Philanthropy
Donations to community initiatives with the intention of giving back for the greater common good.
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10-09-08
AT&T Awards $730,000 in Grants to Help Address High School Dropout Crisis in Los Angeles Area
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today announced it is awarding more than $730,000 in AT&T Foundation grants to eight Los Angeles-area educational institutions to support high school retention programs for at-risk students.
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10-08-08
Wall Street Debacle Affects Main Street Donations According to TripAdvisor Survey
NEWTON, Mass. - October 8, 2008 - TripAdvisor(R), the world's largest travel community, today announced the results of a recent travel and giving survey of more than 1,200 U.S. respondents to better understand how the public donates its time and money while traveling and at ...
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10-08-08
Febreze and Family Dollar Give Back
CINCINNATI, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Febreze, the leading line of home freshening products and Family Dollar, one of the fastest growing discount retail chains in the United States, are responding to a top military product donation request by sending Febreze To Go Fabric Refre...
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10-07-08
Campbell Soup Company Pledges $10 Million to Benefit Camden Residents
CAMDEN, N.J. - Oct. 7, 2008 "“ Campbell Soup Company today announced a $10 million pledge to the City of Camden's neighborhood revitalization efforts, job training initiatives and projects to benefit youth, such as after-school and summer programs.
The Pub...
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10-07-08
AT&T Awards $700,000 in Grants to Help Address High School Dropout Crisis in Sacramento Area
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today announced it is awarding more than $700,000 in AT&T Foundation grants to six Sacramento-area educational institutions to support high school retention programs for at-risk students.
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10-07-08
Campero USA Makes Donations to Make-A-Wish Foundation
DALLAS, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Campero USA Corp., the U.S. affiliate of Pollo Campero, the leading chain of chicken quick service restaurants from Latin America, is proud to announce it has made the first three in a series of $5,000 donations to the Make-A-Wish Foundation in...
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10-03-08
America's Children Break Reading World Record
NEW YORK, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Children across the country made history yesterday participating in the third annual Jumpstart's Read for the Record(R) Campaign. An early morning reading with NBC's TODAY Show co-host Matt Lauer featured a special White House reading with Fi...
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10-03-08
Holyoke and Houdini Meet Again
Holyoke, MA - October 6, 2008 - Elizabeth Dobrska, a Holyoke resident and student at Mount Holyoke College announced today that she is founding a museum entitled the Sid Radner Museum of Houdini & Holyoke. Ms. Dobrska plans on locating the museum on High Street in Holyok...
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10-02-08
Business Roundtable Companies Contribute More Than $26 Million to Relief Efforts for Hurricanes Gustav and Ike
WASHINGTON, D.C.- October 2, 2008 - Immediately following recent hurricanes Gustav and Ike, Business Roundtable's Partnership for Disaster Response, a cross-industry initiative comprised of CEOs from the nation's leading companies, efficiently mobilized its me...
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10-02-08
Merck & Co., Inc. Awards Five Grants to Humanitarian Aid Partners
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. - October 2, 2008 - Merck & Co., Inc., today announced that it has awarded five grants totaling $250,000 to AmeriCares, Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB), Direct Relief International, IMA World Health and MAP International in commemora...
