Philanthropy

Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) today announced that Target Stores and Mervyn's California together have donated $15,000 to the American Red Cross to help victims of this week's fire in Los Alamos, N.M.

The fire has destroyed more than 28...

Sears, Roebuck and Co. (NYSE: S) pledged $225,000 in cash and merchandise donations to the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army for relief activities during the devastating wildfires raging through Los Alamos since last Thursday.

To...

Freddie Mac and the National Hispanic Housing Council today announced a $40 million initiative to expand new home construction, quality rehabilitation, and affordable homeownership opportunities for Latino families in California, Florida, Illinois, Texas and Massachusetts.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) announced today that it is participating in a public/private effort with United Nations organizations and four other pharmaceutical companies to explore ways to accelerate and improve the provision of HIV/AIDS-related care and treatme...

Albertson's Food & Drug stores have come to the aid of the Los Alamos community, in response to emergency needs as a threatening forest fire approaches the city and citizens evacuate their homes, taking shelter in the Santa Fe community. With the combined effort of the A...

The Freddie Mac Foundation has made a two-year, $325,000 grant to Calvary Bilingual Multicultural Learning Center to assist in the renovation and expansion of their facility. The new facility will allow Calvary to expand their reach to the Columbia Heights, Mt. Pleasant, Ada...

The plight of people in the flood-ravaged African nation of Mozambique has touched the hearts of many Bell Atlantic employees.

This spring, the Consortium of Information and Telecommunications Executives (CITE), a Bell Atlantic employee ...

Bank of America today announced a donation of 550 laptop computers to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) to support staff and students.

The laptop computers donated by Bank of America were initiated through the Charlotte Chamber's Inform...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) raised and contributed nearly $47 million for local communities in the first quarter of 2000, which ended April 30. Wal-Mart associates and customers of more than 3,000 locations nationwide helped raise these funds through the community invol...

On Saturday, May 20, Nicor employees and their families will gather from 8 a.m. to 12 noon in six communities to work on a variety of landscaping and beautification projects. This year, volunteers will work on various projects in the following communities: Sugar Grove, Cryst...