With Global Philanthropy and New York Cares, the Asian Pacific American Professional Network and a GPC team took part in volunteer work at three New York public schools.

The mayor of Chicago, Richard M. Daley, thanked Merrill Lynch for contributing more volunteers to the city's Principal for a Day program than any other corporation.

In thanking us for sponsoring Atlanta's Principal for a Day program, Mayor Shirley Franklin said, “I'd say they put their money where their heart is.”

Merrill Lynch Foundation has donated US$50,000 to Hong Kong education charity EdExchange for its new program "Community Leaders of Tomorrow."

The 12 semifinalists, who had all written essays about the effect of the leftist trend in South America on the international community and on the Latin American integration process and Brazil’s response, each met with two interviewers, toured the trading desk and met Richard Rainer, head of ML Brazil.

Sponsored by the Merrill Lynch Foundation, NYC & Company's 6th annual family friendly celebration features live performances on two stages.