Philanthropy
Donations to community initiatives with the intention of giving back for the greater common good.
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05-08-08
Aspen Institute to Establish The Albright Series -- A Public Program of the Council of Women World Leaders
WASHINGTON, DC - May 8, 2008 - The Aspen Institute is pleased to announce the inauguration of the Madeleine K. Albright Women's Voices at the Aspen Institute Series, a public program of the Council of Women World Leaders, a newly established policy program of the Inst...
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05-07-08
Capital Gold Group, Inc. Donates Solid Gold to Charity Event Benefiting USS Ronald Reagan Sailors
LOS ANGELES, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Capital Gold Group, Inc., premier provider of Gold IRAs and physical gold for direct delivery, donated solid gold bullion to The Reagan Golf Classic and Legacy Dinner benefiting the Michael and Colleen Reagan Scholarship Fund for sailors se...
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05-07-08
Soldier's Wife Earns National Military Motherhood Award
WASHINGTON, May 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Renee Garcia, the wife of a soldier serving in Afghanistan and the mother of four, spent long days and months at the bedside of her leukemia-stricken daughter fighting hard for her child's life while singlehandedly keeping her far...
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05-07-08
Professor Sir Michael G. Marmot Selected as 2008 Recipient of the William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research
ARLINGTON, Va. and DEERFIELD, IL - May 7, 2008 - In recognition of his lifelong achievements and contributions to the field of health services research, Professor Sir Michael G. Marmot, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FRCP, FFPHM, FMedSci, has been selected as the 2008 recipient of the Wil...
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05-07-08
Jumpstart and Pearson Foundation Announce 2008 Jumpstart's Read for the Record Campaign
ATLANTA, May 6 /PRNewswire/ --
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05-07-08
MasterCard Foundation Partners with Microfinance Information eXchange to Enhance Transparency of Microfinance Industry
TORONTO, ON, May 7, 2008 - The MasterCard Foundation awarded a two-year, $740,000 grant today to Microfinance Information eXchange (MIX) to launch MIX Market 2.0, a next-generation Web platform for sharing reliable, comparable and publicly available information on the financ...
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05-06-08
Brooks Brothers CEO at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital(R) To Announce Partnership With Stanford St. Jude Championship
MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Brooks Brothers Chairman and CEO
Claudio Del Vecchio was at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital recently to announce that the company is joining with Stanford Financial Group to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital thro...
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05-06-08
12 Chicago-area Cultural Institutions Awarded Grants to 'Jumpstart the Conversation'
CHICAGO,May 6/PRNewswire-USNewswire/--Twelve organizations in the Chicago metro area have been awarded "JumpStart the Conversation" grants for projects designed to provide opportunities for older adults to contribute to the cultural life of their communities.
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05-06-08
Smartlink.org Creates Blueprint for Effective Philanthropy in Tough Economic Times
Washington, D.C., May 6, 2008 - At a time when many in the community are feeling the effects of a possible recession, Smartlink.org "“ a nonprofit online resource of Community Giving Resource (CGR) that helps individual ...
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05-06-08
Dow Helps Support Habitat for Humanity's 25th Annual 'Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project' in Gulf Coast
MIDLAND, Mich. (April 30, 2008) - Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) joins former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, to support Habitat for Humanity's 25th annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project (JRCWP) in the Gulf Coast May 11-16, 2008. The five-day event wi...
