"The foundation focuses on those projects that
clearly demonstrate they are meeting a need within the community, and where
collaborative efforts and measurement tools are in place to track success.
General information about CVS is available through the Investor Relations
portion of the Company's website at http://investor.

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-- Local donations are part of 1.
"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.
South Carolina based organizations that received a grant from the
CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust are:

Children's Attention Home, Inc. The Reading Assistant Manager is one of six finalists
competing to win the "Best Literacy Software" category.
With seven patents pending for this industry breakthrough in
technology, the program listens to students as they read, provides
intelligent intervention when they need it, and reports their
performance to their teacher. Reading data collected by the
network can be easily exported to student information systems.

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"This is a great honor ," said Soliloquy Learning President and
CEO, Dick Callahan.
The starting price is $2,000.

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Description of grant: Children's Attention Home provides emergency
services for abused, neglected + abandoned children ages 0-21 who have been
identified as at-risk of harm in their present living arrangement.com/pressroom.

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"The 20th annual Codie Awards continue the tradition of honoring
the best of the software, content and education technology
industries," said Ken Wasch, SIIA President .
The Reading Assistant Manager is available now for both
Macintosh(R) and Windows(R) networks and is sold in packages for five
to 50 users through Soliloquy Learning.

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The newly constructed building will increase
club's capacity from 250 to 1200 children.com/corpInfo/community/charitable_mission .cvs. More than 1,000 software and digital
content products were nominated for an award in many different
categories.
Headquartered in Needham Heights, Massachusetts, Soliloquy
Learning is comprised of world-renowned experts in education,
linguistics, speech recognition, and computer-human interaction , who
combine their talents to develop software that applies a revolutionary
approach to reading education.

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Grants were awarded to organizations dedicated to healthcare, education
and community engagement. The
Building Healthy Lifestyles is a comprehensive, therapeutic program that will
address the dietary and physical health needs of the residents.rhcah.com, or through the
website's press room at http://www."
The Reading Assistant Manager dramatically extends the amount of
time that students are able to practice reading aloud at school and
supplements teachers' reading lessons.

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"A CVS/pharmacy
Charitable Trust grant is an effective way for us to give back to the
communities where we do business," stated Howard Dunn. Our research studies show that The Reading
Assistant Manager can make a dramatic improvement in students' reading
ability. More information is available on
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BOSTON----Literacy software
specialist Soliloquy Learning announced that its The Reading Assistant
Manager software has been selected as a finalist in the prestigious
Codie Awards competition, hosted by the Software and Information
Industry Association (SIIA).

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Contact name at organization: Darlene Paradise (803) 733-7323

The CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust will be accepting applications for 2005
grants from May 1 to June 15, 2005.
The Trust's mission is to provide funding for health care, education and
community involvement initiatives in communities where CVS stores are located.
The Reading Assistant Manager is a new network software program
that works with children individually at their own pace to improve
their reading skills . "We spent a lot of time developing this product to
get it just right. It provides students with quick
and easy access to their reading assignments from any computer on the
network.

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I. "When one considers the
number of outstanding companies that competed this year, being named a
Codie Awards finalist is a significant achievement. By multiplying the amount of time in school that students are
able to practice reading aloud, this program has the potential to
change the way that educators use technology to teach children to read
and can drastically improve student literacy nationwide .

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Contact name at organization: Libby Sweatt-Lambert (803) 328-8871

Boys + Girls Club of the Lowcountry
Description of grant: The CVS grant will support a Boys + Girls Club on
the Bluffton School Complex. They focus on services which encourage 1) reading aloud; 2) tutor
reading; 3) 2 book giveaways each year to every child served. The Reading Assistant Manager provides a guided
oral reading experience to students in grades 1 to 6 through the use
of its propriety Speech Recognition/Reading Verification technology.

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Contact name at organization: Marcia D.

For additional information, go to
http://www. This product includes the
complete The Reading Assistant Version 3 library for grades 1-6, and a
headset with earphones and a noise -reducing microphone for each user.

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CONTACT:
Mike DeAngelis
CVS Corporation
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Company Background

Soliloquy Learning (http://www .

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The CVS Charitable Trust, Inc. The Reading Assistant Manager uses
extremely accurate speech recognition that can be matched only by
human reading assistants and teachers. The company 's
proprietary speech recognition technology analyzes spoken voices and
provides appropriate responses to foster comprehension and advance
fluency.

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Discounted upgrade pricing is available
to current The Reading Assistant users.

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7 million dollars in grant funds provided by
CVS/pharmacy's charitable foundation to 76 organizations across the country --

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CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust Awards $25 000 Dollars to Three Non-Profit Organizations in South Carolina

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Link to website: http://www. The program enables educators to manage oral reading
resources in the classroom and it provides on-going assessment and
reports to teachers and administrators.

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Winners in the
competition will be chosen in May.

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, The CVS/pharmacy
Charitable Trust, the private foundation managed by CVS Corporation
(NYSE: CVS), announced today that it has awarded $25,000 in grants to three
non-profit organizations in South Carolina.lcclubs. Zerler (843) 575-5430

Rolling Readers of the Midlands
Description of grant: Rolling Readers recruits, trains and places
community volunteers of all ages (12-90) and backgrounds to administer their 3
programs.reading-assistant.

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In many cases, CVS/pharmacy associates become involved with grantees by
providing volunteer assistance , participating in other fund-raisers and
assisting in outreach and education services.cvs.

Soliloquy Learning's Research-Validated Software for Reading Fluency Achieves Finalist Status in Prestigious Codie Awards Competition

For sales and ordering
information, customers can call Soliloquy Learning 's Customer Service
Department at 877-235-6036.

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We
are confident that each of the non-profits we chose to work with in the coming
year will create positive change and influence in the communities we serve
together," said Howard Dunn.
Link to website: http://www. is a private foundation managed by CVS
Corporation, which operates more than 5,000 CVS/pharmacy stores in 36 states.com) is a pioneer
in techniques that dramatically improve the acquisition and
advancement of reading and language skills by combining speech
recognition technology with educational science.