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Another colleague makes a difference.
Charity truly begins at home for CVS. From Massachusetts and New
York to newer CVS communities in Florida and Texas, our colleagues
give their time to a broad range of worthwhile causes. CVS colleagues
reach out to the underprivileged, teach children how to read, and tend
to the sick and elderly. The CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust continued
to support their efforts in 2004 by providing a record $1.7 million in
grants to 76 organizations dedicated to healthcare, education, and
community engagement. Recipients included the University of Miami
Sickle Cell Center, the National Children’s Cancer Society, the Down
Syndrome Resource Center of New York, the AIDS Taskforce of
Greater Cleveland, Goodwill Industries of Houston, and the Literacy
Coalition of South Alabama.
Driven by the company’s vision to help people live longer, healthier,
happier lives, CVS contributed to a number of other worthy causes
in 2004. We donated $1.5 million to the American Red Cross Interna-
tional Response Fund for tsunami victims and raised $2 million in the
fight against Lou Gehrig’s Disease (A.L.S.). Our in-store fundraising
effort on behalf of St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital collected
$1.3 million to help kids facing cancer and other life-threatening
illnesses. In support of America’s Second Harvest Hunger Relief
Charity, we donated $20 million worth of store products. The CVS
Charity Golf Classic continues to be our largest single philanthropic
event, distributing nearly $5 million to non-profit organizations since
its inception in 1999.
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