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MOUNT STERLING, ILL. -- Mount Sterling-based Dot Foods and its employees are donating $51,636  for relief efforts in Japan, according to the My Journal Courier out of Jacksonville, Illinois.

Money will be provided to the American Red Cross, Global FoodBanking Network and Habitat for Humanity to help the country as it recovers from the earthquake and tsunami.

American Red Cross will receive $21,136, the Global FoodBanking Network will receive $16,776 and Habitat for Humanity will receive $13,724.

Dot Foods Chairman Pat Tracy asked employees to consider making a donation that the company would match dollar for dollar.

“It is with great empathy for the Japanese people and consistency with our values that we have organized a response to this cataclysmic event,” Tracy said. “It is our intention to help provide relief in this worldwide effort by offering a program whereby our employees and our company can contribute monetarily to help those in need.”

Last year, Dot collected and loaded 12 trucks with food and supplies for Haiti after the nation was hit by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake. Dot matched all employee contributions to donate $92,990 to the Haitian relief efforts.