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    600 GE Lighting 'Community Service Commandos' Renovate Camp for Inner-City Youngsters Image

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    09-07-00

    600 GE Lighting 'Community Service Commandos' Renovate Camp for Inner-City Youngsters

    Thanks to more than 600 GE Lighting
    employee volunteers, the number of inner-city youngsters who will next summer
    be able to attend Camp Mueller -- a 270-acre camp in Peninsula, Ohio -- will
    more than quadruple.
    In a highly-planned-and-prepared on...

    3M Donates $1 Million to Schools Image

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    07-17-00

    3M Donates $1 Million to Schools

    3M today announced the company is donating $1 million to middle and high schools through its "3M Salute to Schools" program, which provides much-needed security technology that helps libraries with limited resources reduce the loss of valuable materials.

    “Volunteers Just Want to be Useful" Image

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    06-26-00

    “Volunteers Just Want to be Useful"

    In today’s time-starved environment, people who volunteer for a charitable organization want their time used effectively and efficiently. The UPS Foundation is taking another step to help make that experience more commonplace by tripling its investment in the Volunteer Impac...

    3M Provides $9.2 Million For The Arts And Education Image

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    05-30-00

    3M Provides $9.2 Million For The Arts And Education

    The 3M Foundation Board of Directors approved over $7.5 million for educational institutions and programs throughout the country and over $1.7 million to support arts organizations and initiatives which enhance the quality of life in 3M communities.

    Power Systems' Schenectady Facility Becomes Largest GE Plant to Receive OSHA'S Highest Safety Award Image

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    05-30-00

    Power Systems' Schenectady Facility Becomes Largest GE Plant to Receive OSHA'S Highest Safety Award

    GE Power Systems' Schenectady
    facility has received the federal Occupational Safety and Health
    Administration's (OSHA) highest recognition for safety and health management,
    the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star status.
    GE Schenectady is one ...

    GE Appliances Inks Historic Energy Efficiency Agreement for Next Generation Clothes Image

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    05-23-00

    GE Appliances Inks Historic Energy Efficiency Agreement for Next Generation Clothes

    General Electric Appliances (GE)
    President and CEO Larry Johnston will sign an historic energy efficiency and
    water savings agreement in Washington, D.C. today with environmental groups,
    energy efficiency advocates, utilities, and state governments and othe...

    3M Phasing Out Some of its Specialty Materials Image

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    05-16-00

    3M Phasing Out Some of its Specialty Materials

    3M today announced it is phasing out of the perfluorooctanyl chemistry used to produce certain repellents and surfactant products.

    The affected product lines represent about two percent of 3M's nearly $16 billion in annual sales. These i...

    GE Transportation Systems' Erie, Pennsylvania, Plant Achieves Employee Safety and Health Milestone Image

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    05-15-00

    GE Transportation Systems' Erie, Pennsylvania, Plant Achieves Employee Safety and Health Milestone

    GE Transportation Systems' Erie,
    Pennsylvania, facility has marked a major employee safety and health
    milestone, becoming the largest manufacturing site in Pennsylvania and one of
    the ten largest worksites in the country to be inducted into the federal

    GE Appliances Decatur Plant Wins Top Company Environmental, Health and Safety Award Image

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    05-09-00

    GE Appliances Decatur Plant Wins Top Company Environmental, Health and Safety Award

    In a special ceremony held today at
    the GE Appliances Decatur Refrigerator Plant, President and CEO Larry Johnston
    presented General Electric's (GE) highest environmental, health and safety
    Excellence Award in the world for best overall performance to the o...

    GE Awards $200,000 for Environmental Projects; GE Volunteers Support Community Environmental Projects Image

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    04-20-00

    GE Awards $200,000 for Environmental Projects; GE Volunteers Support Community Environmental Projects

    The GE Fund, the philanthropic
    arm of the General Electric Company, today announced nearly $200,000 in grants
    for environmental stewardship and education programs across the nation. In
    addition, volunteers from GE Elfun chapters around the globe will be

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