Aims Education Foundation

• Foundation for learning; Quabbin Education Foundation aims to enrich classroom experience.

Byline: Bradford L. Miner The Quabbin Education Foundation will announce the first recipients of grants later this month, joining the ranks of other...

• Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
• Nbr. 2009, January 2009

• Hope for Haiti

In early summer, the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University School of Law and other groups criticized the United States for withholding millions in loans to Haiti that would have been used to give two severely distressed cities access to clean water. It is supported by the Grammy- winning musician's own YeIe Haiti, a foundation that aims to advance education, health and community development, and by the United Nations World Food Program and the Pan American Development Foundation.

• Crisis, The
• Vol. 115 Nbr. 4, October 2008

• Be Breast Smart: Three Steps to Early Prevention

Education about the prevention and early detection of breast cancer is a vital, life-saving tool," agrees Dr. Virginia E. Maurer, breast surgeon and founder of the Maurer Foundation that aims to provide breast health education. Though self-examination is no substitute for regular mammograms, women who perform thorough, monthly breast self-exams are playing an active role in promoting breast health. That is why it is recommended that women from 20-39 years old perform breast self-examinations (BSE) every month and have a clinical breast examination, performed by a health care professional, every three years. Women 40 and older should have a clinical examination and a mammogram every year. If you have a family history of breast cancer, your regular mammograms should begin at 35. "Educati...

• New York Amsterdam News
• August 27, 2009

• Citigroup Foundation Awards $500,000 to Expand ``Banking on Our Future'' Program; Financial Education Program Aims to Reach 10,000 Students; New York - Washington, DC - Baltimore - Atlanta - Chicago - Los Angeles - Oakland.

NEW YORK -- Building on the success of "Banking on Our Future," a financial education initiative designed to teach children the basics of managing the...

• Business Wire
• February 17, 2005

• Nature's Refuge

WIND RIVER RANCH Foundation aims to protect wild landscape through ecology, education and research

• The Santa Fe New Mexican
• November 26, 2006

• Couple Bridging World's Digital Divide

ALPINE -- A Utah-based start-up humanitarian organization that describes its mission as "techno-philanthropy" has attracted the attention of the United Nations. The Digital Alliance Foundation aims to provide technological hardware, such as computers, and technology education, such as training on how to use spreadsheet software, to people in developing countries.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• October 15, 2007

• Ultimate Drive Benefits Komen Foundation

The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation aims to bring breast cancer information and education to Evansville residents where they live, work and play today when BMW's Ultimate Drive rolls through town. An 18-car caravan of BMWs on a nationwide tour, sporting large pink ribbons on the hoods, will stop at D-Patrick Motoplex at 200 N. Green River Road from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Evansville Courier & Press
• June 21, 2006

• Colgate-Palmolive Launches New Scholarship Program

In celebration of September's Hispanic Heritage Month, Colgate- Palmolive proudly an- nounced its new scholar- ship program entitled, Haz la U or Make the U. The program, launched in part- nership with the Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF), aims to award educational grants to eli- gible Hispanic students pursuing higher education. The educational achieve- ment gap facing Hispanic American children re- mains a prevalent issue.

• Lawndale Bilingual Newspapers; Cicero, Ill.
• October 28, 2009

• City Aims to Add Steppingstones to Kindergarten ; Portland's School Chief Says Preschool for 4-Year-Olds Will Build a Foundation for Later Success in Education.

School officials are developing a plan to greatly increase the number of pre-kindergarten classrooms for 4-year-olds in the city's public schools. By next fall, Superintendent Jim Morse and others hope to double the number of pre-kindergarten classrooms to six and seek outside funding that may ensure all 4-year-olds in Portland have access to quality education.

• Portland Press Herald
• October 27, 2010

• Usaid, Green Mountain Coffee, and Fair Trade Usa Biodiversity Initiative Supports Economic and Social Development for Brazilian Coffee Farmers ; Two-Year Program Aims to Promote Fair Trade Environmental Standards, Biodiversity and Sustainable Agronomy, and Increase Organic Production

OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Green Mountain Coffee(R), and Fair Trade USA today announce a new partnership to promote biodiversity, conservation, and environmental education among Brazil's coffee growing communities, as biodiverse ecosystems form an important foundation for economic and social development. Fair Trade certification offers coffee farmers fair prices, community investment funds, and the business skills to produce high- quality products that respect the environment and can compete in the global marketplace. The new initiative--the Sustainable Sourcing Partnership Project -- aims to increase producer organizations' understanding of and compliance with Fair Trade environmental standards and Brazilian environ...

• U.S. Newswire
• February 15, 2011