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08-29-00
First Union and Partners Launch eCommunitiesFirst Alliance TO Close the Digital Divide
First Union Corporation and its community partners today officially launched an initiative to help at-risk individuals in Charlotte gain the skills needed to compete in today's technology-driven marketplace.
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08-29-00
Quacking Duck Raises Big Bucks for AFLAC Cancer Center; Web Sales of the Stuffed Ducks Total More Than $75,000
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 ...
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08-28-00
National Semiconductor Establishes Charitable Foundation
National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE:NSM) has established a charitable foundation to provide grants to benefit K-12 education, university programs and critical needs in communities where the company has a major presence.
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08-28-00
A World of Change: Microsoft, Youth Foundations Offer 4,000 Polish Children First Experience with Computers and the Internet
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.
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08-26-00
National Semiconductor Presents Resource Area for Teachers (RAFT) with $150,000 Donation
National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: NSM) reaffirmed its longstanding support for education by presenting a $100,000 cash donation to Resource Area For Teachers (RAFT), a San Jose-based nonprofit organization that collects and distributes surplus items from hundreds of ...
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08-24-00
ExxonMobil and Teach the Children Pump Students Up for Education in Detroit
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 across the country with book ...
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08-23-00
Delegates Donate More Than 1,000 Books to Sallie Mae's 'Campaign for Literacy' At Democratic National Convention
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 us...
POSTED
08-21-00
SBC Foundation Supports Hispanic College Fund
The SBC Foundation, the philanthropic arm of SBC Communications, today announced a $25,000 scholarship contribution to the Hispanic College Fund to help commemorate the first-ever Hispanic College Fund Football Classic, Aug. 26, at Jones SBC Stadium. The targeted donation fr...
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08-21-00
Sears Presents $352,551 to the National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations as Part of Three-Year $1 Million Commitment To Breast Health Awareness
Sears, Roebuck and Co. (NYSE: S) donated $352,551 to the National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations (NABCO) last night in a special half-time presentation during Game Two of the WNBA Western Conference Finals at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles. As part of Sears ...
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08-21-00
Duke Energy Diversity Manager Recognized by Houston Human Resource Management Association
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 an...
