Philanthropy
Donations to community initiatives with the intention of giving back for the greater common good.
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10-20-08
USA Cares Grants $55,000 to Alabama Military Families
RADCLIFF, KY. - October 20, 2008 - USA Cares Inc., a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping military families, has donated more than $55,000 over five years to service members living in Alabama. The grants were used for getting treatment for wounded sold...
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10-20-08
AT&T Awards More Than $360,000 in Grants to Help Address High School Dropout Crisis in the Central Valley
FRESNO, Calif., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today announced it is awarding more than $360,000 in AT&T Foundation grants to three Central Valley-area educational institutions to support high school retention programs for at-risk students.
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10-14-08
The UPS Foundation Awards $1 Million to Environmental Groups
ATLANTA, GA - October 14, 2008 - The UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of UPS [NYSE: UPS], today announced five grants totaling more than $1 million to support a variety of environmental programs and organizations worldwide.
The grants, which i...
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10-14-08
Wal-Mart Foundation to Focus on First-Generation College Students
BENTONVILLE, ARK. - October 14, 2008 - The Wal-Mart Foundation announced today that it is making support for first-generation college students a top priority for its higher education-focused philanthropy. The announcement was made by Wal-Mart Foundation President Marg...
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10-14-08
Nicor Expands Reading Program
NAPERVILLE, IL. - October 14, 2008 "“ Nicor is proud to herald the return of Super Reader and the Adventures in Reading with Nicor program. Adventures in Reading with Nicor will launch during National Book Month and this year Nicor will add Aurora’s Smith School to t...
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10-14-08
Smith & Hawken(R) Holiday Fundraising Campaign: Celebritrees
STAMFORD, CT. "“ October 14, 2008 "“ From October 15 through December 5, Smith & Hawken is holding an online auction of Christmas trees designed by actresses Julianne Moore, Brooke Shields, Angie Harmon and celebrity couple Eva Longoria Parker and Tony Parker to benefit ...
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10-13-08
Local Dow Employees Harvest Native Seeds at Midewin
WILLMINGTON, IL. - October 13, 2008 - About 20 employees from The Dow Chemical Company's Wilmington and Channahon sites will become prairie volunteers for a day October 8, harvesting native seeds at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, which will later be planted elsewhere on...
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10-10-08
KPMG Joins The Millennium Villages Project to Help Address Extreme Poverty in Africa
NEW YORK,NY. - Oct 10, 2008 "“ KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm, has announced a $1.5 million contribution over the next five years to Millennium Promise, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending extreme poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, to help suppor...
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10-09-08
Clinton Global Initiative Announces Student and University Winners of CGI U Outstanding Commitment Award
NEW YORK, NY. - October 9, 2008 - On September 26th, Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) and the Wal-Mart Foundation announced the winners of forty-four student grants and two university grants through the CGI U Outstanding Commitment Awards. The grants, mad...
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10-09-08
Overcoming Gender Violence in Rwanda
- October 9, 2008 - I must confess that I was a little nervous driving from the Rwandan capital, Kigali, past the Hotel Rwanda and several markers noting churches, hospitals and schools where much of the genocide took place here in 1994. I wondered as we headed towards the ...
