Philanthropy

PITTSBURGH, PA - Alcoa Foundation announced today that it is seeking proposals from Northside (Pittsburgh) nonprofit organizations as part of its Allegheny Works initiative, a five-year, $1 million program to enhance literacy, workforce development and employment oppo...

Close Encounters
(of the sustainable kind)

Thursday, April 24th

Coral Room - New York's hot new club with a larger than life exotic aquarium

512 W. 29th Street (between 1...

With the support of key U.S. corporations, Medical Education for South African Blacks (MESAB), a non-profit organization that provides scholarships, advanced training, and academic support to black South African medical students, completed its annual fund-raising even...

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO and DELRAY BEACH, FL -- Junior Achievement and Office Depot, Inc., (NYSE:ODP) today kicked off "Job Shadow Day," a program that mentors students and provides them with valuable "hands-on" experience in the workplace.

PITTSBURGH, PA - Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today announced combined grants from Alcoa Foundation and Alcoa Fujikura Ltd. (AFL) in communities covering all six of AFL's Mexican operating locations exceeded US$1 million in 2002.

More than 30 ...

NORWALK, CT- Two-hundred-and-fifty coffee samples from small and medium-scale farms and large estates throughout Nicaragua have already been submitted for the upcoming "Cup of Excellence®," the second-ever countrywide coffee competition to be held here, according to E...

PRINCETON, NJ and DELRAY BEACH, FL — As National Autism Awareness month kicks off, Office Depot, Inc., (NYSE:ODP) is teaming up with the National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR) to launch an in-store awareness campaign in Office Depot’s more than 860 retail stores...

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration today announced a national business partnership with Manpower Inc. to develop joint employment and training strategies. Signed by Emily Stover DeRocco, assistant secretary of labor...

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- Golden Eagle International, Inc. (MYNG, OTCBB) announced today that the Golden Eagle Hospital in Cangalli, Bolivia is currently treating victims of a mudslide that devastated the gold mining town of Chima, Bolivia on Monday morning. Torrential ...

SEATTLE, WA - Washington Mutual today announced a package of services and programs designed to provide special support and assistance to those affected by the conflict in Iraq. These programs are effective immediately.

To help ra...