Philanthropy
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Published: Wed, Jul. 09, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Wed, Jul. 09, 2008 01:42AM
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closeBJ's Charitable Foundation donated $8,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Wake County to support Power Hour, which gives children homework help, tutoring and educational enhancement, and $5,000 to the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle for BackPack Buddies, which provides a weekend backpack of food for children who receive free or reduced-price lunches.
Great Outdoor Provision Co. sponsored a contest on Land Trust Day, an annual celebration in which local businesses and the state's land trusts work to save natural areas in the community. Patagonia, which makes outdoor clothing and equipment, provided a $3,000 grant to the winner of the contest, the Piedmont Regional Greenway. In addition to sponsoring the contest, Great Outdoor Provision Co. donated 10 percent of sales on Land Trust Day from each of its nine stores to land trusts that serve the store's regions. Great Outdoor Provision Co. donated $13,000 to local land trusts this year.
Verizon Wireless teamed with Motorola and Robby Gordon Motorsports to present the N.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence with $7,875 to help fund domestic violence awareness and prevention programs statewide.
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