Philanthropy

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 ...

WHITE PLAINS, NY - January 22, 2008 - The Dannon Company, Inc. today received Virgo Publishing's Focus on the Future Humanitarian Award for its support of the Dannon Institute. Virgo Publishing recognized The Dannon Company for its support of the Dannon Institute and its con...

NEW YORK, NY - January 22, 2008 - /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Imagine that you've lived in the quaint one-stoplight town of Somerville, Texas, population 1,700 your entire life. Imagine a town full of multi-generational families just northwest of Houston. Imagine the schools,...

CAMBRIDGE, MA - January 22, 2008 - Genzyme Corporation today announced that it awarded nearly $150,000 in community grants and sponsorships in the fourth quarter of last year to support 12 non-profit organizations located in areas throughout the United States where Genzyme h...

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Moms are busy, moms are caring and moms are multi-tasking. The same could be said about all Kmart customers, who in 2007 donated more than $10 million to benefit the retailer's charitable partners while shopping. The...

DENVER, CO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/17/08 -- Bakers Square restaurants, known for serving 'The Best Pie in America(R),' will donate 50 percent of sales from all whole pies sold on National Pie Day (Jan. 23) to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, with a minimum donation of $25,000. Re...

ORLANDO, FL - January 17, 2008 - The Kiwanis Club of South Orlando after hearing about a program to demonstrate support for the troops from Cherylynn Maikkula, USA Cares Director for ...