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Corporate Social Responsibility
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5.18.2006 ET
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Kimberly-Clark Corporation
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United Way of America Recognizes Kimberly-Clark Corporation As Recipient of Summit Award
(CSRwire) Denver, CO - United Way of America (UWA) today honored
Kimberly-Clark Corporation as a Summit Award recipient of its coveted
Spirit of America® Award program, recognizing the company's outstanding
commitment to improve lives in local communities. UWA recognized
Kimberly-Clark at its national United Way Community Leaders Conference in
Denver, Colorado as a Summit Award recipient for Corporate Community
Investment.
The Spirit of America® Awards program is United Way's highest tribute for
corporate community involvement. Spirit of America and Summit Award
recipients are judged on detailed criteria in four categories: Employee
Community Investment, Corporate Community Investment, Community Leadership
and Employee Community Engagement. The Spirit of America winner excels in
each of these four categories. Summit Awards are presented to companies
that excel in one or more of these areas.
In keeping with its business mission to enhance the health, hygiene and
well-being of people around the world every day, Kimberly-Clark uses the
same philosophy when it comes to its philanthropy. Kimberly-Clark
supports organizations that are designed and dedicated to improving the
lives of the world's families. Built on a culture of caring,
Kimberly-Clark provides charitable resources to organizations and programs
that provide vital information resources and services that strengthen
today's families; that involve parents and others in activities that help
children grow physically, mentally and socially; and that develop creative
caring options to cope with the issues facing older relatives.
"Kimberly-Clark has done an outstanding job promoting support for United
Way among its employees and the contributions they've made speak for
themselves," said UWA President and CEO Brian A. Gallagher. "Together,
Kimberly-Clark and United Way can focus resources on the most pressing
problems in local communities to change people's lives for the better."
"Caring is what we do - and who we are. Whether we're helping a mom care
for her newborn baby, helping families with colds and flu, or assisting
the victims of tsunamis or hurricanes - taking care of people is our
business and our passion," said Thomas J. Falk, Kimberly-Clark Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer. "What's especially gratifying about this
award is that the United Way of America has recognized the caring spirit
of our people and our company."
United Way of America awarded its 19th annual Spirit of America Award -
its highest honor for a company's outstanding commitment to local
communities - to Principal Financial. In addition to the Spirit of
America Award, United Way presented Summit Awards
to:- DaimlerChrysler - Corporate Community Investment and Employee
Community Investment
- Duke Energy - Employee Community Engagement
- General Mills - Corporate Community Investment and Employee Community
Engagement
- Kellogg's - Employee Community Investment
- Microsoft Corporation- Employee Community Engagement
- Xcel Energy - Community Leadership
About United Way of
America
United Way of America is the national organization dedicated to leading
the United Way movement in making a measurable impact in every community
across America by focusing on the root causes of the most serious
problems. The United Way movement includes over 1,300 community-based
United Way organizations. Each is independent, separately incorporated,
and governed by local volunteers. For more information about United Way
of America, please visit: www.unitedway.org.
About Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark and its well-known global brands are an indispensable part
of life for people in more than 150 countries. Every day, 1.3 billion
people--nearly a quarter of the world's population--trust K-C brands and
the solutions they provide to enhance their health, hygiene and
well-being. With brands such as Kleenex, Scott, Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex
and Depend, Kimberly-Clark holds the No. 1 or No. 2 share position in more
than 80 countries. To keep up with the latest K-C news and to learn more
about the company's 134-year history of innovation, visit www.kimberly-clark.com
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