AT&T Foundation awarded $50,000 to the Mattie C. Stewart Foundation to support North Carolina's dropout prevention initiative through the InsideOut Program and the Choice Bus rolling classroom.
AT&T Foundation awarded $50,000 to the Mattie C. Stewart Foundation to support North Carolina's dropout prevention initiative through the InsideOut Program and the Choice Bus rolling classroom.
Published: Wed, Jan. 14, 2009 12:30AMModified Wed, Jan. 14, 2009 02:04AM
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tool goes here AT&T Foundation awarded $50,000 to the Mattie C. Stewart Foundation to support North Carolina's dropout prevention initiative through the InsideOut Program and the Choice Bus rolling classroom.
Staff members with HensonFuerst, a law firm with offices in Raleigh, Rocky Mount and Boone, participated in Heart Walk and raised more than $2,000 for the American Heart Association. Along with collecting donations, staff members paid $5 for the privilege of wearing jeans on Fridays.
N.C. Humanities Council awarded $11,168 to the Apprend Foundation/Thomas Day Education Project of Durham for "Uncovering the Hidden History of Thomas Day: The Man, The Masks, and the Methods of Discovery," to support a free publication and public symposium that examines the abolitionist ties of Thomas Day. The Council also awarded $10,000 to the Duke Human Rights Center of Duke University for "Pauli Murray Project Pilot Narrative: History and Dialogue as a Gateway to Reckoning and Reconciliation," a project inspired by Durham native Pauli Murray. The N.C. Humanities Council invested more than $76,000 in eight cultural, educational and nonprofit organizations across the state.
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Advance Auto Parts, a corporate partner of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, raised more than $2.2 million to support diabetes research in 2008. The company holds an annual "sneaker" sales program in more than 3,300 stores each September where customers purchase paper sneakers for $1. Also, the company raised funds through its store support center in Roanoke, Va., and in distribution centers across the country by participating in local Walk to Cure Diabetes events and other fundraisers. Advance Auto was Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's No. 1 retail fundraising partner in 2008.
Hospice of Wake County received a check from Bailey's Fine Jewelry in Raleigh for more than$10,000, which represents donations from customers having watch batteries replaced. Technician Jeff Murphee changed more than 3,000 batteries from April to September, and the resulting donation was given to Hospice of Wake County's Horizon's Family Grief Center and indigent patient fund.
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