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Tim Cook is taking his moral responsibility stance seriously not that that that's surprising. 9 to 5 Mac says Apple

CEO has penned a letter to company's staff about Hurricane Harvey. Addressed in

the letter what Apple is doing to help in the general recovery as well as what it's doing to help Apple employees specifically

on the general recovery Apple CEO wrote as Harvey making landfall, we put in motion critical

donation programs. Apple is making it easy for customers to donate directly to the

American Red Cross through the App Store, iTunes, and Apple.com, and we're matching employee

donations two for one. Thanks to your generosity and that of our users, Apple has helped

raise more than $1 dollars in just the past few

days that's in addition to the 2 million dollars Apple pledged to the Red Cross over the

weekend. Cook went on to Wright.

I was in Austin the day before Harvey came ashore, and the team was already bracing for

the storm and the long recovery.

Today that work continues.

At our Austin campuses, we are kicking off a donation drive in partnership with the Central Texas Food Bank and Cafe Max to collect food, diapers, and personal hygiene items, all things that are critical in the aftermath of a storm

of this magnitude.

Looking specifically to Apple employees, Cook wrote, on the ground Apple's global crisis management team is working to support our employees

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