Philanthropy

WOONSOCKET, RI- CVS/pharmacy announced today its participation in ABC's new series, "Miracle Workers." The new series is about real people overcoming insurmountable odds with the help of an elite team of medical professionals and premieres Monday, March 6 (10:...

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...

MARYSVILLE, Ohio - The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, the world's largest marketer of branded products for consumer lawn and garden care, today announced plans for the second year of its multi-year partnership to support Keep America Beautiful(R) and its Great American C...

ARLINGTON, Virginia - Ashoka: Innovators for the Public announced today the release of its new Social Entrepreneurship Series ...

EUGENE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 2006--San Francisco businessman and philanthropist Lorry Lokey, who says his Portland elementary school teachers started him on the road to success, pledged $10 million to the University of Oregon College of Education for its ne...

Alexandria, VA- For the sixth consecutive year, UPS has set a new record for United Way giving. In 2005, UPS pledged more than $57.4 million, topping all previous records for United Way giving by a U.S. corporation.

This year's...

DEERFIELD, Ill. - Baxter International Inc. and The Baxter International Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Baxter, today announced their combined 2005 charitable giving, focused on increasing access to healthcare, helping underdeveloped nations and countries in cri...

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 2006--Safeway Inc.
(NYSE:SWY) announced today that it is launching Shop & Care, a unique
giving program that teams Safeway's charitable giving power with that
of leading food manufacturers and other v...