ExxonMobil Employees Retirees Donate More Than $380 500 to Florida Colleges and Universities; Educational Matching Gift Grants Presented to 19 Florida Instit

In 2004, ExxonMobil Foundation, Exxon Mobil
Corporation, and its divisions and affiliates provided $106.

Detroit Federation of Teachers Takes Protest on the Road

pre-rally and
finally a two-block march to the Capitol at 2 p.

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Philanthropy Writers/Business Editors/Education Editors

IRVING, Texas----ExxonMobil
announced today that more than $380 ,500 has been donated to 19
colleges and universities in Florida through the ExxonMobil
Foundation 's 2004 Educational Matching Gift Program.
ExxonMobil Foundation is the primary philanthropic arm of Exxon
Mobil Corporation in the United States.
Additional information on ExxonMobil's community partnerships and
contributions programs is available at
http://www.

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The Foundation engages in a
broad range of philanthropic activities focusing on the communities
where Exxon Mobil Corporation has significant operations.5 million
in contributions worldwide, with more than $40 million dedicated to
education.

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"We have to convince our state lawmakers that they must fully and
thoroughly fund public education.

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In addition,
the Foundation supports research and dissemination on selected topics
of interest to the energy industry. Focus areas include education,
health and environment . She
plans to do something about it. sharp in the parking lot of
the DFT office located at 2875 West Grand Boulevard. From there the caravan
will head to the Lansing (convention) Center for a 1 p.

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7 million, and the
ExxonMobil Foundation matched that number with an additional $18. Cohen, vice president
for public affairs, Exxon Mobil Corporation and chairman, ExxonMobil
Foundation. The affiliation
requirement is waived for gifts to the United Negro College Fund, the
Hispanic Scholarship Fund, and the American Indian College Fund.
Among the 19 Florida colleges and universities receiving grants
are: University of Florida, University of Miami, Florida College,
Florida State University and University of South Florida. Large group organizing to attend mass rally in Lansing

DETROIT, Ann Crowley is sick and tired of seeing
her fellow teachers being laid-off and her students being shortchanged.
"Lansing is where the real fight is," said Janna K.

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ExxonMobil
employees , retirees, surviving spouses and directors contributed
nearly $97,000 to Florida institutions of higher education in 2004,
which was matched by the ExxonMobil Foundation with $283,700 in
unrestricted educational grants.6
million.
"Supporting education initiatives is of the highest priority to
ExxonMobil and our employees," said Kenneth P. We commend
ExxonMobil employees for their generous contributions and their
support of higher education. In
response to the program's tremendous support and success, ExxonMobil
has increased the amount per donor to $7,500 starting with 2005
donations .exxonmobil. On Tuesday, June 21, Crowley is expected to
join the Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT) and their supporters when they
travel to the state's Capitol by bus to protest inadequate and unequal
funding."
The rally is being organized by the K-16 Coalition for Michigan's Future ,
a group of statewide education organizations working together to get full
funding for public schools, community colleges and universities."
The DFT contingent will board buses at 10 a.m .m.

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This year, the program's combined contributions
provided 932 colleges and universities across the country with more
than $26 million."
Under the ExxonMobil Foundation's 2004 Educational Matching Gift
Program a donor could give up to $5,000 a year to colleges and
universities with which he or she is affiliated, and the Foundation
matched those gifts on a 3-to-1 basis up to $15 ,000.
"I can't tell you how devastating the current situation has been for
teachers," said Crowley. The rally is
expected to draw thousands from all over the state.

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Initiated in 1962, the ExxonMobil Foundation's Educational
Matching Gift Program matches gifts to higher education on a 3-to-1
basis and has provided more than $301 million to higher education in
the United States . Individual donations totaled $7. "This commitment is demonstrated through our matching gift
program which provides funds to educational institutions for
improvements and the advancement of learning opportunities. "Something has to be done. Garrison, president of
the DFT.m.
Additional information about how to reserve a seat on the bus and what to
expect at the K-16 Rally is available on the DFT Web site at
http://www.com or by calling the DFT office at (313) 875-3500.

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Florida Colleges and Universities
Receiving ExxonMobil Foundation Educational Matching Gift Grants

Barry University
Carlos Albizu University-Miami
Eckerd College
Embry -Riddle Aeronautical University
Florida College
Florida International University
Florida State University
International College
Jacksonville University
Okaloosa-Walton Community College
Pensacola Junior College
Rollins College
Saint Leo University
Stetson University
Trinity International University
University of Florida
University of Miami
University of South Florida
University of West Florida

Parents, community members and students (accompanied by an adult), are
invited to travel with the DFT.dft231.