Philanthropy

OAK BROOK, IL – Beginning this month, a special, limited edition “Concert for World Children’s Day” DVD, featuring Celine Dion and some of the world’s leading music artists, is available with all net proceeds benefiting Ronald McDonald House Charities (RHMC). It can b...

OAK BROOK, IL - Worth magazine named Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC), one of “America’s 100 Best Charities of 2002.” This marks the second consecutive year RHMC has received this honor. The article appears in Worth’s December/January 2003 issue.

CLEVELAND, OH, - The numbers are in and the employees from Alcan's (NYSE: AL) Sebree Plant and members of the Henderson, Kentucky community came out on top of Alcan's America Recycles Day (ARD) contest by collecting and recycling 62,040 aluminum beverage cans. The p...

LIVONIA TOWNSHIP, MN - Waste Management of Minnesota (NYSE: WMI) today announced that the Waste Management Charitable Foundation has donated $35,000 to the Sugarbush Preserve in Livonia Township. The Sugarbush Preserve is an old-growth forest that features the last r...

SPRINGFIELD, IL, - The Horace Mann Scholarship Program offers funds to help public and private school educators attend college. The 2003 program will offer 36 scholarships totaling $30,000. The 36 awards include: one $5,000 scholarship; fifteen $1,000 scholarships; a...

AUSTIN, TX, - Whole Foods Market (Nasdaq: WFMI), the world's largest retailer of natural and organic foods, is proud to be a major underwriter of Chefs A' Field, a 13-part Public Broadcasting System (PBS) series. Committed to offering consumers information to make i...

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - Jan. 2, 2003 - Despite the weak economy and fewer contributions being made by consumers to charitable causes this holiday season, Overstock.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:OSTK), the Internet liquidation leader, today announced that its customers purchased a r...

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2 - PNC Bank, a member of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., is offering children age 12 and under the chance to win a $50,000 education fund to help them with college education expenses. The program, announced in December, continues through ...

IRVINE, CA - In recognition for its efforts to provide families with the housing they need, the Building Industry Association (BIA) of Southern California, Orange County Chapter, presented its prestigious "Ruby Slippers" award to the Children and Families Commission ...

KANSAS CITY, MO - More than 1,000 foster children and other kids living in shelters have been able to stay in touch with their loved ones this holiday season, thanks to free long-distance service from Birch Telecom.

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