The Associated Press is reporting that the packaged goods giant is sending 1,000 bottles of Dawn dishwashing liquid to the Gulf of Mexico region to help clean wildlife affected by the oil spill.
A P&G spokeswoman told
the AP a shipment from a Kansas City plant was delivered by truck Saturday and another 1,000 bottles are being readied.Wildlife rescue workers have used Dawn for more than three decades, it says.
Cincinnati-based P&G has ongoing partnerships with the International Bird Rescue Research Center and the Marine Mammal Center to provide Dawn and raise funds.
In honor of Earth Day in
April, before the severity of the Gulf spill was recognized, P&G stepped up airing a television commercial tied to fundraising for bird rescue efforts.