News Type: Press Release

Lisa EricksonAPCO WorldwidePhone: 206.239.0148Email: [email protected] BELLEVUE, Wash. — Research shows infants with special needs benefit most from intervention in their first three years of life. So, when Kindering Center, a…

Carol BarkerUniversity of CambridgePhone: 012.23 332.300 Louise SimpsonUniversity of CambridgePhone: 012.23.332.300 CAMBRIDGE, England — Today one of the largest scholarships programs ever for university education was officially announced by the…

Bonnie McCuneColorado Department of EducationPhone: 303.866.6891, Email: [email protected] DENVER — Governor Bill Owens announced a $3.4 million grant for Colorado public libraries from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The…

Geraldine Pope BidwellThe Jack, Will and Rob Kids FoundationPhone: 360.834.2220 CAMAS, Wash. — The Jack, Will and Rob Kids Foundation passed the halfway mark of its goal to raise $4…

Leki DorjiBhutan Health Trust Fund, Royal Bhutanese EmbassyPhone: 66.2.630.1192Email: [email protected] WASHINGTON and SEATTLE — The Summit Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have each awarded the Royal Government…

Trevor NeilsonBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206-709-3100Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — Bill Gates, Co-Founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, issued the following statement in response to the opening of…

Kerry BischoffFremont Public AssociationPhone: 206.854.6533 SEATTLE — Everyone dreams of being able to “burn the mortgage.” One of Seattle’s largest human services organizations is literally blowing theirs up – all…

Jacques-François Martin, PresidentGlobal Fund for Children’s VaccinesPhone: +33.4.78.42.63.89Email: [email protected] Lisa Jacobs, Communication OfficerGAVI SecretariatPhone: +41.22.909.5042Email: [email protected] GENEVA — The Global Fund for Children’s Vaccines will give more than US$150 million worth…

Georgi Orlov, Executive DirectorChess Mates FoundationPhone: 206.789.9614Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Chess Mates Foundation will be able to grow its after-school scholastic chess programs in six Seattle-area school districts this…

Gandhi Institute of Computer Education and InformationPhone: 91.11.366.4924 NEW DEHLI — The Gandhi Institute will receive a US$5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the…