Philanthropy

COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 27, 2006--Junior Achievement (JA) of Orange County/Inland Empire California proudly announced Option One Mortgage Corp. as one of their winners of the President's Volunteer Service Award. Option One received its award at a JA board m...

Kmart Corporation (NYSE: KM) today announced Leaders in Learning, an aggressive new corporate giving and community outreach initiative that focuses all of the company's community-based resources to support diverse education programs and promote lifelong learning. Kmart donat...

DAVIS, Calif.- MicroCredit, a not-for-profit venture that makes guarantor-backed loans to aid third-world poor, today announced its loan of $500,000 to CREDIT, the Cambodian Rural Economic Development Initiatives for Transformation. The three-year loan will enable CREDIT to ...

MEXICO CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 2006--Exchanging Views:
Visions of Latin America in the Coleccion Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, a major exhibition of work from the 1950s through the present, is on view at the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, from A...

UNITED NATIONS -- Andrew Liveris, chairman and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), and Jin Zidell, founder of the Blue Planet Run Foundation, announced today a partnership focused on safe drinking water before an audience of dignitaries at the United Nations. The p...

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2006--Safeway Inc.
(NYSE:SWY) announced today that a record $5.1 million was raised to support prostate cancer research during the company's annual June fundraiser.

"Our customers and employees continue to impr...

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2006--ExxonMobil Foundation today announced it will support two, month-long training programs to help improve the leadership skills of 48 women non-profit managers from 22 different developing countries.

The new grant wi...

Kmart Corporation (NYSE: KM) today announced a $450,000 grant donation to The New Detroit Science Center as part of the retailer's sponsorship of the Center's new IMAX® Dome Theatre lobby. The grant, which will be distributed over the next three years, is the first such do...

Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) is pleased to announce that Michael Oxman has been appointed Director of BSR's Oil and Gas Advisory Services team. Oxman comes to BSR from Chevron where he had responsibility for coordinating large-scale investment approvals for the E...

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2006--You could say that 18-year-old Hillary Wragge of Mesa, AZ has been forced to grow up fast. When her mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer more than a year ago, Ms. Wragge had to balance school with a job to help support her family....