Philanthropy
Donations to community initiatives with the intention of giving back for the greater common good.
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11-06-01
Wal-Mart and SAM'S CLUB Salute Education Through Teacher of the Year Program
Saluting excellence in education, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT - news) and SAM'S CLUB associates have awarded an unprecedented $1.7 million this year in educational grants through the company's ''Good.Works.'' community involvement program. The grants have been awarded to 3,260 schoo...
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10-30-01
Ford Donates 16 Trucks to Charitable Organizations, Just in Time for the Holidays
Holiday goodwill comes early to 10 charities when Ford Motor Company donates 16 of its pre-owned F-700 series medium duty van trucks, which will help these organizations meet all of their transportation needs. The truck donation ceremony will take place today at 10 a.m. at F...
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10-29-01
Crucial Technology Announces Title Sponsorship of 2001 Humanitarian Bowl
Crucial Technology, a division of Micron and one of the largest memory upgrade providers in the world, today announced it will serve as the title sponsor of the Humanitarian Bowl for the third consecutive year. The bowl's humanitarian spirit takes on special meaning this yea...
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10-26-01
Ethan Allen Supports September 11th Victims
Ethan Allen (NYSE:ETH), one of the world's leading home furnishings manufacturer and retailer, announced today that it has donated more than $300,000 to aid families of the victims of the September 11th disaster. Ethan Allen collected donations from its associates nationwide...
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10-25-01
USAPrescription Donates Quarter Million Dollars to American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
USAPrescription, Inc. (www.USAPrescription.com), a leading online supplier of FDA approved prescription medications, has announced it has donated $250,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief fund to support the recovery and healing efforts following the national traged...
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10-24-01
CityKi Seeks to Break Down Internet- and Retail-Access Barriers for Inner-City Residents through Free Web Kiosks
CityKi, a network of free-standing, computer kiosks that connect inner-city residents with suburban-brand retailers and quality services via the Internet, today announced the launch of its first CityKi kiosk at America's Food Basket, a grocery store serving a largely lower-i...
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10-24-01
PRIMEDIA Workplace Learning Donates Bio-terrorism Training Program to U.S. Conference of Mayors
PRIMEDIA Workplace Learning, a PRIMEDIA company and the leading provider of distance learning solutions for more than 8 million professionals, announced today that it will donate its new bio-terrorism training programming as a part of its sponsorship to the U.S. Conference o...
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10-24-01
New Service Created to Empower Companies to Be Good Corporate Citizens
The process of globalization presents international corporations and grassroots development organizations with tremendous opportunities and serious challenges. Visible Hand, Inc., based in Berkeley, Ca., and Cairo, Egypt, fills a critical gap in the growing field of corporat...
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10-19-01
Bloomingdale's and Bloomingdale's Direct Present Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS And AmfAR With $325,000
Bloomingdale's, a division of Federated Department Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FD), celebrates the funds raised by Bloomingdale's By Mail and bloomingdales.com for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and AmfAR in a check presentation Monday, Oct. 22, to leading figures of the theater a...
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10-18-01
Enterprise Rent-A-Car donates $25 million to Washington University to Endow Scholarships for African-American and Financially Disadvantaged Students
African-American and financially disadvantaged students nationwide will have the opportunity to apply for scholarships at one of the country's premier universities thanks to a $25 million donation Enterprise-Rent-A-Car Company has pledged to Washington University in St. Loui...
