizona Human Resources Association, the Prescott Area Human Resources Association, the Senior Human Resources Executive Council, the Southern Arizona Human Resources Association, the Society for Human Resources Management of Greater Tucson, and the Valley of the Sun Human Resources Association. For more information about AZSHRM, please visit www. azshrm. org.
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