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Banorte-Ixe launches SÚMATE, a trust that aims to benefit children, adolescents and older adults in a situation of vulnerability. SÚMATE is funded from donations provided voluntarily by employees and enriched by additional contributions from the Banorte Foundation and the Financial Group.…

By Scott Sarvay of incnow.tv

Great news from Kroger Cancer Day 2012.

Shoppers helped raise $56,262 back on October 10th. Kroger leaders are donating three-percent of all sales, that day to the American Cancer Society and to Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana.

The total amount raised over 34-years is nearly $4.6 million!

Director of the Northeast Indiana American Cancer Society, Nick Johnson said, “The funds that we have raised are going…

The CITGO Lemont Refinery donated 60 desktop computers to the POWER Connection, a community organization that works to "Empower People for Life." The equipment will be used as part of the POWER Connection's training courses designed to help men and women who are under-trained, under-paid and overlooked. Together, POWER Connection and the CITGO Lemont Refinery are working toward eradicating poverty by providing resources to neighbors in need and helping them get the credentials necessary to…

Fifteen-year-old Chengo Chewe from Lusaka, Zambia, has turned his life around through the Children International Youth Program. Raised in an extremely volatile community, he lost his father at a young age; few expected him to escape this terrible cycle of poverty and violence. Yet, in 2009, 12-year-old Chengo participated in the United Nations International Youth Day in New York City. Today, Chengo is in high school and plans to study political science in college. His biggest dream?…

The Simón Bolívar Foundation, a 501(c) (3) private foundation created by CITGO Petroleum Corporation, today announced a list of thirty-six South Bronx non-profit organizations that will receive financial support to develop local social and environmental programs. The selection was made through a community-advised process where South Bronx residents, educators, community organizers, and other leaders reviewed grant applications and…