Philanthropy

April 24, 2008 - In conjunction with National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (Lab Week), Abbott today announced the winners of the Labs Are Vital(TM) Facebook Scholarship Contest. Designed to engage and recruit young people to the clinical laboratory profession, the ...

NEW YORK, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- This Mother's and Father's Day, Saks Fifth Avenue is teaming with charity: water, a nonprofit organization that builds freshwater wells in developing nations for as little as $5000, to provide entire communities with fresh water for years. ...

April 22, 2008 - Engaging consumers via Web 2.0 strategies will be among the hot topics when the Cause Marketing Forum, the world's largest gathering of business and nonprofit executives dedicated to building alliances, convenes at the Westin Chicago River North on May 29th....

NEW ORLEANS, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --- In keeping with the spirit of Earth Day, Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) today announced the winners of its 2008 Environmental Stewardship Grant program. This year, Entergy awarded a grand total of $350,000 to 38 organizations...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- When Wiley Coyote goes hungry in cartoon land, it's because Roadrunner has won again. But in the real world, Roadrunner Food Bank wins when nobody goes hungry.

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A discussion of the transitional needs of wounded veterans, and a call to action to leverage resources to fill those needs by identifying key businesses, government and non-profit leaders. A screening of the HBO documentary "Ali...

MCLEAN, VA, April 17, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hundreds of MBA students at graduate business schools across the United States are putting aside their studies in support of the first TeamMBA Week, an effort by the next generation of business leaders to deploy their ski...

A $200,000 gift from the ING Foundation will establish a new course this summer to help teenagers in the Elon Academy enrichment program learn more about personal finance and responsibility, university and ING officials announced this week.

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BETHESDA, MD, April 17, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium(R) Satellite is pleased to announce its partnership with ProtectingAmerica.org and the American Red Cross to promote the second annual "Test Your Satellite Phone" Week kicking off May 25, 2008. The goal of "Test Your S...

CHICAGO, April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Doing its part to help address the issue of nearly one-third of U.S. high school students dropping out, AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today announced the launch of AT&T Aspire, a $100 million philanthropic program, which includes job...