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Article: Merrill Lynch putting stock in fundraising for cancer society.(starts employee giving campaign for American Cancer Society and American Heart Society)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- February 5, 2007
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SANDALS may be the footwear of choice for many of the beach bums strutting the sands in Hawaii, but for a few days each fall, cowboy boots just might be more common.
The American Cancer Society's "Boots on the Beach" fundraiser is one of a number of notable examples of the ways employees of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. have chosen to contribute their time and money to a new charity campaign started by the company last year.
Jim Klein, a Culver City-based private wealth manager for Merrill Lynch, caught "wind in 2003 of the "Boots on the Beach" event, which brings charity-minded folks together in Honolulu for a cowboy-themed gala fundraiser benefiting cancer ...