Philanthropy

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2005--Best Buy has expanded its matching program for customer donations to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund in support of victims of Hurricane Katrina. Since launching the match program Sept. 1, customers of Best Buy d...

MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2005--Recent reports from the U.S. Census Bureau estimate that Americans spend about $6 billion in family clothing stores and $2 billion in bookstores, all to equip children to go back to school. But each year, thousands of le...

PITTSBURGH - In response to urgent requests for diabetes testing equipment for Hurricane Katrina victims, Bayer is providing more than 45,000 Ascensia® BRIO® blood glucose monitors and enough Ascensia® EASYFILL® test strips for 45,000 people with diabetes to test for ...

PITTSBURGH & FJARDAAL, Iceland - Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that it is contributing US$1.3 million to build a state-of-the-art sports facility in East Iceland that will revolutionize sporting opportunities in Reydarfjordur with a full-length football (soccer)...

MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2005--As the toll from Hurricane Katrina continues to be assessed, Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSIC), the largest distributor of healthcare products and services to office-based practitioners in the combined North American and...

Dear Friends,

I am writing to invite you to join us at Tides in contributing to an emergency response fund for our friends in New Orleans and the surrounding region.

As ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 2, 2005--Bank of the West today announced it would boost its community support to offer $75 billion in loans, investments, contributions and services to individuals, small businesses, companies and community-based organizations th...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 2, 2005--Fired Up, Inc., parent company of Johnny Carino's Italian, announced today that it will donate 15% of sales at all company-owned restaurants on Sunday, September 11, 2005 to the American Red Cross Emergency Relief Fund.

Boost Mobile(R), Sprint's (NYSE:S) youth lifestyle brand, will add a tool to its Pay-As-You-Go wireless service aimed at helping American youth provide aid to the Hurricane Katrina disaster relief effort.

Boost customers may don...

After receiving numerous inquiries from companies that wish to contribute to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) has released a guide to help the global business community respond effectively.