Boeing to contribute $1 million to American Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina Relief; Will match employee contributions.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-2 September 2005-BOEING COMPANY: Boeing to contribute $1 million to American Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina Relief; Will match employee contributions(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01092005 CHICAGO - The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced today that it will donate $1 million to the American Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts and will match employee and retiree contributions to that organization through the company's Employees Community Fund.

The match is dollar-for-dollar for employees and 50 cents-on-the-dollar for eligible employees retired from Boeing. It extends through September 26. Employees all over the company responded soon after the scale and scope of the tragedy emerged, according to Toni Bailey, vice...