Questions & Answers

Q. What is it and what does it stand for?
A. The ABX Air Employee Catastrophic Relief Fund is an Ohio Non-Profit Corporation doing business as ABXCaREs. The Fund was established to support and respond to catastrophic events in the lives of ABX Air employees. “CaREs” stands for Catastrophic Relief for Employees.

Q. Are my donations to ABXCaREs tax deductible?
A. Yes. The Fund has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status from the IRS.

Q. Who runs the committee and distributes the funds?
A. ABXCaREs is administered by a group of employees chosen by the officers of the ABX Employee Catastrophic Relief Fund Corporation. It is seeking additional members and if you are interested please contact Gene Rhodes at (937) 366-2216 or gene.rhodes@abxair.com. 

Q. How do we contact the committee to ask questions or receive funds?
A. The application form is available online. You also can make a request via email at abx.cares@abxair.com. 

Q. How does the fund get its money?
A. ABXCaREs is supported by employee contributions to the fund through donations or payroll deductions. ABX Air also makes an annual contribution to the fund. Throughout the year, the committee also may host fundraisers to add to the fund.

Q. What types of events are considered by the committee?
A. While the committee will review all applications, the focus for the fund is to support employees experiencing extreme events in their lives such as natural disasters, as well as the employee who suffers from a major illness, loss by fire, death of a family member or other unexpected catastrophes.

Q. What other assistance is available to employees?
A. In most cases, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is the first contact for employees. You can reach them at (800) 788-5614.

Q. If I signed up to have an on-going payroll deduction as part of the Katrina effort, do I need to sign up again?
A. No, that deduction will continue until you notify payroll in writing that you want to stop it.