Philanthropy

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 2006--Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO) has received a grant of $80,000 from Keep A Child Alive (KACA). The money is earmarked for WWO's medical programs that provide antiretroviral (ARV) therapy to Ethiopian children who are HIV p...

Disney Worldwide Outreach's "Season of Compassion," the annual delivery of fun filled care packages to every children's hospital and pediatric wing across the country, was kicked off today by Mickey Mouse who helped to deliver a care package and helped to throw a spec...

DES MOINES, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 2006--U.S. marketing budgets are projected to increase by 13 percent in 2006 according to a recent MediaPost.com article. With big companies contributing to this trend, small- to medium-sized companies are forced to get crea...

VANCOUVER -- A children's hospice in Vancouver, a fresh food distribution program for Toronto's hungry, a Calgary-based global humanitarian organization providing lighting technology to remote, rural and often impoverished villages... these organizations: Canuck Place...

PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2006-- Lenovo, the computing equipment sponsor of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, today announced that it is donating ThinkPad notebooks to "Right To Play," an athlete-driven international humanitarian organization that uses ...

Woonsocket, Rhode Island - The CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust, the private foundation managed by CVS Corporation, announced today that it has awarded more than one million dollars in grant funds to 31 non-profit organizations across the United States.

WHAT: Working Conference---Beyond Cold Cash: Unlocking the Value of Corporate America's Role in Disaster Response. The private sector played an unprecedented role in responding to the rash of natural disasters in 2005. The Business Roundtable's Partnershi...

Chicago, Illinois - USA WEEKEND Magazine, the Points of Light Foundation, and actor Paul Newman advised local real estate firm Baird & Warner this week that it was chosen to receive a national award in recognition of the firm's volunteer efforts in 2005 for its p...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2006--College students from around the country will study conservation in Washington, D.C., and South Africa under a new $1 million partnership between Nissan North America (NNA) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Entitled the Nissan-...

At a Feb. 9 speech in Calgary, Tim Hearn, Imperial's chairman, president and CEO, spoke to a business audience of more than 300 about the importance of building and maintaining a strong public education system in Canada. Hearn's speech was part of a tribute dinner ev...