Philanthropy

IRVINE, CA - Do you know a hero? Someone in your community who is building a neighborhood center for needy kids, developing recycling programs for their schools or helping save the life of a perfect stranger?

If so, you may be...

Portland, OR - Cleveland High School students from 10 Portland, Oregon, high schools held a press conference here today after school to announce additional plans to raise money to save PIL sports and to urge adults to play an active role in helping solve the city’s ...

Beaverton, OR - The Oregon Office of Energy has presented Nike with the 2002 Energy Partnership award for its outstanding achievement of energy-efficiency improvements in Oregon public schools.

Last year, the Office of Energy an...

OAKBROOK, IL – McDonald’s has launched its “Founders Centennial Anniversary Celebration” to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of the company’s late founder, Ray Kroc’s, this past October. This comprehensive program involves celebrating Kroc’s legacy throug...

NEW YORK, NY - A new book published by McGraw-Hill Education, (NYSE MHP) provides a new understanding of autism, a complex development disorder that affects one in 250 births.

Souls: Beneath and Beyond Autism, offers insights by ...

NORTHBROOK, IL - The Allstate Foundation is organizing interactive youth workshops on law enforcement-teen communication, preventing hate crimes, and understanding diversity. The workshops are part of the National Crime Prevention Council's 2003 National Youth Summit...

MORRISTOWN, NJ -AT&T today announced the introduction of AT&T Video Relay Services, an innovative, web-based service that enables the nation's estimated 28 million deaf and hard of hearing people to communicate with friends and family over the phone more easil...

Having chosen philanthropy over food for client gifts this past holiday season, Chicago-based Douglas-Danielle, Inc. (DDI) developed the promotional SMARTSite www.HolidayDonation.com as a means of enabling clients to choose the charity to which a donation would be ma...

LOS ANGELES, CA - Wells Fargo & Company(NYSE: WFC) said today it will contribute $100,000 to the American Red Cross disaster relief fund for assistance to the victims and families of the recent earthquake in Colima, Mexico.

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Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and INTELLI-CHECK, INC. (AMEX:IDN) have entered into an agreement which is designed to increase the use of ID-CHECK(R)--an age and document verification system--that allows restaurants, grocery and convenience stores, casinos, hot...