Philanthropy
Donations to community initiatives with the intention of giving back for the greater common good.
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08-04-09
Le Bonheur Children's and FedEx Corporation Break Ground on the FedExFamilyHouse
MEMPHIS, Tenn., August 4, 2009 - Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center today broke ground on FedExFamilyHouse, a state-of-the-art facility that will provide housing for families of patients receiving extended care at Le Bonheur.
The FedExFamilyHo...
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08-03-09
Local Initiatives Support Corporation and MetLife Foundation Honor Community-Police Partnerships
NEW YORK, Aug. 3 /CSRwire.com/ -- For the eighth year, MetLife Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) are honoring innovative partnerships between community organizations and police departments, which promote neighborhood safety and revitalization. E...
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08-03-09
Office Depot Foundation Rings NYSE Opening Bell on 8/3 to Celebrate Donation of its 2 Millionth Backpack in 2009
New York, N.Y. - August 3, 2009 - Since 2001, the Office Depot Foundation has donated two million backpacks to deserving children across the United States, in Canada and around the world. The Foundation will ...
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07-30-09
Abbott Testifies Before U.S. Congress on Role of Private Sector in Advancing Science Education
WASHINGTON, July 30, 2009 - In a hearing today of the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, part of the larger Committee on Science and
Technology, Abbott testified on its contributions as a private sector company in a multi-stak...
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07-28-09
Adobe Foundation and The Black Eyed Peas Peapod Foundation Launch New Media Academies for Bay Area Youth
SAN JOSE, Calif. - July 28, 2009 - The Adobe Foundation and The Black Eyed Peas Peapod Foundation will unveil two new state-of-the-art music and multi-media academies for youth in Oakland and Redwood City, Calif.
The collaboration focuses on giv...
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07-27-09
The Big Problem with Too Little Play
July 27, 2009 - When we were growing up, the "lazy days of summer" meant kids would be out biking, swimming, playing flashlight tag and just being active and healthy. But for today's children, summers really are lazy. Instead of heading out in the morning, playing all day, a...
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07-27-09
Carnegie Council Interview with Alice Korngold on CSR, Board-Matching, and Fast Company
July 27, 2009 -- For the Carnegie Council's new podcast series on Ethics in Business, journalist Julia Kennedy interviewed Alice Korngold. Carnegie Council is "the voice for ethics in international policy." Listen here:
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07-21-09
Sunny News: IKEA and UNICEF Lighten Up Children’s Lives in the Developing World
/PRNewswire/ -- Here's a real sunshine story! Started June 1, 2009, for every SUNNAN solar-powered lamp sold in IKEA stores worldwide, one lamp will be given to UNICEF to light up the life of a child.
The first shipments are destined for Pakistan...
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07-15-09
Canada Goose Resource Centres
Canada Goose Inc&trade, a Canadian extreme outerwear company, has recently put in place an initiative to furnish Arctic residents with fabrics and accessories they can use to manufacture winter clothing. This project diverts the manufacturer's high quality surplus materi...
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07-14-09
Video: CVS Caremark's National Philanthropic 'All Kids Can' Program Plays Out on Major League Baseball Field
WOONSOCKET, R.I., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS Caremark and the Boston Red Sox have officially launched the 2009 season of the CVS Caremark All Kids Can Baseball Camps at Fenway Park. The baseball camps provide New England children with disabilities an action-packed, d...
