Philanthropy
Donations to community initiatives with the intention of giving back for the greater common good.
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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
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09-17-07
The African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) Honors Merck & Co., Inc. with Global Corporate Philanthropy Award
NEW YORK - September 17, 2007 - The African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) will bestow its annual Global Corporate Philanthropy Award on the research-driven pharmaceutical company Merck & Co., Inc., here tonight during its 50th anniversary gala. Also honored wil...
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09-17-07
Legatum and MIT Announce the Creation of Academic Center Dedicated to Development and Entrepreneurship
CAMBRIDGE, MA, LONDON, DUBAI - September 17, 2007 - Legatum, a private firm that invests in the global financial markets and in initiatives that support sustainable development, today announced a structured gift of $50 million to create a new center at Massachusetts Institut...
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09-14-07
Early Education Campaign to Make History as Americans Read the Same Book on the Same Day
NEW YORK, NY - September 14, 2007 - Jumpstart's Read for the Record campaign kicks off its second annual reading campaign with the official 2007 campaign book, The Story of Ferdinand, hitting retailers’ shelves today (books are available at Toys "R" Us, American Eagle...
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09-14-07
Childrens Hunger Fund and Dole Work to Distribute Nutrition Education Materials
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA - September 14, 2007 - Last week Dole Food Company donated nearly ¼ million pieces of their information-packed nutrition focused publications to the Children's Hunger Fund (CHF), an international charity . CHF is now including the materials within their...
