Philanthropy
Donations to community initiatives with the intention of giving back for the greater common good.
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05-22-00
Weyerhaeuser and the Kinston Indians Say "Batter Up" for Eastern NC Flood Relief
When fans at Grainger Stadium hear the exciting cry "Going, going, gone!" this season, they might have more to celebrate than a homerun. Anytime a Kinston Indians player hits the Weyerhaeuser billboard, which is just beyond the outfield fence between right and center fields,...
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05-19-00
IBM Wins National Award for Corporate Leadership
IBM, the state of North Carolina's largest industrial employer, received the Ron Brown Award -- the nation's highest honor for employee and corporate community relations -- at a ceremony hosted by President Clinton at the White House yesterday.
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05-19-00
Dell Commits $1 Million Dollars to Health, Literacy and Technology Access
Dell, the world's leading direct computer systems company and an Internet leader in helping customers build businesses on the Web, today unveiled a new community program leveraging the advantages of technology and the Internet to help better prepare Middle Tennessee communit...
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05-18-00
Weyerhaeuser launches "Sheltering the Community" partnership with nonprofit shelter organizations
In a continuing celebration of its 100th anniversary, Weyerhaeuser announced today a new, local "Sheltering the Community" partnership with Springfield-Eugene Habitat for Humanity and St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc. The collaboration will build two homes for...
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05-18-00
GTE's fight for a more literate America earns company Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership.
GTE's national literacy program GTE Reads today earned the telecommunications company the prestigious Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership.
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05-18-00
Georgia Gov. Barnes and BellSouth Announce Major Initiative to Bridge Georgia's Digital Divide
Georgia Governor Roy Barnes and BellSouth Corp. today announced a major initiative to build a broadband infrastructure throughout the state and deliver high-speed Internet access to rural Georgia residents and all of Georgia's approximately 1,800 K-12 schools. The project is...
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05-17-00
20th Anniversary of the Mount St. Helens eruption; New Exhibit at Forest Learning Center
Twenty years after the eruption of Mount St. Helens that destroyed 68,000 acres of its forest land, Weyerhaeuser Company is opening a new exhibit at the Mount St. Helens Forest Learning center to commemorate the rebirth of the forest surrounding the blast zone.
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05-16-00
$300,000 Foundation Grant to Help Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect and Promote Strong Families
The Freddie Mac Foundation has made a three-year, $300,000 grant to the National Association of Counties Research Foundation (NACoRF) to help promote and replicate Healthy Families America (HFA) programs, a family support program of Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA) proven ...
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05-15-00
Aetna Financial Services to Endow Chair, Fund Center at the University of Connecticut
Aetna Financial Services and The University of Connecticut announced today that Aetna will contribute over $2.7 million to the University of Connecticut's School of Business Administration. Combined with over $1.3 million in state matching funds, the total value of Aetna's c...
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05-15-00
Patients From the AFLAC Cancer Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Head Out to the Ballgame
Children being treated for cancer will enjoy a night at the ballpark Tuesday with the Atlanta Braves as part of AFLAC Cancer Center Night at Turner Field.
