2006 News & Announcements
October 2006
Employee volunteers in New York wrote about their experiences with the Principal for a Day program, which they called rewarding — but exhausting.
While volunteering with Habitat for Humanity, a group of Global Private Client employees touched the lives of New Orleans residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina, encountered a celebrity and later found themselves on national television.
Fifteen volunteers who are members of the Black Professional Network visited two New York City public schools, Mott Hall II and Crossroads, to deliver financial literacy classes from Global Philanthropy's Investing Pays Off® curriculum.
Our Principals for a Day talked about what it's like to be a school principal in Miami, the seventh U.S. city in which we've sponsored the program that supports urban schools.
A boat sailed by Merrill Lynch employees sailed for charity on New York's Hudson River, winning $20,000 for school children.
Note: On September 29, 2006, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers combined with BlackRock, Inc. to form a new independent company.