FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 31, 2020
SOUTH32 COMMITS ADDITIONAL $90,500 IN COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDS FOR SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
South32, owner of the Hermosa Project near Patagonia, Arizona, committed today to more than
$90,000 in additional donations to support local COVID-19 relief efforts, including a $5,500
contribution to the Patagonia Unified School District, a $60,000 donation to Santa Cruz County, and a
$25,000 additional contribution to the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona’s COVID-19
Community Support Fund.
The funds provided to Patagonia schools will be used to purchase Chromebooks for distance learning
during the pandemic-related school closures, while the donation to the county will be used to purchase personal protective equipment and medical tents for emergency response and testing. The company’s total contributions to the CFSA COVID-19 Community Support Fund now stand at $50,000 and will be earmarked to support non-profit organizations based in Santa Cruz County, Arizona.
The Community Foundation for Southern Arizona established the COVID-19 Community Response
Fund on March 12 to help ensure continuity of mission-critical services provided by nonprofits
organizations in the area. More information about the fund can be found at
https://cfsaz.org/donors/donate/covid.
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About South32
South32 is a globally diversified mining and metals company. We produce bauxite, alumina, aluminium,
energy and metallurgical coal, manganese, nickel, silver, lead and zinc at our operations in Australia,
Southern Africa and South America. We are also the owner of the Hermosa Project a high-grade zinc,
lead and silver development option, and have several partnerships with junior explorers with a focus on base metals. Our purpose is to make a difference by developing natural resources, improving people’s lives now and for generations to come, and to be trusted by our owners and partners to realise the potential of their resources.
About Community Foundation for Southern Arizona
Since 1980, the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona (CFSA) has been a trusted
philanthropic partner helping individuals, families, businesses, and non-profits work together to create
a stronger community. These funding partnerships allow CFSA to improve the quality of life
throughout Southern Arizona by stewarding donor and community resources to measurably affect
change. CFSA has awarded over $200 million in grants and scholarships to non-profits and
educational institutions. For more information, visit www.cfsaz.org or call (520) 770-0800.
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