IPA Charities Donations for 2006 Totals $300,000 to Date

Contact:
Jennifer Valencia
IPA
847-808-5590
jennifer.valencia@ipa-c.com

Buffalo Grove, Ill. (May 27, 2006) - The IPA charities group, IPA Charities, has donated $300,000 to many local and national charities in the quest to improve communities and the world.

IPA’ corporate philanthropy spans the globe and is dedicated to improving lives. IPA Charities identify and support nonprofit organizations that make a difference and the commitment extends to helping them reach new levels of impact. The company also encourages corporate philanthropy through employee volunteerism. The spirit of philanthropy is embedded throughout IPA and its employees as both give generously of time and talent.

Donations for the year 2006, through May, include the following: Alexandrian Central School, American Brain Tumor Association, American Civil Liberties Union, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, American Red Cross of Greater Chicago, America’s Second Harvest, Association House of Chicago, Black Star Project, Buffalo Grove Days, Cancer Wellness Center, Care Gift Center, Chicago Children’s Advocacy, Chicago Foundation for Women, Children’s Cancer Assistance Network, Children’s Wish Foundation, Christopher Reeve Foundation, Citizens United for Research/Epilepsy, City Year Chicago, The Clinton Foundation-HIV/Aids initiative, Easter Seals, El Hogar Del Nino, El Valor, Eliz Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation, For all the Children, Goldies Place Mission/Chicago, Guild of the Chicago Botanic Garden, Habitat for Humanity, Hasbara Fellowships, Hispanic Heritage Organization, Hospice/Northeastern, IL, HOW (Housing Opportunities for Women), International Children’s Fund, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Jewish Children’s Bureau, Joey’s Angels, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Make a Wish Foundation, Martin Temple Community, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, Mother’s Against Drunk Driving, Multiple Sclerosis Association of America, Mundelein Bulldog Baseball, NAACP-Lake County Branch, Native American Teachings, NFL Alumni Plays for Kids, Northwestern University’s Suitcase Party, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Salvation Army, Small Fry Basketball, Smile Train, Special Olympics, Streamwood Bulldog Baseball, Suburban Human Relations Commission, Tzivos Hashem Canada, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, UNICEF, United for a Cure, Weizmann Institute of Science, WGN-TV Children’s Charities, Wheaton Park District Baseball and YWCA.

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