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$120,000 to Junior Achievement Worldwide (JA) (Colorado
Springs, Colo. Farrell II, Dominion president and chief executive officer.

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Parents, staff, civic groups and union leaders will meet
with the media near the Ontario Street entrance.
"Parents will be forced to pay thousands of dollars a year out-of-pocket
for babysitting instead of education," Kirsch said.C.

$300,000 to the University of California at Santa Cruz (Santa
Cruz, Calif. Foster Sr.

Information about "Strong Men + Women" can be found on the Internet at
http://www.

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1999, the Foundation has awarded grants in excess of $62 million since
its inception, providing opportunities for young people in more than
20 countries.

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The grants announced today include:

$575 ,000 to the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins
University (CTY) (Baltimore, Md.

* Robert P.
Winners received a laptop computer and their schools received a $1,000 cash
award .dom.dom.

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"We are fighting to
maintain high-quality educational opportunities for children provided by
trained, experienced professional staff.) to support the efforts of
the Next Generation Venture Fund, a collaboration with Duke
University to support academic enrichment , mentoring and
distance learning programs for young people from
underrepresented and underserved backgrounds. The Next
Generation Venture Fund was launched in 2004 with the backing
of The Goldman Sachs Foundation and has since drawn support
from a number of other corporate and foundation supporters,
including Booz Allen Hamilton, Conexant Systems , Delphi,
General Mills, Hewlett Packard, Time Warner, Carnegie
Corporation of New York, The Hauser Foundation, the Kellogg
Foundation and the Tiger Woods Foundation. -- One of the original Tuskegee Airmen,
America's first black military airmen who were trained at Tuskegee Army
Air Field in Alabama and served during World War II in North Africa,
Sicily and Italy.

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RICHMOND, Va.newscom.
"By bringing the stories of these inspirational leaders to the forefront,
we want young people to realize that success in life can be achieved," said
Thomas F. -- Founder and head of the first school of
jazz, University of Pittsburgh .

* Francis M. Madison, Cleveland, Ohio -- President and chief executive
officer of the first African-American architectural firm in Ohio.

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"The School District of Philadelphia 's decision to phase out this program
is shortsighted and will hurt children and working parents, widen the
achievement gap and perpetuate the cycle of low-paying, high-turnover
childcare jobs ," Kirsch said.

Philanthropy Writers/Business Editors/Education Editors

NEW YORK----The Goldman Sachs
Foundation today announced $1.

The Foundation has also made a grant to the Education Testing
Service (Princeton, N.

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Collectively they
represent our commitment to preparing leaders of tomorrow and the
teachers who will help guide them to success. It achieves this mission through a combination of
strategic partnerships, grants, loans, private sector investments, and
the deployment of professional talent from Goldman Sachs.

* Daphne Maxwell Reid, Free Union, Va. Dominion also serves
retail energy customers in nine states.

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PHILADELPHIA, Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
President Ted Kirsch and Vice President Jerry T.m.

$220,000 to the Duke University Talent Identification Program
(Durham, N. Baugh, Richmond, Va. -- Principal innovator and
designer of the modern steel drum.

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"If the measure of a society is how it treats its old and young, it is
particularly tragic when - in the face of research showing the enormous value
of early learning - we cut the programs that prepare children for school,"
Jordan added."
With selected grants, the Foundation will combine a contribution
of financial and intellectual capital in the form of Goldman Sachs
professional expertise through its distinctive brand of "venture
philanthropy " - the practice of high-engagement grant making that
accesses the core competencies of Goldman Sachs to enrich grantee
programs.

$300,000 to the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE)
(New York, N. -- Noted Richmond historian.com.

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The program also includes Teen Parent Centers , which provide childcare so that
young parents can finish high school.

Who: Philadelphia Federation of Teachers with the NAACP, Parents,
Staff
What: News Conference
When: Monday, June 13 3:30 p., Dominion, one of the nation's
largest energy producers, will honor nine prominent African-Americans renowned
for their accomplishments and leadership Wednesday in its 16th annual "Strong
Men + Women: Excellence in Leadership" educational series. "We
believe all students would want to follow in the footsteps of these exemplary
individuals. For more information about Dominion,
visit the company's Web site at http://www.

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For more information, please contact Barbara Goodman, PFT communications
director, at 215-587-6738.Va.

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Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers of energy, with an
energy portfolio of about 28,100 megawatts of generation.

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"It serves working families who drop off children as early as 6:30 a. The Foundation 's
mission is to promote excellence and innovation in education and to
improve the academic performance and lifelong productivity of young
people worldwide.

* Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Cleveland , Ohio -- First African-American woman
elected to Congress from Ohio. The students were
required to write about a leader featured in the "Strong Men + Women" series.
* Daniella Jones -- Salem High School, Virginia Beach, Va.

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"CELC provides working parents with safe, supervised, educational settings
in which to leave their infants, toddlers and pre-kindergartners," he said.) to build and implement a business model and
organizational infrastructure to support the rapid growth of
the university's New Teacher Center, a national leader in
developing and disseminating information about effective
teacher induction and in helping schools retain new teachers .

* Howard L., Richmond, Va. Perkins, Norman, Okla.
This year's essay winners are:

* Delano Green -- James Monroe High School, Fredericksburg, Va.

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7 million in grants to outstanding
educational organizations to support innovative youth development,
business education, and teacher development programs. -- First African-American woman
elected to the Louisiana State Senate .

* Nathan Davis, Pittsburgh, Pa.

* Edward J. ambassador to Australia.
* Desiree Smith -- Stonewall Jackson High School, Prince William County,
Va.

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The PFT will be working with the NAACP, parents and staff to urge city
and state elected leaders to fund and strengthen the CELC, Teen Parent and
before- and after-school childcare programs. Bajoie, New Orleans, La.

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Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Holds News Conference on Child-Care Program Cuts

The School Reform
Commission plans to close the remaining 27 centers by June 30, 2006.) to continue an ongoing independent
evaluation of Foundation programs.
* Cederick Moore -- Southside High School, Chocowinity, N.

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Where: Outside of the Webster Comprehensive Early Learning Center
2000 block of Ontario Street, near Frankford Avenue

The PFT represents 18,000 teachers , librarians, counselors, nurses, social
workers, psychologists, classroom assistants, non-teaching assistants,
secretaries, Head Start and Comprehensive Early Learning Center teachers and
staff , professional-technical employees and food service managers working in
Philadelphia public schools .
Commenting on the new grants, Stephanie Bell-Rose, President of
The Goldman Sachs Foundation , said, "These grants address critical
needs in education - academic enrichment for gifted youth who have
traditionally been underrepresented on top college campuses, economic
and financial literacy , and teacher training.
(Logo: http://www."
The 2006 honorees are:

* Diana E.

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one of 18 centers closing at the end of the school year.

The Goldman Sachs Foundation Announces $1.7 Million in Grants to Education Programs

-- First African-American woman on
the cover of Glamour magazine , former model, actress and entrepreneur.com, keyword "strong.

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and
provides before- and after-school childcare, where elementary school children
can do homework and socialize under the watchful eyes of trained educators.

About The Goldman Sachs Foundation

The Goldman Sachs Foundation is a global philanthropic
organization funded by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Dominion Honors Nine in 16th Annual Strong Men + Women: Excellence in Leadership Educational Series

* Elliott "Ellie" Mannette, Morgantown, W.

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The PFT has advocated consistently for expansion of early learning
opportunities because research shows that early childhood education is key to
children 's academic success. A number of private
individual investors have also invested in the Fund .) to support the efforts of the Next Generation
Venture Fund, a collaboration with Johns Hopkins University to
support academic enrichment, mentoring and distance learning
programs for young people from underrepresented and
underserved backgrounds.

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at Ontario Street. More than
180 African-American leaders have been honored in the program's history.

Dominion also sponsored an essay-writing contest among African-American
high school seniors in its electric retail service areas.

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Jordan and local NAACP leader
Jerry Mondesire will hold a news conference on Monday, June 13, at 3:30 p.
Webster CELC is located at Webster Elementary School , 3400 Frankford Ave.

-- First African-American director-
general, United Foreign Service, and first African-American to serve as
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m. The Foundation will leverage a network of volunteers who
will serve as mentors, teachers, advisory board members, and
presenters on such topics as entrepreneurship, business planning, and
leadership.) to conduct the 2005-06 NCEE/Goldman Sachs
Foundation National Economics Challenge, a nationwide
competition that educates high school students about core
economic concepts and stimulates broader interest in economics
using a "quiz bowl" competition format.) to provide ongoing support for the Junior
Achievement/Goldman Sachs Foundation Personal Finance Program,
available through public and in-school websites.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000831/DLOGO )
"Strong Men + Women" highlights the accomplishments of selected African-
American role models and tells their stories in an educational series that is
distributed during Black History Month to more than 12,000 schools across
Dominion 's retail electric and natural gas service areas in Virginia,
northeastern North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.