Philanthropy

Washington, D.C.

Annual Partnership Conference: Business and K-12 Education Partnerships
May 20-21, 2004, Washington, DC

K-12 Education is the number one social issue suppo...

U.S. - Today in San Salvador, 20 internationally recognized coffee experts begin their weeklong sampling of 153 different Arabica coffees that were submitted by Salvadoran growers who are competing in El Salvador's second annual Cup of Excellence® countrywide coffee q...

London, UK - Britain's market towns are set for a brighter future as business continues to invest and local communities embrace new ideas and innovations which will equip their town for the demands of future generations.

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HARTFORD, CT - United Technologies Corp. announced today the awarding of nearly $3 million in grants to charitable causes and organizations in Connecticut, as part of the corporation's total $6.1 million statewide commitment this year.

LANHAM, MD--Proving that nickels, pennies and dimes do add up, Safeway Food and Drug stores in the Washington/Baltimore region collected donations of more than $161,000 recently with its Round Up Hunger campaign to benefit area food banks.

SEATTLE — Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) announced today the distribution of award money to four coffee farming communities in Sumatra, Guatemala and Kenya that won the 2003 Starbucks® Special Reserve contest, the company’s annual search for the world’s best ...

Beaverton, OR - In celebration of National Teacher Appreciation Week (May 3-9) and National Teacher's Day (May 4), Jordan, a division of Nike, Inc., today announced it will recognize 400 teachers nationwide through the Jordan Fundamentals program, by awarding $1 milli...

ABBOTT PARK, Il. - Abbott Laboratories issued its third annual global citizenship report, "Touching Lives." The report highlights Abbott's work to develop sustainable business solutions to address three major issues facing the global community: access to medicines, i...

Norwalk, CT - A total of 497 coffee samples from small and medium-scale farms and large estates throughout Nicaragua have been submitted for the upcoming "Cup of Excellence®," the third countrywide coffee competition to be held here, according to Ernest van Panhuys, C...

SEATTLE -- In honor of International Fair Trade Week, Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) will feature Fair Trade Blend as "Coffee of the Week" in thousands of Company-operated stores across the United States and Canada from May 3 to 9. The offering will coincide ...