Philanthropy
Donations to community initiatives with the intention of giving back for the greater common good.
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09-21-07
Pearson Helps Break World Record for Largest Shared Reading Experience
NEW YORK, NY - September 21, 2007 - Pearson people helped set a new world record yesterday for the largest "shared reading experience" as part of Jumpstart's Read for the Record 2007, breaking the world record for the number of people reading the same book on a single day. ...
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09-21-07
Accidental Deaths Increasing at Alarming Rate Poisonings, Overdoses Seeing Greatest Gains
ITASCA, IL - September 21, 2007 - Accidental deaths in the United States are rising at an alarming rate, more than 20 percent over a 10-year period, reaching 113,000 deaths in 2005, according to the latest data available. The National Safety Council (NSC) warns that at the c...
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09-21-07
Senate Resolution Declares June 2007 National Safety Month
WASHINGTON - September 21, 2007 - With a recent National Safety Council report citing a dramatic increase in accidental death rates, the United States Senate has passed a resolution declaring June as National Safety Month.
Co-sponsored by Senat...
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09-21-07
Global Reading Campaign Makes History While Raising Awareness and Funding for Early Education in Low-Income Communities
NEW YORK - September 21, 2007 - The Pearson Foundation helped make history yesterday as hundreds of thousands of children and adults read the classic The Story of Ferdinand across the U.S. and in Latin America. The reading campaign raised more than $1 million for the...
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09-20-07
Follett Book Stores Across the Country Partner with The Pearson Foundation to Support National Reading Campaign
WOODBRIDGE, IL - SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 - Today, Follett Higher Education Group bookstores along with the Pearson Foundation, made history joining hundreds of thousands of children and adults across the country to break the world record for the number of people reading the same ...
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09-20-07
Global Reading Campaign Makes History While Raising Money and Awareness for Early Education in Low-Income Communities
NEW YORK, NY - September 20, 2007 - Jumpstart's Read for the Record campaign made history today by breaking a world record for the second year in a row with an early morning kick-off on Rockefeller Plaza with NBC's TODAY Show hosts Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira participatin...
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09-19-07
Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation Awards Grants to Support Literacy Programs Across the Country
ST. LOUIS - September 19, 2007 - Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation is awarding $25,600 in cash grants to four literacy and education programs across the county. Funding for the grants is made possible by Read Teddy(R) -a special furry friend available in all Build...
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09-19-07
RSF Social Finance Partners with Organic Bouquet
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - September 18, 2007 - RSF Social Finance has partnered once again with Organic Bouquet Inc., the world's first online organic florist. In 2003, RSF provided Organic Bouquet with a working capital loan as a way of investing in the company's critical early s...
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09-18-07
John Templeton Foundation Awards The HealthCare Chaplaincy $1.1 Million
NEW YORK, NY - September 18, 2007 - The John Templeton Foundation will give a $1.1 million grant to The HealthCare Chaplaincy to further aid its transformative initiative in clinical pastoral education. This is the largest single grant The Chaplaincy has received in its 46-...
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09-18-07
Moving Towards Business Sustainability: An Executive Briefing on Corporate Risk Management in the 21st Century and Beyond
September 17, 2007 -
Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Place: Alexandria, VA
Cost: Complimentary
Registration: www.bsiamericas.com/sustainability
