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05-08-09
President Obama's Budget Includes 10 Million Dollars to Volunteer Generation Fund
ATLANTA - May 7, 2009 - President Obama just announced his full budget for fiscal year 2010, and 10 million dollars is proposed to support the Volunteer Generation Fund, an important first step in growing and strengthening our nation's volunteer infrastructure, and an integr...
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05-08-09
BD Extends Decade-Long Support for UNICEF’s Campaign to Eliminate Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus
May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Two days before Mother's Day, BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, announced its continued support for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) campaign to vaccinate mothers and children in develo...
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05-08-09
Greentech Media and SRI International to Hold Symposium on the Future of Green Building at SRI International, June 11, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - May 7, 2009 - Greentech Media and SRI International announce a one-day symposium to be held June 11, 2009 on the companies, policies and people shaping this market. Green building technologies may do more to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gases t...
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05-07-09
CEOs Call for Greater Adherence to UN Anti-Corruption Convention
New York, NY - 7 May 2009 - In an unprecedented move, chief executives from some of the world's leading companies have called on governments to more effectively and robustly implement the United Nations Convention against Corruption.
In a lette...
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05-07-09
College Students and Sodexo Conserve Energy with Kitchen Updates
GAITHERSBURG, Md. - May 7, 2009 - Sodexo, a leading integrated services company providing food service and facilities management on 600 campuses in the United States, joined with a group of sustainability-minded Ithaca College students in upstate New York to cook up a...
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05-07-09
Children Supported by Parents, Guardians or Caring Adult More Likely to be Hopeful about School and Life
PHILADELPHIA, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- A nationwide Gallup poll released this week finds children who have support from their parents, guardians or another caring adult are more likely to be hopeful, engaged and positive about their future well being educationally and socially....
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05-07-09
North Shore Animal League America and 1-800-FLOWERS.COM(R) Join Forces to Save More Animals' Lives
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., May 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- North Shore Animal League America, the world's largest no-kill animal rescue and adoption organization, has teamed up with 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. (Nasdaq: FLWS), the world's largest florist and gift shop, to benefit an...
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05-07-09
Sustainable Agriculture Summit Launched in Chicago
- May 7, 2009 - Food companies including Sara Lee, Subway, Bolthouse Farms, ConAgra and others are supporting American Business Conferences’ Sustainable Agriculture Summit taking place this June in Chicago. The Summit is being supported by the Sustainable Food Laboratory ...
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05-07-09
New "Green Cities" Report Assesses How Key Cities in America are Combating Climate Change
Washington, DC, - May 7, 2009 - A new report released today called
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05-07-09
Wal-Mart Foundation Awards More Than $8 Million in Scholarships to Students Across the U.S.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. - MAY 7, 2009 --- To offset rising tuition costs, the Wal-Mart Foundation announced it will award more than $8 million in academic scholarships to help ease financial concerns for college-bound students. The 2,695 winners of the 2009 Sam Walton Community Sc...
