Philanthropy

HOUSTON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Jiffy Lube today announces its first-ever, nationwide cause-related campaign to support the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women movement in its fight to help eradicate heart disease. Throughout February and March, 1,823 Jiffy Lub...

CHICAGO, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In honor of National Children's Dental Health Month this February, the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (NYSE: WWY) is donating $100,000 plus 10 percent of February gross sales in the U.S. (up to another $100,000) of Orbit(R), Extra(R) and E...

BOULDER, CO - January 28, 2008 - New York City's Transportation Alternatives and the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation have been selected as the first recipients of REI/Bicycle Friendly Communities Grants of $15,000 each. This new grant fund, administered by the Bikes Belong Fo...

NEW YORK, NY - January 25, 2008 - America's top Grammy nominated artists and internationally celebrated musicians have partnered with R&B singer and musicians and Melky Jean and Wyclef Jean to launch a worldwide effort to benefit women and children in Haiti and to end p...

IRVINE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/24/08 -- WebVisible, Inc., the leading international name in local interactive advertising, is encouraging nonprofit organizations to utilize interactive channels to attract new donors and supporters through customized, fully managed online...

VANCOUVER B.C. "“ January 24, 2008 "“ The GLOBE Foundation is pleased to announce the Ministerial Dialogue on Sustainability to take place at GLOBE 2008 in Vancouver (March 12 "“ 14 at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre) involving ministers representing three of ...

FRANKLIN, MA "“ January 23, 2008 - Accenture Chairman & CEO William D. Green has donated a gift worth $1 million to Dean College, where he received an associates degree in 1974. The gift is the largest from a living donor in the college's history.

CHICAGO, IL - January 23, 2008 - ArcelorMittal and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation announced the ArcelorMittal Great Lakes Restoration Program today. The new grant program is funded by a $2.1 million donation from the ArcelorMittal USA Foundation that will be matc...

January 23, 2008 - The Vodafone Group Foundation today announces its commitment to two sports projects to help disadvantaged young people throughout the world. Red Dust Role Models and UNICEF's initiatives will both receive funding. These projects are designed to use sport...

BARROWS, AK - January 22, 2008 - SPC Sanchez, of the Alaska National Guard, returned home to Barrows Alaska from Iraq in November of 2007 where the temperatures, at times, had soared above 120o . His hope was that he, his wife, and his five children would return to a normal ...