Community development is the process by which civic leaders, activists, local citizens, and professionals improve various aspects of local communities. It empowers individuals with the skills needed to effect change, including building political power and working for a common agenda based on values of fairness, opportunity, and social justice.
COLLEGE STATION, Ark., June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its continuing commitment to move the needle from poverty to prosperity for Arkansans, The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation has approved a $250,000 deposit into Hope Community Credit Union (HOPE). (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090629/CL39211) For the...
June 25, 2009 - The United States Conference of Mayors has selected Johnson Controls’ Conservation Leadership Corps (CLC) as one of six recipients of a Wal-Mart Foundation grant supporting the expansion of non-profit training programs for green jobs in Milwaukee. The grant doubles...
STAMFORD, Conn. - June 25, 2009 - Keep America Beautiful, Inc. is pleased to announce improvements to the online home of its acclaimed graffiti prevention program, Graffiti Hurts(R). Along with the redesigned Web site and new content is an updated Graffiti Hurts(R) logo....
East Greenville, Pa. - June 24, 2009 - Blommer Chocolate Company, North America's largest processor of cocoa beans and ingredient chocolate products, today announced a new initiative with the Rainforest Alliance to produce a line of certified cocoa and ingredient chocolate products. Blommer...
WASHINGTON, June 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Natural Products Foundation (NPF) is pleased to announce the first "match" in its new effort to connect community health programs that are feeling the strain of the current economic climate with natural products companies willing to donate...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 22, 2009 - This summer, KaBOOM! will be strengthening efforts to engage volunteers across the country to support United We Serve, a national effort launched by President Obama and the Corporation for National and Community Service that aims to...
NEW YORK, NY. - June 22, 2009 - With the financial support and collaboration of The Merck Company Foundation, the Earth Institute at Columbia University is launching an ambitious initiative to strengthen community health services for over 400,000 people in ten African countries...
DENVER, June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), today launched its first Community Care Report to share the company’s vision of corporate social responsibility and reflect the...
June 18, 2009 - Summer is here, and soon, children across the country will be sprinting out the school doors. But now that they're out, where will they go? In a study commissioned by KaBOOM! and conducted by Harris Interactive(R) of 1,677 parents...
NEW YORK, June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Societe Generale’s employees worldwide are taking part in activities to support the Group’s partner charities during Citizen Commitment Week (June 15-21). Employees from different areas of the bank are devoting time to community causes that already exist...
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