Philanthropy
Donations to community initiatives with the intention of giving back for the greater common good.
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06-13-00
Ten Southwest Idaho Non-profit Organizations Selected As Benefactors Of Boise's Premiere Sporting Event
Albertson's, Inc. is pleased to announce the recipients of funds from this year's Buy.com Boise Open tournament, to be held September 11-17, 2000. A total of ten non-profit organizations located in Southwest Idaho were selected based on their ability to positively improve th...
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06-12-00
Lucent Technologies Funds Skills Development and Education Programs for Youth in New Jersey's Largest City
Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced grants totaling more than $1.6 million to 18 Newark N.J.-based organizations for programs designed to better prepare young people to meet the challenges of our changing global society.
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06-12-00
Key Receives 'Outstanding' Rating for Community Reinvestment Act Lending
For the fifth consecutive rating period, KeyBank National Association has received an "outstanding" rating for its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) lending practices from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). This is the top rating on a four- category sca...
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06-12-00
James Earl Jones, Bell Atlantic Yellow Pages and New York Yankees Announce Literacy Partnership
New York - Bell Atlantic Yellow Pages today announced its plans to provide a $1,000 grant to the Literacy Volunteers of America (LVA) each time a New York Yankee pitcher earns a save this season, with a minimum commitment of $20,000. In conjunction with the announcement, Bel...
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06-12-00
Bell Atlantic Yellow Pages and the Mayor's Commission on Literacy Launch New Reading Program With James Earl Jones
Bell Atlantic Yellow Pages and the Philadelphia Mayor's Commission on Literacy today launched Fit to Read, a program created to encourage parents and children to develop themselves both mentally and physically. The program, which addresses literacy, will launch in September ...
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06-09-00
Charitable Donations to Private Organizations in Haiti Critical Component to Ongoing Food Crisis Relief Efforts
/PRNewswire/ - Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, is no stranger to worldwide media attention as the country's agonizing food crisis continues to escalate. Violent riots and protests, the April ousting of Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis and renewed ...
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06-09-00
Gateway Trade-In Program to Benefit Goodwill
Starting tomorrow, consumers will have an opportunity to upgrade their computer while also contributing to their community. Gateway Country stores will give a $100 discount off a new PC to anyone who donates a functioning, 386-class or better computer – of any brand -- to Go...
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06-08-00
Roadway Express Awards Scholarships to Outstanding High School Students
Roadway Express, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROAD) announces five high school recipients of the Company's sponsored scholarships, and five GAR scholarship winners, all of which are available to children of the motor carrier's employees.
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06-08-00
The Hartford Awards This Year's 'Straight A' Scholarships to 17 City High School Seniors
Seventeen of Hartford's best and brightest from the class of 2000 are college-bound, thanks to The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
The Hartford today announced this year's recipients of its unusual four-year scholarship program -- the All...
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06-08-00
ExxonMobil Green Team Kicks Off Summer Youth Program
The City of Dallas and ExxonMobil Foundation will kick off the start of the 2000 ExxonMobil Green Team Program with a groundbreaking and opening ceremony on Tuesday, June 13 at St. Philip's Triangle Neighborhood in south Dallas. ExxonMobil Green Team, now in its 19th year, i...
