Kellogg Company Launches Breakfasts for Better Days™ Hunger Relief Initiative Company to provide one-half billion breakfasts globally by end of 2016; pledges $1 million in grants in U.S. Kellogg to provide 1/2 billion #breakfasts to help children and families worldwide #hungerrelief http://ow.ly/hYgnx Kellogg pledging $1 million to #breakfast programs to [...]

As Student Debt Skyrockets to $1 Trillion, MassMutual Supports African American Students through Scholarship Programs Application is now available until May 3 SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Sixty percent of U.S. college students take out loans, and graduates leave school with an average of about $20,000 in debt*, even [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kim Brussell kbrussell@viscardicenter.org 516.465.1608 The National Business & Disability Council Suggests Recommendations to Policymakers and Regulators Regarding Proposed Change to Section 503 Rule February 25, 2013 – The National Business & Disability Council (NBDC) at The Viscardi Center, whose membership includes many federal contractors, has made [...]

Kaiser Permanente Partners with Centers for Disease Control and Preventionto Strengthen Public Health Infrastructure in Haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Representatives from Kaiser Permanente and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met today in the new offices for those working to rebuild Haiti’s public health infrastructure, three years after an [...]

Lilly Diabetes celebrates six years of scholarship support for American Diabetes Association diabetes summer camps by sending 90 children to camp in 2013 Opportunity for children with diabetes from families in need to learn self-management skills in a fun and safe environment INDIANAPOLIS and ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ [...]

NEW YORK LIFE FOUNDATION GRANTS $75,000 TO THE CENTER FOR NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH AT THE ASPEN INSTITUTE Grant Given to Support the Study of Bereavement Resources for Native American Youth – the Most At-Risk Population in the United States NEW YORK, NY, February 11, 2013 — The Center for Native [...]

News Release Corporate Communications Media C. Nicole Pierce 312-228-8820 Media Valerie Miller Williams 704-383-8025  Wells Fargo Honors the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation with National Art Exhibit Featuring the Renowned Kinsey Collection A celebration of American History through African American Art and Culture San Francisco, January 16, 2013- To [...]

The Walmart Foundation and Leading Nonprofits Launch MyFreeTaxes to Deliver Free Federal and State Tax Preparation and Filing to Eligible Taxpayers in 2013 BENTONVILLE, Ark., Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ – The following statements reference the Walmart Foundation’s donation of $4.16 million to Goodwill Industries International, National Disability Institute and United [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 28, 2013 CONTACT: Christine Nazer Justine Lisser (202) 663-4191 TTY: (202) 663-4912 newsroom@eeoc.gov EEOC REPORTS NEARLY 100,000 JOB BIAS CHARGES IN FISCAL YEAR 2012 Commission Obtains $365 Million for Victims of Workplace Discrimination; Reduces Charge Inventory by 10 Percent for Second Consecutive Year WASHINGTON—The U.S. Equal [...]

Toyota Financial Services (TFS) Launches Diversity & Inclusion Bond TORRANCE, Calif., Jan. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Toyota Financial Services (TFS) launched its first Diversity & Inclusion Bond.  This new type of bond syndication will become a component of the company’s comprehensive funding program, and is firmly in line with the company’s corporate [...]

CVS Caremark Sponsored Hiring Our Heroes Hiring Fair at Rhode Island National Guard Armory CEO Larry J. Merlo Signed Statement of Support for Guard and Reserve Members WOONSOCKET, R.I., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) joined forces with the Rhode Island National Guard and Reserve and sponsored a [...]

GLSEN’S ANNUAL NO NAME-CALLING WEEK SET TO BEGIN IN THOUSANDS OF SCHOOLS THIS WEEK MEDIA CONTACT Andy Marra Public Relations Manager 917-941-7234 amarra@glsen.org NEW YORK – January 22, 2013 – The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN), today celebrated the kickoff of its annual No Name-Calling Week with students in [...]

Yesterday NOD released the results of its Wounded Warrior Careers 4-Year Report in Washington, DC, and called on government agencies to adopt its proven model to assist the most severely injured veterans in the transition to civilian careers. NOD Board Member and retired Lieutenant General Franklin Hagenbeck appeared on Fox News [...]

For Immediate Release: January 7, 2013 Contact: Paul Larrabee 518.689.7246 518.491.7577 (cell) plarrabee@corningplace.com THE VISCARDI CENTER AWARDS COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED Senator Bob Dole, actress Marlee Matlin and leaders from the international disability community to select influential figures in the disability movement to be recognized. A group of leaders in the global [...]

Three individuals and one team were honored at the Seventh Annual Thomas R. Voss Diversity Excellence Awards Banquet, Jan. 11. Individual winners are: Angela Gola, operations support rep., Belleville, Ill., Operating Center, Ameren Illinois; Marty Lyons, executive VP and CFO, Ameren; and Shirley Stennis, senior supervisor, municipal and public accounts, [...]