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Quacking Duck Raises Big Bucks for AFLAC Cancer Center; Web Sales of the Stuffed Ducks Total More Than $75,000

Posted: Aug 29, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

Aug. 29 /CSRwire/ - AFLAC's newest advertising campaign, featuring the famous AFLAC duck, has been an overwhelming success. The commercials have increased sales and name recognition for the supplemental insurer. But AFLAC's campaign has benefited more than the company's bottom line. When AFLAC...

First Union and Partners Launch eCommunitiesFirst Alliance TO Close the Digital Divide

Posted: Aug 29, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

Initiative will increase computer access and training

Rockwell Gift Will Create Industrial Control, Automation Lab for Texas A&M

Posted: Aug 29, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

Nearly $1 Million Donation in Cash and Equipment Will Enhance Engineering Education

A World of Change: Microsoft, Youth Foundations Offer 4,000 Polish Children First Experience with Computers and the Internet

Posted: Aug 28, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

Aug. 28 /CSRwire/ - When children in seven schools in rural Poland return to their classrooms in September, they will experience something many never dreamed possible: access to a computer. In Korsze and Barcianytwo disadvantaged communities in northern Poland4,000 students, aged 8 through...

National Semiconductor Establishes Charitable Foundation

Posted: Aug 28, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

$20 Million Endowment will Provide Grants to Improve Education and Address Critical Community Needs Worldwide

National Semiconductor Presents Resource Area for Teachers (RAFT) with $150,000 Donation

Posted: Aug 26, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

Gift Marks Debut of $20 Million National Semiconductor Foundation Focusing on Education and Critical Community Needs

U.S. Representative Ronnie Shows Joins Fannie Mae, Mississippi Home of Your Own (HOYO) Coalition, and Local Housing Leaders to Celebrate Homeownership Opportunities for People with Disabilities

Posted: Aug 25, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

Aug. 25 /CSRwire/ - U.S. Representative Ronnie Shows (D-MS) today joined representatives from the Mississippi Department of Economic and Community Development, Trustmark National Bank and Fannie Mae (FNM/NYSE), the nations largest source of financing for home mortgages, to announce the Mississippi Home of...

ExxonMobil and Teach the Children Pump Students Up for Education in Detroit

Posted: Aug 24, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

Aug. 24 /CSRwire/ - Exxon Mobil Corporation is helping to prepare more than 2,000 Detroit area students for the start of the new school year through its support of Teach the Children. The Teach the Children program provides elementary school students in communities...

Delegates Donate More Than 1,000 Books to Sallie Mae's 'Campaign for Literacy' At Democratic National Convention

Posted: Aug 23, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

Aug. 23 /CSRwire/ - Sallie Mae (NYSE: SLM) today announced that delegates participating in its "Campaign for Literacy" during the Democratic National Convention donated more than 1,000 children's books to benefit literacy programs in Los Angeles. The books will be used by local...

Duke Energy Diversity Manager Recognized by Houston Human Resource Management Association

Posted: Aug 21, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

Aug. 21 /CSRwire/ - Rohby Word Mitchell of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) was recognized by the Houston Human Resource Management Association (HHRMA) for her efforts in promoting and sharing information with the group's diversity committee. Mitchell, manager of diversity and equal employment opportunity...