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Pfizer Australia Donates $20,000 to Rebuild Port Lincoln Community

Thursday February 24, 2005

Australia’s leading research based medicines company, Pfizer Australia, has today made donations to the South Australian Farmers Federation and the Salvation Army to help rebuild communities devastated by the Port Lincoln bushfires in early January.

Pfizer Australia is donating $10,000 to the South Australian Farmers Federation which will help the farming community rebuild after loss of stock, structure and income source from the fires.

Pfizer Australia is also making a donation of $4,700 to the Salvation Army to aid them in rebuilding the devastated Eyre Peninsula community. This money was raised by Pfizer Australia staff through various fundraising events.

Pfizer Australia also donated over $5,000 of Visine, Rosken Hand cream and Aquasun to the regions firefighters as they battled the raging bushfires in January. Deborah MacFie, Director of Nursing at Tumby Bay Hospital said “The donation was very useful for the volunteers exposed to smoke, dust and ash. We really appreciated Pfizer’s efforts to secure and forward a large quantity of products at very short notice and we are extremely grateful.”

Pfizer Australia also sponsored a local medical meeting called 'Dealing with Trauma' which involved the Eyre Peninsula Division of General Practice, the Eyre Peninsula Regional Mental Health Service, a local counselor and several visiting psychiatrists.

Alison Casey, District Sales Manager at Pfizer Australia said “It makes me very proud to be part of an organization that is able to react so quickly and dedicate vital support in so many ways.”