Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation Announces $250,000 Contribution to Tsunami Relief Effort

ST. LOUIS--Jan. 1, 20051, 2005--Enterprise Rent-A-Car has announced that it is making a cash donation of $250,000 through its charitable foundation to the International Red Cross to help in the massive tsunami relief efforts.

"While our company does not operate in those portions of the world that sustained great physical damage from the tsunami, it is obvious from the outpouring of contributions from throughout the world that a disaster of this scale will require a comprehensive response of public and private funds," said Jo Ann Taylor Kindle, president of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation, the charitable arm of the company. "On behalf of our company and all 57,000 of our employees, we are happy to be able to help with this relief effort."

The company, which operates in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Germany, has a limited number of employees with origins in the countries that sustained damage from the tsunami.

"We are thankful that no Enterprise employees or immediate family members were hurt by the tsunami," said Taylor Kindle. "A number of our employees, however, do have extended family and friends in the affected regions. Our thoughts and prayers are with those people and all people who are struggling to come to terms with the impact of the events of December 26th."

Started in 1982 by Enterprise Rent-A-Car founder Jack Taylor, the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation was established to allow the company to give back to the communities where Enterprise customers and employees live and work. In the past 10 years alone, the Taylor family, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation have given nearly $150 million to a wide range of causes. For more information, please visit www.enterprise.com.