Philanthropy

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2007--After over a decade of service, Jonathan Jaffrey resigns as Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of the W.M. Keck Foundation to start Springbanc Philanthropy Advisors. His resignation is effective June 30. Springbanc opens it...

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA- May 29, 2007 - Further deepening its commitment to the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa, Abbott Fund announced today that it is opening a new program office in Tanzania to manage its extensive HIV/AIDS philanthropic efforts and partnerships there. A...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2007--The San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) is the 2007 recipient of the $250,000 Best Buy Teach Award for demonstrating exceptional creative use of interactive technology to help make learning fun for its K-12 students.

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2007--Actor Rob Lowe has committed to play golf in the CIBER Pro-Am, which is part of The Principal Charity Classic at Glen Oaks Country Club.

Lowe is in his second season playing Robert McCall...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2007--With the help of his beary special friends at Build-A-Bear Workshop(R) and The Walt Disney Company, Winnie the Pooh is on a mission to bring special comfort and friendship to children in need of a friend during hospital stays. Thou...

SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2007--Community activists, civic leaders and local clergy will join hundreds of retail grocery employees outside the Albertsons store at 2840 South Bristol in Santa Ana Friday, May 25 from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm for a rally aimed at bu...

SHORT HILLS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2007--New Eyes for the Needy welcomed Goldman Sachs employees on May 4th and May 18th as part of the firm's Community TeamWorks program. Employees of the firm volunteered their time to paint offices, landscape garden space around t...

RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2007--For anyone looking to get dad the perfect gift this Father's Day, here is the opportunity to nominate him to be Samsung and Sears' "Father of The Year." In their ongoing support of NFL Football Great Boomer Esiason and th...

LOUISVILLE, KY- May 23, 2007 - In 2005, Louisville Slugger and its parent company, Hillerich and Bradsby Co. teamed with USA Cares, AUSA and others and collected more than 13 tons of new and gently-used sporting equipment. The equipment was shipped to Iraq and Afghanistan t...

CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2007--More than 1,500 employees of Invitrogen Corporation (Nasdaq:IVGN) will trade their microscopes and lab coats for tools and work gloves on May 24 to participate in the company's fourth annual Global Volunteer Day. In one 24-hou...