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DALLAS, TX– Southwest Airlines, in conjunction with the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), announced today the opening of “Dandole Alas a Tu Exito/Giving Flight to Your Success,” its annual education travel award program.
A panel of judges will gather this summer to select students who will receive free travel to their colleges and universities. [...]
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Charlotte, NC–As part of its educational initiatives, the National Hispanic Entrepreneurs’ Organization (NHEO) will be hosting a NHEO Forum event in partnership with Goizueta Emory Business School, on April 2nd, 2010.
The annual event is designed to bring together the country’s leading thinkers and doers and gives them the opportunity to share ideas that matter when [...]
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BENTONVILLE, Ark.– Winners of a nationwide contest presented by Sam’s Club and The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC), Como Si: Doing Business Today for Tomorrow!, were selected from contestants who submitted short videos promoting their small business, detailing what has brought theirenterprise through today’s tough economic environment and what their plan is to [...]
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Hispanics Believe Major Corporations Are Doing Less in Terms of Their Involvement in Their Community Today Than They Were Five Years Ago
MIAMI, FL – A national pro bono study conducted by research firm Encuesta, Inc. shows Hispanics feel corporations are less involved in their communities as corporate citizens than they were five years ago and [...]
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MIAMI, FL – Downy fabric softener’s “Touch of Comfor” program has partnered with Quilt for Kids, Inc., Las Comadres international, and soap star Leticia Calderon for an aggressive CSR initiative that includes distribution of more than 100 hand-made quilts for kids nationwide that are part of the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals .
Downy has partnered with [...]
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NEW YORK, NY- PR Newswire has waived fees for all news releases relating to aid in rescue and recovery efforts for the Chile earthquake crisis.
PR Newswire will waive fees through midnight on Sunday, March 7 for
U.S. and Latin American organizations that wish to communicate their
efforts of assistance to media and public audiences in the United
States [...]
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ISELIN, N.J.– The Siemens Foundation announced the winners of the 2010 Siemens Teacher Scholarship today in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. The CSR program from Siemens provides scholarships to students enrolled in the nation’s public and private Historically Black Colleges and Universities who are pursuing teaching careers in science, technology, engineering or [...]
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INDIANAPOLIS , IN– USA Funds has announced the award of $500,000 to five national scholarship organizations that promote access to higher
education for minority students. Each organization received $100,000 to support its scholarship programs.
For the ninth consecutive year, USA Funds has awarded funds to the
American Indian College Fund, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund and the
United Negro College [...]
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Univision Radio and its radio stations around the country will join the fight against childhood cancer during the Promesa y Esperanza (Promise and Hope) national CSR radiothon, to be held on March 4-5, 2010, benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Univision Radio will host this annual initiative to help St. Jude in its [...]
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CINCINNATI, OH– Each year, thousands of Latinos move to the United States. For many Latina immigrants, learning new skills is key to helping them and their families successfully adapt to their new environment.
Starting in February P&G and its Tide and Downy brands are helping LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) to create “Entre Comadres”–a [...]
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ORLANDO, Fla– Hard Rock International launches Shakira Artist Spotlight T-Shirt and Bracelet through the Artist Spotlight program, beginning February 2010. The merchandise will benefit Shakira’s Fundacion Pies Descalzos, an organization devoted to finding and providing opportunities for children who are victims of violence in Colombia.
“I’m proud and excited to continue my partnership with Hard Rock [...]
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MEXICO CITY– Fundacion Azteca, the non-profit arm of Grupo Salinas, raised over 3 million dollars during the 54 Movimiento Azteca awareness and fundraising campaign to support the Fundacion Michou y Mau burn center.
The amount raised was above the initial goal of 5 million pesos
and will provide care for 40,000 children with severe burns.
The funds were [...]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. –The National Hispana Leadership Institute (NHLI) with the support of the American Express Foundation, NHLI is launching the ALL IN Program (Advancing Latina Leadership in Nonprofits), in an effort to address the under representation of Latina professionals in the nonprofit sector.
It is estimated that the nonprofit sector will need about 500,000 new senior [...]
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WASHINGTON, DC – Univision Communications unveiled tan unprecedented Hispanic education CSR initiative this week called ‘Es El Momento’ (The Moment is Now). The multi-platform, multi-million dollar three-year national education initiative aims to improve academic achievement among K-12 Hispanic students with a specific focus on increasing rates of high school graduation, college readiness, college completion and [...]
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HOUSTON– Hispanic college students can win tickets in Adelante! Fund essay/video contest about Latin America through the Continental Airlines 2010 essay/video contest, “Destino: Latinoamerica” (“Destination: Latin America”). The contest will incorporate the use of social media and the Internet to promote the winning videos and essays.
The first-prize winner will receive four Continental Airlines tickets for [...]
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CHICAGO, IL -Ford Motor Company’s corporate social responsibility work has earned it the 2010 Corporate Visionary Award from the U.S. Hispanic Leadership Institute. The award will be presented to the Ford Motor Company Fund during the 28th USHLI Conference at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers in Chicago.
The Corporate Visionary Award recognizes Ford Motor [...]
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FREEHOLD, NJ – The AT&T Foundation is giving HISPA an AT&T CARES grant of $5,000. HISPA’s mission is to inspire students by enabling Hispanic and Latino role models to participate in education programs within our communities.
The AT&T CARES Special Grants Program was established in 2007 to recognize the value that employee volunteerism brings to the [...]
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BASKING RIDGE, N.J.– The NACCP has launched the NAACP Interactive Historical Timeline, a multimedia website that tells the story of the 101-year-old civil rights organization through words, pictures and video and narrated by actor Laurence Fishburne and other celebrities.
The Web site, www.naacphistory.org, was funded through a $500,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic [...]
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HP and the NBA recently concluded a CSR education grant initiative that targeted children from primarily Latino and African American neighborhoods. As part of the final phase of the program NBA players, league representatives and HP executives recently delivered more than $80,000 in HP mobile digital classroom technology and other NBA related awards to Higgins [...]
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ROANOKE, Va.– U.S. Cellular has teamed up with the Boys and Girls Club of Southwest Virginia to honor the contributions of African Americans and encourage creativity among young people. The 3rd Annual Black History Art Competition invites Boys & Girls Club members to select an influential African American and develop his or her likeness into [...]
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ORANGEBURH, NJ – Verizon Wireless is partnering with the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) for a scholarship essay contest that will award 25 high school students between $2,500 and $5,000 as well as Verizon products. The Black History Month contest asks students to address “How Wireless Technology Has Changed the World We Live In.”
“It is [...]
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – Verizon Wireless is calling for entries in their Lunar New Year Essay Contest, part of their CSR campaign celebrating the festivities for the Year of the Tiger in the Asian-American community throughout California and Seattle.
Eligible students must write a 500-word essay answering two questions:
1) What does Lunar New Year mean to [...]
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WASHINGTON– Building on its summer Congressional internship program, the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute has launched its CHLI Global Leaders Internship and Fellowship Program. The program aims to provide an opportunity for exceptional university students from diverse backgrounds to live, work and study in the nation’s Capital.
In addition, CHLI Interns will collaborate with public policy experts and [...]
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL— NFL Charities will donate $1 million to the South Florida NFL Youth Education Towns to fund expansion and support community outreach efforts. For the past 17 years, NFL Charities has donated close to $20 million toward constructing NFL YETs in at-risk neighborhoods since the initiative began in 1993 as a legacy of [...]
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