CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust Awards $25,000 Dollars to Three Non-Profit Organizations in South Carolina

The CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust, the private foundation managed by CVS Corporation , announced today that it has awarded $25,000 in grants to three non-profit organizations in South Carolina.

"We are pleased to support these very worthy charities that are working hard in our communities to improve people's lives," said Eileen Howard Dunn, Vice President of the CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust. "A CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust grant is an effective way for us to give back to the communities where we do business," stated Howard Dunn.

Grants were awarded to organizations dedicated to healthcare, education and community engagement. "The foundation focuses on those projects that clearly demonstrate they are meeting a need within the community, and where collaborative efforts and measurement tools are in place to track success. We are confident that each of the non-profits we chose to work with in the coming year will create positive change and influence in the communities we serve together," said Howard Dunn.

In many cases, CVS/pharmacy associates become involved with grantees by providing volunteer assistance, participating in other fund-raisers and assisting in outreach and education services.

South Carolina based organizations that received a grant from the CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust are:

Children's Attention Home, Inc.

Description of grant: Children's Attention Home provides emergency services for abused, neglected & abandoned children ages 0-21 who have been identified as at-risk of harm in their present living arrangement. The Building Healthy Lifestyles is a comprehensive, therapeutic program that will address the dietary and physical health needs of the residents.

  Link to website: http://www.rhcah.org/
  Contact name at organization: Libby Sweatt-Lambert (803) 328-8871

  Boys & Girls Club of the Lowcountry

Description of grant: The CVS grant will support a Boys & Girls Club on the Bluffton School Complex. The newly constructed building will increase club's capacity from 250 to 1200 children.

  Link to website: http://www.lcclubs.org/
  Contact name at organization: Marcia D. Zerler (843) 575-5430

  Rolling Readers of the Midlands

Description of grant: Rolling Readers recruits, trains and places community volunteers of all ages (12-90) and backgrounds to administer their 3 programs. They focus on services which encourage 1) reading aloud; 2) tutor reading; 3) 2 book giveaways each year to every child served.

Contact name at organization: Darlene Paradise (803) 733-7323

The CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust will be accepting applications for 2005 grants from May 1 to June 15, 2005.

For additional information, go to http://www.cvs.com/corpInfo/community/charitable_mission.html.

The CVS Charitable Trust, Inc. is a private foundation managed by CVS Corporation, which operates more than 5,000 CVS/pharmacy stores in 36 states. The Trust's mission is to provide funding for health care, education and community involvement initiatives in communities where CVS stores are located. General information about CVS is available through the Investor Relations portion of the Company's website at http://investor.cvs.com/, or through the website's press room at http://www.cvs.com/pressroom.

  CONTACT:
   Mike DeAngelis
   CVS Corporation
   401-770-2645

SOURCE: CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust