Richmond, VA — Donated General Cigar day $ 20,000 to the Ducks Unlimited (DU) on behalf of the international Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR). The donation will support the DUS habitat restoration efforts along the coast to the Gulf of Mexico.
"The city of New Orleans and the Gulf region has been gracious hosts to IPCPR, and we felt it was important to assist the region in their time of need," commented Debo Mukherjee, Vice President of marketing for General Cigar. "We chose to represent this category for premium cigar by contributing to the Ducks unlimited because we value their long-term commitment to help restore coastal wetlands in the Gulf Coast, and because we are particularly satisfied with their response to the oil slick. "
"IPCPR and General Cigar generous donation will help us to continue efforts habitat restoration in the Gulf Coast wetlands," said Philip Milburn, head of marketing and corporate relations at you.-it is a challenge that we have committed to more than 20 years. General Cigar support will go a long way in helping to finance programs critical to the restoration, enhancement and protection of Gulf Coast remaining coastal wetlands. "
Approaching the fall waterfowl migrations, millions of ducks, geese and other migratory birds will head toward the Gulf Coast.In a few years, have as many as 13 million ducks and geese wintered in the region of 1.5 million Gulf Coast; despite efforts to preserve the Ducks unlimited and its partners continue this region losing an area about the size of a football field all 30 minutes.Louisiana only has already lost more than 1 million hectares of coastal wetlands.
General Cigar's commitment to support the coastal route out restoration derives from its extensive corporate citizenship program is underwritten by the company, since 1992, General Cigar actively provided agricultural and environmental aid in the Dominican Republic and Honduras, where the company's premium cigars handcrafts.
NOTE TO NEW ORLEANS MEDIA:
Managers from General Cigar to make a formal check box presentation to representatives of Ducks unlimited on Tuesday, August 10 at 9: 15 PM, Generation Hall (310 Andrew Higgins drive) in New Orleans.Representatives of both companies will be available for interviews in New Orleans on Thursday, August 12.If General Cigar
General Cigar co. Inc., a subsidiary of Swedish Match, manufactures and markets for premium cigars craft market.Burning delivers cigars of the finest quality, General Cigar producing Macanudo ® and Partagas ®, Cohiba ®, bonfire, Excalibur ®, Hoyo de Monterrey ®, La Gloria Cubana ® and several other industry-leading brands, which are sold through tobacco shops nationwide.In addition, the company grows its own proprietary Connecticut Shade wrapper tobacco, as well as natural and candela wrapper in the Dominican Republic; General Cigar Club Macanudo ® also operates, a cigar bar in New York; For more information, visit www.cigarworld.com
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Ducks Unlimited is the world's largest wetland and waterfowl conservation, Ducks Unlimited is the world's largest non-profit organization in order to conserve North America's constantly disappearing waterfowl habitats. Established in 1937, Ducks Unlimited conserved for more than 12 million hectare thanks to contributions from more than one million supporters across the continent. guided by science, and dedicated to the programme efficiency, work toward the vision of wetlands sufficient to fill the skies with waterfowl today, tomorrow and forever, if you want to know more visit www.ducks.org.
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