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12-11-08
Global Mapping Tool Demonstrates Medical Donation Impact
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Partnership for Quality Medical Donations (PQMD) Mapping Tool, now available at www.pqmd.org, provides unprecedented access to information about the medical product donations...
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12-11-08
Wal-Mart's International Giving Touches Thousands of Communities Around the World this Holiday Season
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Dec. 11, 2008 "“ Throughout the holiday season, Wal-Mart stores around the world are giving back to their local communities. From associate volunteering to in-store fundraising, Wal-Mart and its associates are doing their part this Christmas to help people...
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12-11-08
Bayer USA Foundation Awards $279,000 Grant to Exemplary STEM Education Diversity Program
PITTSBURGH,PA. - December 11, 2008 - Reaffirming its longstanding commitment to help strengthen science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and bring more women and minorities into STEM fields, the Bayer USA Foundation today awarded a $279,000 grant ove...
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12-11-08
IBM Ranks #1 on Climate Change Strategies in Ceres Report
ARMONK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/11/08 -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) was today
named the top company for climate change strategy and practices, in a report released by the Ceres investor coalition. The report issued today analyzes climate change governance practices at 63 of the...
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12-11-08
Investment Index Benchmarks Affirm Johnson Controls'Financial and Sustainability Strengths
MILWAUKEE, WI. - Dec. 11, 2008 "“ Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI) has again been named to 10 global and domestic indexes which provide investment managers with the criteria they need to make "buy" decisions, underscoring the company's success at strengthening its commitment to ...
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12-11-08
Over 48,000 Gardens and Green Spaces Created in 2008 through Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup
STAMFORD, Conn. - December 11, 2008 - Keep America Beautiful announces that the Great American Cleanup, the organization’s annual campaign to clean--up and green-up thousands of communities in all 50 states, resulted in a record 48,000-plus gardens, green spaces and xeriscap...
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12-11-08
Coalition to Salute America's Heroes(TM) Hosts Record Turnout of Wounded Veterans, Families for 2008 'Road to Recovery Conference & Tribute'
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This week, the Coalition to Salute America's Heroes, a not-for-profit dedicated to helping severely wounded veterans of the War on Terror, brought more than 150 severely wounded veterans, their families and their caregivers t...
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12-11-08
Canada's Environment Minister Delivers National Statement at United Nations Climate Change Conference
POZNAN - December 11, 2008 - The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment, today delivered Canada's national statement to delegates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference. The 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP14) marks the one-year count...
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12-11-08
Novartis Receives China Charity Award for Relief Efforts to Chinese Earthquake Victims
- China Bureau of Civil Affairs recognizes Novartis for providing immediate and long-term relief to the earthquake region
- Novartis provided immediate medical supplies and financial donations to the YaAn disaster area in...
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12-10-08
Opportunity Finance Network Honors Senator Jack Reed with Congressional Champion Award for Creating the Capital Magnet Fund
NEW YORK, NY. "“ December 10, 2008 - Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), the leading national network of high performance community development financial institutions (CDFIs), today announced Democratic Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island is the recipient of its
