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Patients From the AFLAC Cancer Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Head Out to the Ballgame

Posted: May 15, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

May 15 /CSRwire/ - Children being treated for cancer will enjoy a night at the ballpark Tuesday with the Atlanta Braves as part of AFLAC Cancer Center Night at Turner Field. More than 120 patients, family members and medical staff from the AFLAC...

Patients From the AFLAC Cancer Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Head Out to the Ballgame

Posted: May 15, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

May 15 /CSRwire/ - Children being treated for cancer will enjoy a night at the ballpark Tuesday with the Atlanta Braves as part of AFLAC Cancer Center Night at Turner Field. More than 120 patients, family members and medical staff from the AFLAC...

Sears Donates More Than $200,000 for New Mexico Wildfire Relief Activities

Posted: May 12, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

May 12 /CSRwire/ - 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. Today, Sears presented...

Target Stores and Mervyn's California Donate $15,000 to Help Victims of Los Alamos Fire

Posted: May 12, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

May 12 /CSRwire/ - 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 280...

Freddie Mac and National Hispanic Housing Council Launch $40 Million Affordable Housing Effort in Five States

Posted: May 12, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

Pilot Venture to Stimulate Construction, Latino Homeownership Opportunities in Texas, California, Florida, Illinois, and Massachusetts

Walgreens Announces Stock Option Grant to All Employees in Recognition of 3,000th Store Opening

Posted: May 11, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

May 11 /CSRwire/ - Walgreen Co. today announced a one-time stock option grant to each of its 110,000 employees to recognize the drugstore chain's 3,000th store opening. The options are being awarded to all full-time and part-time employees on the company's payroll as...

Bristol-Myers Squibb Joins Effort To Accelerate Access To HIV/AIDS Treatment In Developing Countries

Posted: May 11, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

Public/Private Effort Includes United Nations Agencies and Other Leading Pharmaceutical Companies

Bank of America Donates 550 Laptop Computers to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Staff and Students

Posted: May 10, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

May 10 /CSRwire/ - 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 Information Technologies Council and its...

Albertson's provides assistance to Los Alamos community during evacuation

Posted: May 10, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

May 10 /CSRwire/ - 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...

Jefferson B. Seabright Appointed Vice President, Policy Planning for Texaco

Posted: May 10, 2000 – 12:00 AM EST

May 10 /CSRwire/ - Jefferson B. Seabright will join Texaco in the newly created position of Vice President, Policy Planning effective May 15, it was announced today by Texaco Chairman and CEO Peter I. Bijur. Seabright currently serves as Executive Director of the...