Philanthropy

This periodic newsletter offers a roundup of recent highlights from Alcoa's operations worldwide. Taken individually, these summaries provide insight into Alcoa's performance in the economic, environmental, and social realms. Taken together, they reveal the breadth ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Approximately two-thirds (68%) of U.S. kids and teenagers aged 8 to 18 have followed the tsunami tragedy closely and a third (33%) have donated money to the relief, according to a national online survey recently conducted by Harris Interactive(R). W...

WASHINGTON, DC - Valentine's sales of gold jewelry in the U.S. will leave in their wake more than 34 million metric tons of waste worldwide, according to estimates from EARTHWORKS and Oxfam America, leaders of a major consumer campaign aimed at changing the way gold i...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Listening to the oohs and ahhs coming from a fourth-grade classroom at School 16 in Rochester, you'd think teacher Stacie Barry was pulling rabbits out of a hat.

There is magic going on in her classroom, but it...

CHICAGO - Honoring the breadth and depth of its health care initiatives that serve Southeast Michigan's minorities and disadvantaged residents, Henry Ford Health System in Detroit has won the 2004 Foster G. McGaw Prize for excellence in community service - one of the ...

STAMFORD, CT - AmeriCares, the humanitarian relief agency, announced today that it has received a $1 million cash donation to aid its tsunami relief efforts in Asia from the Abbott Fund, the philanthropic foundation of global health care company Abbott.

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI -Covansys Corporation (Nasdaq:CVNS), a global consulting and technology services company, announced today that through employee donations, the company and The Vattikuti Foundation, it made a $150,000 cash donation to the American India Foundation ...

POTOMAC, MD - The winners of this year's Corporate Social Responsibility Awards (CSR) defied the odds and have overcome a year of intensive corporate scrutiny by demonstrating that goodwill, philanthropy and employee commitment to "do good" can go a long way towards m...

LAKE SUCCESS, NY - Golfer Michelle McGann, a seven-time winner with the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), is participating for the second consecutive year in Canon4Kids, the program created by Canon U.S.A. that seeks to help locate missing children across A...

REDWOOD SHORES, CA - According to a new study released today by Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq: ORCL) and the Economist Intelligence Unit, 85 percent of executives and investors rank corporate responsibility as a central consideration in investment decisions. The study, "...