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    National Charity Names Financial Leader to Help America's Kids Avoid & Overcome Crises of Modern Life Image

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    06-21-06

    National Charity Names Financial Leader to Help America's Kids Avoid & Overcome Crises of Modern Life

    NEW YORK and 65 CENTERS ACROSS AMERICA -- After a nationwide search, the 124-year-old national children's crisis charity KidsPeace named veteran healthcare executive William R. Isemann as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The organization sees the appoint...

    PR News Announces Winners Of Corporate Social Responsibility Awards Image

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    06-20-06

    PR News Announces Winners Of Corporate Social Responsibility Awards

    WASHINGTON, DC-- Pfizer, Gap and Fireman's Fund were among the nine
    corporations that took home the highly-coveted PR News award for outstanding Corporate Social Responsibility. The winners, saluted at an event held today at the National Press Club, were lauded for bot...

    Dow Chemical Launches  'The Human Element'  Campaign Image

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    06-20-06

    Dow Chemical Launches 'The Human Element' Campaign

    Midland, MI - June 20, 2006 - The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) today unveiled a bold new U.S. advertising campaign -- "The Human Element" -- that reintroduces the company and announces its vision of addressing some of the most pressing economic, social and environ...

    'Food to Flowers!' School Program and Cereplast Inc. Introduce Compostable Plastic Bags into Mix; Cereplast Provides New Environmentally-Friendly Alternative Image

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    06-20-06

    'Food to Flowers!' School Program and Cereplast Inc. Introduce Compostable Plastic Bags into Mix; Cereplast Provides New Environmentally-Friendly Alternative

    SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2006--Cereplast Inc. (OTCBB:CERP) today announced a deal to provide the San Francisco School District's "Food to Flowers!" program with compostable plastic bags. Cereplast is the producer of renewable and biodegradable plastics, which...

    Charities@Work and CreateHope, Inc. Partner to Provide Workplace-Giving Management Solution Image

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    06-19-06

    Charities@Work and CreateHope, Inc. Partner to Provide Workplace-Giving Management Solution

    FALLS CHURCH, Virginia - Charities@Work and CreateHope, Inc. have formed a partnership to support and promote strong, effective and efficient workplace-giving campaigns. The full-service package provided through the partnership enables companies and employees to support th...

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    06-16-06

    Vons Employees Tackle an Olympic Task: 200 Employees Volunteer for the Special Olympics Summer Games; Vons and Special Olympics Celebrate 100 Years in the Community

    LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 2006--On June 17 and 18, more than 200 Vons employees, friends and family will volunteer their time as part of the Company's commitment as Gold Medal Sponsor and Official Food Supplier of the 2006 Special Olympics Southern Califo...

    KaBOOM! and the Home Depot Win Golden Halo Award Image

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    06-16-06

    KaBOOM! and the Home Depot Win Golden Halo Award

    WASHINGTON, D.C.- Partners since 1996 with the goal of building and refurbishing playspaces across North America, KaBOOM! and The Home Depot® were honored with the 2006 Golden Halo Award today during the 4th Annual Cause Marketing Forum conference in New York City. The Cause...

    Looking to the Future:  Taking Action Today Image

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    06-16-06

    Looking to the Future: Taking Action Today

    This periodic newsletter offers a roundup of recent highlights from Alcoa's operations worldwide. Taken individually, these summaries provide insight into Alcoa's performance in the economic, environmental, and social realms. Taken together, they reveal the breadth of acti...

    Phelps Dodge Foundation Distributes Mini-Grants to Enhance Education Image

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    06-16-06

    Phelps Dodge Foundation Distributes Mini-Grants to Enhance Education

    PHOENIX - Phelps Dodge Foundation has awarded 79 grants totaling $37,846 to teachers and K-12 schools located in or near communities in which Phelps Dodge or one of its subsidiaries has a presence. Funding came from the foundation‚s "Mini-Grants for Education" program.

    $1 Trillion of Investors Call on SEC to Require Corporate Disclosure on Financial Risks of Climate Change- UPDATED Image

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    06-15-06

    $1 Trillion of Investors Call on SEC to Require Corporate Disclosure on Financial Risks of Climate Change- UPDATED

    BOSTON - More than two-dozen institutional investors, managing more than $1 trillion of assets, today called on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require publicly-traded companies to disclose the financial risks of global warming in their securities filing...

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