Philanthropy
Donations to community initiatives with the intention of giving back for the greater common good.
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10-23-07
Major League Baseball and World Vision Provide Postseason Apparel to Children and Families in Need
October 23, 2007 - Major League Baseball today announced it is expanding its longstanding relationship with international relief organization World Vision by donating unsalable 2007 postseason MLB-licensed apparel to children and families in developing countries around the w...
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10-22-07
MAP International, Sanofi Pasteur Save Lives in Darfur Conflict
October 22, 2007 - In Sudan's western region of Darfur, years of fighting have left hundreds of thousands of people dead and millions more without adequate living conditions or healthcare. Many acts of violence - and more than 250,000 refugees - have spilled across the borde...
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10-22-07
City Parks Foundation Honors ING at 2007 Annual Gala
NEW YORK, NY - October 22, 2007 - City Parks Foundation, on behalf of the 600,000 people served each year through its free arts, education and sports programs in New York City parks, will honor Thomas J. McInerney, ING Group Executive Board member, chairman and c...
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10-22-07
World Health Organization Taps National Safety Council To Lead "Safe Communities" American Initiative
CHICAGO - October 22, 2007 - As part of a national effort to reverse escalating injury trends through innovative community and grassroots safety efforts, the World Health Organization today officially designated the National Safety Council leader of its "Safe Communities" Un...
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10-19-07
AutoTrader Publishing, AutoMart.com and Cox Communications Present $500,000 Grant to the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters
HAMPTON ROADS, Va., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Norfolk-based Cox Auto Trader companies, AutoTrader Publishing and AutoMart.com, along with Cox Communications will present a $500,000 grant secured from the James M. Cox Foundation to Children's Hospital of the King's D...
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10-18-07
Alcoa Foundation Sponsors National Park Foundation Leadership Summit
PITTSBURGH - October 18, 2007 - Alcoa Foundation, the second largest asset-based corporate foundation in the United States, was a key sponsor of the National Park Foundation Leadership Summit on Partnership and Philanthropy titled "The Next Century for Parks." Held October 1...
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10-18-07
Bayer Foundation Grant Creates Graduate Engineering Fellowship at University Of Houston
PITTSBURGH - October 18, 2007 - The Bayer Foundation announced today it has awarded a $90,000 grant to the University of Houston’s Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (UH CHBE) to establish the Bayer Graduate Fellowship Program.
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10-17-07
Lehman Brothers and Spelman College Announce the Establishment of the Lehman Brothers Center for Global Finance and Economic Development at Spelman College
NEW YORK, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lehman Brothers, the global investment bank, and Spelman College, the No.1-ranked institution among all historically black colleges and universities in the country by U.S. News & World Report, announced today a groundbreaking c...
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10-17-07
The 2007 Delaware Investments Charity Classic Golf Event Raises More Than $134,000 for the Philadelphia Society for Services to Children
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Delaware Investments today announced that the third annual Delaware Investments Charity Classic, held on Monday, Oct. 8, raised more than $134,000. All proceeds raised will benefit the Philadelphia Society for Services to Children, a pr...
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10-16-07
AMERIGROUP to Participate in National Disability Mentoring Day
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMERIGROUP Corporation (NYSE: AGP) will host more than 50 high school students this week at its National Support Center in Virginia Beach as part of the Company's participation in National Disability Mentoring Day. The ...
