The CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust, the private foundation established by CVS Corp., announced that it has awarded $1.7 million in grants to 76 nonprofit organizations in 20 states and Washington, D.C. The number of grants awarded were more than double the number of grants made last year, representing an increase in grant funds of $1.1 million.
“We are pleased to support these very worthy charities that are working hard in our communities to improve people’s lives,” said Eileen Howard Dunn, vice president of the CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust. “We are especially pleased to expand our grant program to the many new markets we entered in late 2004 through our acquisition of 1,260 Eckerd drug stores.”
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Grants were awarded to organizations dedicated to health care, education and community engagement. The programs receiving grants range in focus from awareness concerning the risk of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) in Maryland, to support for a Sickle Cell Education Center for children receiving treatment for the disease in Miami, to outreach for the uninsured in Phoenix, to family literacy programs in New York.
