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(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 01 - The US group Capri HoldingsLimited has decided to support the fight against Coronavirus with 3 million dollars. An initiative that involves all the brands in the group's orbit, Michael Kors, Versace and Jimmy Choo.
Specifically, Michael Kors will allocate one million dollars for relief operations in New York. In addition, the brand's founder, together with John Idol, will make a further personal donation of one million dollars. The funds will be distributed among relief organizations in the city, such as Nyu Langone Health and New York PresbyterianHospital, which will receive $ 750,000 each to support patient care, financial aid for first-line medical staff and for research. For God's Love We Deliver250 thousand dollars to finance meals to be delivered in all five districts to the most fragile citizens. Another 250 thousand dollars will go to A Common Thread, Cfda / Vogue Fashion Fund for Covid-19 Relief, which collects financial aid for small businesses in the fashion world. Versace has also allocated $ 500,000 to local aid in the fight against the pandemic. The donation is added to that of a million RMB donated in February to the Chinese Red CrossFoundation. The new funds will support the San Raffaeledi hospital in Milan, which will receive $ 400,000 to provide critical aid to the intensive care unit and the National Chamber of Italian Fashion, to which $ 100,000 will go for the "Italy, We Are With You" project, an initiative to donate respirators. and medical equipment to the country's hospitals. Last month Donatella Versace and her daughter Allegra Versace Beck donated € 200,000 to the intensive care unit of the San Raffaele hospital. Finally by Jimmy Choo, 500,000 dollars to support relief operations, both in England and in the rest of the world. In particular, NationalHealth Service Covid-19 Urgent Appeal by Nhs Charities Together will receive $ 250,000 and The World Health Organization'sCovid-19 Solidarity Response Fund will get $ 250,000.
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