Philanthropy
Donations to community initiatives with the intention of giving back for the greater common good.
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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...
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10-16-01
GE Goes Around The Globe and Around The Corner; Local GE Employees Participate in GE's Day of Caring
More than 550 employees from General Electric (GE) businesses in Kansas City will participate in GE's Day of Caring on Thursday, October 18. A company-wide initiative, GE's Day of Caring involves GE businesses around the world joining together to serve their respective commu...
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10-10-01
Safeway Conducts Company-Wide Fundraising and Educational Campaign
To coincide with October as "National Breast Cancer Awareness Month", Safeway stores across the U.S. and in Canada will begin a company-wide fundraising and educational campaign to raise critical funds for research, education, screening and treatment of breast cancer. Partic...
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10-09-01
Avon Products Foundation Announces Record-Setting Funding for the Fight Against Breast Cancer
Avon fundraising gala to raise $1.6 million and honor leaders in the fight against breast cancer. Andrea Jung, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP), will announce tonight that the Avon Products Foundation will award a record-setting $50 mi...
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10-08-01
Concord Camera Corp. Promises $1 Million to Relief Fund for Families of Firefighters and Policemen and Pledges to Raise More for Victims of the Attack On America
Concord Camera Corp. ("Concord") (NASDAQ National Market: LENS) today promised $1 million to relief efforts for the families of the firefighters and policemen who gave their lives in the pursuit of saving the lives of others during the Attack on America. In addition, Concord...
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10-05-01
Heineken and its U.S. Employees to Donate $500,000 to Disaster Relief Organizations
Heineken NV, the world's second-largest brewer, and its American subsidiary, Heineken USA, announced they are committing $500,000 to disaster relief efforts in the wake of the tragic terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, DC.
