Philanthropy
Donations to community initiatives with the intention of giving back for the greater common good.
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09-12-01
Sprint Responds to National Tragedy with Donation of $500,000 to the American Red Cross, Sprint PCS Phones and Other Free Service
Responding to the tragic attacks on American cities, Sprint has donated $500,000 to the American Red Cross and provided Sprint PCS wireless phones and other free calling for disaster workers and victims in New York and Washington, D.C.
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09-12-01
McDonald’s Responds to National Tragedy
$1 Million Donation from McDonald’s Corporation for Relief Efforts, $1 Million from Ronald McDonald House Charities, Feeding Search and Rescue Teams in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania, McDonald's Cookies and Juice Going to Blood Donation Centers, Restaurants' Ch...
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09-12-01
AT&T Donates $1 Million To American Red Cross And $10 Million In Prepaid Calling Cards To Relief Efforts
The AT&T Foundation announced today that it will donate $1 million to the American Red Cross to support relief efforts in New York City and Washington, D.C., as a result of yesterday’s tragic events. AT&T has committed up to an additional $300,000 in funds to match ...
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09-11-01
Ronald McDonald Models Milk Mustache
Ronald McDonald® has an important message for kids and moms -- drink more milk. The famous McDonald’s icon is donning a milk mustache to show moms how important it is to be a milk-drinking role model for kids, and to show kids just how fun drinking milk is. Ronald is the lat...
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09-08-01
AT&T Donates $250,000 For Inaugural National Book Festival
The AT&T Foundation announced today it has donated $250,000 to the Library of Congress for the first National Book Festival, an event that will bring nearly 60 American authors and illustrators to the Library in Washington this Saturday.
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09-06-01
US Airways to Sponsor National Book Festival
US Airways announced today that it is joining with First Lady Laura Bush and the Library of Congress to support the importance of reading through the first National Book Festival.
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09-06-01
PMI Announces $7,000 Donation to Philadelphia Council for Community Advancement
PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. today announced that it had made a $7,000 donation to the Philadelphia Council for Community Advancement (PCCA). The donation is intended to support PCCA's work of providing comprehensive housing counseling, case management and technical
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09-04-01
The Business Schools at UC Berkeley and Columbia University Join Forces with The Goldman Sachs Foundation to Create The National Social Venture Competition
The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and Columbia Business School announced today, September 4, 2001, a joint partnership with The Goldman Sachs Foundation to create the National Social Venture Competition. The competition invites aspiring ...
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08-29-01
Charter One Bank Wins National Housing Award
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati (FHLBank) presented Charter One Financial, Inc. (NYSE: CF) today with the FHLBank System's 2001 Community Partnership Award for affordable housing and community development achievement. The presentation was made to Charter One's presi...
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08-29-01
RadioShack Collects 133,000 Used Wireless Phones to Help Domestic Violence Victims
RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH) announced today that its stores collected 133,000 wireless phones in three months as a national collection site for the Wireless Foundation’s Donate a Phone program. To date, this is the single largest contribution of handsets to the progra...
