- Enhancements support native or primary Spanish language
speakers, people with disabilities and adults 65+
- The Duke Energy Foundation will donate $1 to the Red Cross for every app download
through June 30, up to $20,000
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 14, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Powered by a $100,000
grant from the Duke Energy Foundation, the Red Cross unveiled today
its new and improved Emergency app for weather safety. Enhancements
help remove language, location and ability barriers and improve the
overall user experience, ensuring all customers can have critical
tools and preparedness information at their fingertips.
"As storm threats continue to grow, we want to ensure our
communities most vulnerable to climate risk and least able to
prepare have access to trusted, tailored and actionable resources,"
said Amy Strecker, Duke Energy
Foundation president. "This app will empower our customers to
better prepare for, respond to and recover from risks most common
in their area when it matters most."
The latest version of the Emergency app comes as 2024's Atlantic
hurricane season nears, beginning June
1 and lasting through Nov. 30.
It is free, is available in both English and Spanish and offers a
variety of features informed by recent design studies and testing
with differently abled audiences, including content at the Grade 6
reading level and enhanced gamification for disaster- and
hazard-related updates.
"We're so grateful for Duke Energy and their generous
sponsorship of the Red Cross Emergency app," said Allie Taylor, chief executive officer of the
American Red Cross of North
Carolina. "The app is an accessible, customizable tool that
offers preparedness tips, area weather alerts, an interactive map
of shelter locations and so much more to help keep your family
safe, and we're thankful for partners like Duke Energy who help
make this possible."
Building Resilient Communities
Over the past eight years, Duke Energy and its Foundation have
donated nearly $2.7 million to the
American Red Cross in support of disaster relief. To underscore its
commitment to building resilient communities equipped to prepare
and respond in times of crisis, the Duke Energy Foundation will
also:
- Donate $1 to the Red Cross for
every download from iOS and Android app stores through June 30, up to $20,000. The funds will help ensure the nonprofit
can continue building capacity and resources ahead of time, keeping
up with the pace of disasters and assisting customers when in
need.
- Work with local Red Cross chapters across Duke Energy's service
territories to make additional grants throughout the 2024 storm
season to assist with disaster preparedness and recovery.
Duke Energy Foundation
The Duke Energy Foundation provides more than $30 million annually in philanthropic support to
meet the needs of communities where Duke Energy customers live and
work. The Foundation is funded by Duke Energy shareholders.
Duke Energy
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune
150 company headquartered in Charlotte,
N.C., is one of America's largest energy holding companies.
The company's electric utilities serve 8.4 million customers in
North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio
and Kentucky, and collectively own
54,800 megawatts of energy capacity. Its natural gas utilities
serve 1.7 million customers in North
Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky.
Duke Energy is executing an ambitious clean energy transition,
keeping reliability, affordability and accessibility at the
forefront as the company works toward net-zero methane emissions
from its natural gas business by 2030 and net-zero carbon emissions
from electricity generation by 2050. The company is investing in
major electric grid upgrades and cleaner generation, including
expanded energy storage, renewables, natural gas and nuclear.
More information is available at duke-energy.com and
the Duke Energy News Center. Follow Duke Energy
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innovations powering our energy transition.
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