Duke Energy funds $100,000 in upgrades to the American Red Cross Emergency app, helping increase accessibility among diverse audiences
Summary
Enhancements help remove language, location and ability barriers and improve the overall user experience, ensuring all customers can have critical tools and preparedness information at their fingertips.As storm threats continue to grow, we want to ensure our communities most vulnerable to climate risk and least able to prepare have access to trusted, tailored and actionable resources, said Amy Strecker, Duke Energy Foundation president. It is free, is available in both English and Spanish and offers a variety of features informed by recent design studies and testing with differently abled audiences, including content at the Grade 6 reading level and enhanced gamification for disaster- and hazard-related updates.Were so grateful for Duke Energy and their generous sponsorship of the Red Cross Emergency app, said Allie Taylor, chief executive officer of the American Red Cross of North Carolina. The app is an accessible, customizable tool that offers preparedness tips, area weather alerts, an interactive map of shelter locations and so much more to help keep your family safe, and were thankful for partners like Duke Energy who help make this possible.Over the past eight years, Duke Energy and its Foundation have donated nearly $2.7 million to the American Red Cross in support of disaster relief. To underscore its commitment to building resilient communities equipped to prepare and respond in times of crisis, the Duke Energy Foundation will also: Donate $1 to the Red Cross for every download from iOS and Android app stores through June 30, up to $20,000. Its natural gas utilities serve 1.7 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky.Duke Energy is executing an ambitious clean energy transition, keeping reliability, affordability and accessibility at the forefront as the company works toward net-zero methane emissions from its natural gas business by 2030 and net-zero carbon emissions from electricity generation by 2050.