BLOOMINGDALE?S MOUNTS FUNDRAISING EFFORT FOR SAN DIEGO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FIRESTORM DISASTER REBUILD FUND

Bloomingdale?s today announced a program that will leverage among the highest retail traffic days of the year to generate funds for victims of the recent southern California wildfires. From Sunday, November 11 to Sunday, December 2, six Bloomingdale?s stores in Southern California will collect donations for the San Diego Habitat for Humanity (SDHFH) Firestorm Disaster Rebuild Fund.

?Bloomingdale?s initiated a corporate grant to SDHFH from the Bloomingdale?s Fund of the Macy?s Foundation several weeks ago,? said Anne Keating, Senior Vice President of Public Relations and Corporate Philanthropy. ?We are thrilled to now expand our relationship with this wonderful organization to raise even more dollars for their important work in this community.?

The Bloomingdale?s stores taking part in the effort are located in Los Angeles (Century City and Beverly Center), Sherman Oaks, Newport Beach, Costa Mesa (South Coast Plaza) and San Diego. Customers can donate any amount, at any register in the store, using any normally accepted method of payment. Employees may also donate, and those that do in an amount of $50 or more are eligible for a matching gift donation from the corporate foundation. All this is in addition to Bloomingdale?s participation in the Macy?s Foundation donation to the American Red Cross that was previously announced.

SDHFH rebuilt 23 homes for the victims of the 2003 wildfires and donated building materials to hundreds of families who lost their homes in the fires from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. SDHFH is here to help in rebuilding efforts once again.

Bloomingdale?s is America?s only nationwide, full-line, upscale department store; and a division of Macy?s, Inc. It was founded in 1872 and currently operates 40 stores in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Illinois, Minnesota, Georgia, Florida, Nevada and California. For more information, or to shop any time, visit www.bloomingdales.com.

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