Marketwire - Non Profits
Marketwire - Non Profits

• National Kidney Registry Announces Lloyd Ratner, M.D. to Join Medical Board
  

  NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - December 26, 2007) - The National Kidney Registry, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of those facing kidney failure, is pleased to announce the addition of Lloyd Ratner, M.D. to its Medical Board. Dr. Ratner is Professor of Surgery at Columbia University and is the Director of Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.

  Dr. Ratner has been a leading innovator in living donor transplantation for the past two decades. He performed the first laparoscopic nephrectomy in the 1990s and set the stage for its widespread adoption by the transplant community. Dr. Ratner also started the first paired kidney exchange program at Johns Hopkins by working through all the legal, financial, ethical and logistical barriers involved in the paired exchange process. His pioneering work developing this innovative solution to overcome donor incompatibility laid the foundation which

• Rebuilding Together Honors Sears Holdings Corporation With 2007 Community Builder Award
  

  WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - December 26, 2007) - Rebuilding Together, the nation's lead nonprofit preserving affordable homeownership, honored Sears Holdings Corporation with the Patty R. Johnson Community Builder Award for 2007. The award was presented at Rebuilding Together's National Conference in Long Beach, CA on December 8, 2007. The prestigious award, voted on by Rebuilding Together's Board of Directors, is presented to the individual or corporation which best exemplifies dedicated service and leadership to communities in need.

• Capital One Signs Onto Operation HOPE's "Silver Rights" Campaign to Empower U.S. Youth Through Banking on Our Future Program
  

  $30,000 Investment and Volunteerism to Support Organization's Financial Literacy Efforts in New York, Denver and California

• Vorstellung der neuen, mehrsprachigen Website von Service Credit Union
  

  PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE--(Marketwire - December 21, 2007) - Heute wurde die neue Website der Bank Service Credit Union vorgestellt, die sich an ihre Kunden auf der ganzen Welt richtet. Mehr als 100.000 Kunden können nun unter „servicecsu.org“ Bankgeschäfte überall auf der Welt vollständig über das Internet abwickeln. Um den Kundenservice sowohl in New England, dem Hauptsitz der Kreditgenossenschaft, in Deutschland, wo das Unternehmen über 14 Filialen in Militärbasen der US-Armee und der -Luftwaffe verfügt, sowie für Militärangehörige auf der ganzen Welt zu verbessern, entwickelte Service Credit Union eine virtuelle Niederlassung. Diese steht den Kunden in den drei wichtigsten Sprachen Englisch, Spanisch und Deutsch zur Verfügung.

• XBRL Canada Aims High in 2008
  

  TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 21, 2007) - XBRL Canada, member jurisdiction of XBRL International, joined over 300 delegates representing more than 20 countries in Vancouver for "Convergence, Communication, and Interactive Data", the 16th XBRL International conference earlier this month and furthered their commitment promoting the adoption of XBRL by Canadian companies in 2008.

  Industry experts and thought leaders shared their insights on XBRL; from the positive steps taken by countries like Japan, Australia and the Netherlands to adopt national standards for enhanced financial reporting, to the barriers faced by companies in the face of global XBRL adoption. Keynote speaker and US SEC Chairman Christopher Cox lauded the positive strides made by proponents of interactive data in the United States and around the world, and the benefits inherent in XBRL to consumers, investors and public compan

• Service Credit Union Launches New Multi-Language Website
  

  PORTSMOUTH, NH--(Marketwire - December 20, 2007) - Service Credit Union launched a new website today to its diverse global membership. The servicecsu.org website supports more than 100,000 members and offers complete internet banking services from anywhere in the world. To increase the level of member service in New England, where the credit union is headquartered; in Germany, where the credit union serves members on 14 U.S. Army and Air Force installations; and to military members around the world, Service Credit Union created a cyber branch available in their three major members' languages -- English, Spanish, and German.

• Santa to Visit Hopkins House Toddlers at Child and Family Learning Center in Old Town
  

  ALEXANDRIA, VA--(Marketwire - December 20, 2007) -

  
  WHAT: Santa visits 60 preschoolers at Hopkins House with gifts donated by volunteers from realtors McEnearney Associates, who have donated gifts to Hopkins House children for nearly 20 years. WHEN: 10 a.m. WHERE: Hopkins House, 1224 Princess Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 WHY: Hopkins House is a great holiday example of community support for the children of the local community and they are in need of more donations of materials and funds. Hopkins House is a nonprofit organization that provides affordable quality education for children and family development programs for parents from working families in Northern Virginia, regardless of their income. Founded in 1939, it is named after Dr. J. Milton Hopkins, a physician who tended to underprivileged children in Alex

• Award-Winning Artist Rebecca St. James to Speak for Compassion Malaria Initiative
  

  Compassion International Spokesperson Has Repeat '07 Honors in "Best Female Artist" Awards

• W.C. & A.N. Miller Donates Magazine Archives to American University Library
  

  BETHESDA, MD--(Marketwire - December 20, 2007) - For the past 82 years, The W.C. & A.N. Miller Companies has been chronicling the history of the Washington metro area through its magazine, "LEAVES." On December 10, the 95-year-old local real estate company officially donated the entire "LEAVES" archives to the American University Library. The donation was accepted during the AU Library's first annual Holiday Shopping fundraiser at Crate & Barrel on Massachusetts Avenue in the Miller-built community of Spring Valley. Over 150 shoppers, consisting of community members, University representatives, and Miller representatives turned out to support the Library by participating in a shopping spree. A percentage of the ticket and merchandize sales were donated to the Library. The event was catered by Chef Geoff's, and shoppers were serenaded with holiday songs by the AU a cappella group "On a Sensual Note."

• San Marin High School and The Branson School Form Marin's First Robotics Teams, Thanks to Sponsorship by LRG Capital Group
  

  LARKSPUR, CA--(Marketwire - December 20, 2007) - Robotics is now alive and well at San Marin High School, The Branson School, and Sir Francis Drake High School -- a first from FIRST and LRG Capital Group, LLC.

  FIRST, a renowned international robotics competition that encourages high school students to seek out careers in engineering, math, science, and technology, has just formed teams in the three high schools with the help of global merchant bank LRG Capital Group, Larkspur. Students from the new FIRST teams will face their initial robotics competition at the UC Davis Sacramento Regional Tournament in March.

• Alzheimer's Foundation of America Partners With AGIS for New Online Resource to Help Millions of Americans Caring for Loved Ones With Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
  

  Created for Caregivers, AGIS' New Resource Provides Comprehensive In-Depth Information and Tools Specialized for Alzheimer's and Dementia Family Caregivers, Coupled With AGIS' Comprehensive Forums and Caregiver Community Support

• The Keg Marks Significant Charitable Milestone
  VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 19, 2007) - The Keg Steakhouse & Bar, and its employees across North America, recently marked a tremendous milestone. As part of its annual special feature menu, The Keg donates $2 from special entrees to its charitable arm - The Keg Spirit Foundation. This fall, thanks to this contribution from the almost 100 Keg restaurants in Canada and the US, The Keg Spirit Foundation has now surpassed $3.2 million raised since the Foundation's inception in 2001. These funds have been distributed to more than 200 loca