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FORMS: Stock Power Form Stock Waiver

Thank you for your interest in support of the American Red Cross. To help you facilitate a gift of stock, please use the following instructions. If you have a specific question, please contact us at (256) 536-0084 x 225.

Step 1: INITIATE TRANSFER
There are two common methods of gifting securities to the American Red Cross. The first is Electronic transfer through which your broker can transfer shares using the Red Cross DTC number. The other is physically mailing the paper certificates to us at the chapter. Either method is acceptable, but it is necessary for you to contact your broker to initiate the transfer. to download a sample letter for your use.

Step 2: CHOOSE THE METHOD OF DELIVERY
Choose one of the two available brokerage accounts open for accepting electronic transfers, or choose the mail delivery option below:

A. SECURITIES DELIVERED ELECTRONICALLY
Donate your stock to the American Red Cross through Merrill Lynch, Private Client Group.

Merrill Lynch, Private Client Group
C/O Newell Witherspoon
DTC Number: 
ACCT Name: American Red Cross (Tax ID# 63-0326513)
ACCT Number: 627-04207

B. SECURITIES DELIVERED BY MAIL
Mail your UNENDORSED certificate(s) with a Stock Waiver Form and Stock Power Form in separate envelopes, by registered mail, to:

American Red Cross

Attn:  Business Office
1101 Washington Street, NW

Huntsville, AL  35801-5417

Office:  (256) 536-0084 x 220

Fax:  (256) 536-9614

E-mail:  Accounting@helpcantwait.org

NOTE: Certificates already registered in the name of the American Red Cross do not require either the stock waiver or stock power for execution of the transfer.

Step 3: NOTIFY THE RED CROSS
Please provide us some information about the gift for audit and acknowledgment purposes.  Call, send a letter or an e-mail the information above at the time of transfer:

• Donor's full name and complete address

• Name and number of securities transferred

• Name of brokerage house shares will be transferred to

• Date of the transfer

• Specific American Red Cross program or chapter to which gift should be directed, (if any)

 

 

Thank You for Supporting Your American Red Cross!

 

Madison/Marshall County Chapter and Jackson County American Red Cross

serving our community for over 90 years.  We are a humanitrian organization led by volunteers and guided by its congressional charter and the fundamental principles of the International Red Cross Movement, will provide relief to victims of disaster and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.