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Marc J. Lane to Speak on Advocacy Investing SM

Posted: Mar 13, 2005 – 11:00 PM EST

Mar. 13 /CSRwire/ - The City of Chicago Department of Environment will present "Aligning Your Investments With Your Values," a FREE seminar featuring Marc J. Lane. The program will be held on Wednesday, March 23, from 6 to 8 PM., at Chicago Green...

International Medical Corps Partners with MAP International for $20 Million in Relief for Sri Lanka; DHL Employees Band Together to Pay for Shipment to Tsunami-Ravaged Ampara

Posted: Mar 13, 2005 – 11:00 PM EST

Mar. 13 /CSRwire/ - SANTA MONICA, CA - International Medical Corps (IMC), which is providing humanitarian medical relief and reconstruction in the areas hardest hit by the South Asia tsunami, today formed a partnership with MAP International to provide at $20 million (US)...

Simmons Employees Help Victims Of Tsunami Tragedy

Posted: Mar 10, 2005 – 11:00 PM EST

Company-Wide Initiative Raises $37,000 For American Red Cross Tsunami Relief Fund

The Mitsubishi Corporation Fund For Europe And Africa Announces Funding Programme For 2005

Posted: Mar 09, 2005 – 11:00 PM EST

Mar. 09 /CSRwire/ - LONDON - Following its annual meeting of Trustees on the 28th February, the Mitsubishi Corporation Fund for Europe and Africa (MCFEA) has announced its funding programme for 2005. Established in the UK in 1992, the MCFEA is primarily an...

Abbott Fund, Baylor College Of Medicine And The Government Of Malawi To Build New Clinic For HIV-Infected Children

Posted: Mar 08, 2005 – 11:00 PM EST

Mar. 08 /CSRwire/ - LILONGWE, Malawi - The Abbott Fund, Baylor College of Medicine and the Government of Malawi have announced they will partner in the establishment of Malawi's first center dedicated to providing care and treatment for children with HIV/AIDS. Construction of...

DisneyHand's 'Season of Compassion' Reaches More Children Than Ever Before with Special Episode of ABC's 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,' Help from 'The Tony Danza Show' and $3 Million Merchandise Donation to Children's Hospitals

Posted: Mar 08, 2005 – 11:00 PM EST

Mar. 08 /CSRwire/ - BURBANK, Calif. - DisneyHand, worldwide outreach for The Walt Disney Company, continued its "Season of Compassion" with its annual delivery of DisneyHand Compassion Kits to every children's hospital and pediatric wing in the country. This year, however, DisneyHand was...

Baxter And Its Foundation Contribute More Than $14 Million In 2004 To Communities In Need

Posted: Mar 07, 2005 – 11:00 PM EST

Mar. 07 /CSRwire/ - DEERFIELD, Ill. - Baxter International Inc. and The Baxter International Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Baxter, today announced their combined 2004 charitable giving, focused on increasing access to healthcare, helping underdeveloped nations and countries in crisis, and addressing other...

Deloitte & Touche USA LLP Conducts Largest Electronic Giving Campaign In United Way History For Second Year

Posted: Mar 07, 2005 – 11:00 PM EST

Mar. 07 /CSRwire/ - NEW YORK - For the second year in a row, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, one of the nation's leading professional services organizations, ran the largest-ever United Way electronic workplace giving campaign. The people of Deloitte pledged $14.4 million...

First Canadian American Holding Corporation To Donate Equipment To Aid In Tsunami Relief

Posted: Mar 07, 2005 – 11:00 PM EST

Mar. 07 /CSRwire/ - TORONTO - First Canadian American Holding Corporation (Pink Sheets:FCAH) announced today that it has agreed to purchase earth block construction equipment from its joint venture partner Terra Block, Inc. and then donate it to a non profit organization assisting...