Charleston County School District, Hamilton County Department of Education and Wake County Public School System receive financial assistance from Kangaroo Express and BP’s Fueling Communities. Kangaroo Express has teamed up with BP’s Fueling Communities program to donate a total of $30,000 to three school districts in communities in which they operate. Charleston County School District,…
Rutter’s 2011 Charitable Giving Tops $320,000
“We believe these donations have made a lasting impact on the organizations that receive them and those who’ve benefitted from them,” says Rutter’s CEO. Rutter’s Farm Stores made charitable donations to several community organizations, which totaled more than $320,000 in 2011. “In economies as tough as this one, charities need the financial support of the…
BP To Fund Wildlife Rehabilitation
BP announced it plans to donate the net revenue from oil recovered from the MC252 oil spill to create a new wildlife fund that would create, restore, improve and protect wildlife habitat along the coastline of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. The creation of this fund exceeds the company’s obligations under the Oil Pollution Act…
7-Eleven, MTV Star Open Skateboard Park
Rob Dyrdek, star of MTV’s Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory, 7-Eleven stores and Los Angeles District 4 Councilmember Tom LaBonge have partnered with street skateboarding’s biggest stars to open a state-of-the-art Skate Plaza at North Hollywood Park. The theme of the Skate Plaza includes Rob Dyrdek’s authentic street skateboarding cartoon and Wild Grinders toy line. As…
Rite Aid Foundation Donates To Flood Victims
The Rite Aid Foundation is donating water, food, cleaning and first aid supplies to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to help the victims, families and communities affected by the recent flooding in Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee. “Flood waters can wreak damage on homes and can take days to recede. As our operations in the…
Kum & Go Raises $95,000 For JDRF
Kum & Go L.C. collected $95,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) during its 2010 sneaker campaign. In March, customers at Kum & Go stores were asked if they would like to purchase a paper sneaker for $1 to support JDRF. Customers donated more than $85,000 and Kum & Go added to the total contribution.…
CITGO Pop Shoppes Raise Over $27,000 for Muscular Dystrophy
CITGO Pop Shoppe stores across North Carolina have rallied the community in support of children and families touched by debilitating neuromuscular diseases. Through paper shamrock sales, CITGO Pop Shoppe stores and their supplier Mid-State Petroleum, raised more than $27,000, enough to send more than 30 children with muscular dystrophy to a Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)…
Chevron Announces $1 Million Investment in South Bay Schools
Chevron Products Co. plans to distribute a series of “Energy for Learning” grants totaling $1 million among 15 South Bay schools, signifying the largest science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)-related donation ever made by Chevron’s El Segundo Refinery in support of local educational programs. As part of the announcement activities, and in recognition of Mathematics…
Victory For RaceTrac
Atlanta-based RaceTrac Petroleum has been awarded more than $3.4 million from a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel for damages the gas station chain sustained after it invested in the Bear Stearns hedge funds that imploded in 2007, Hedgefund.net reported. The FINRA arbitration award was issued in December, but was recently announced via the…