Duke Energy Foundation announced that it awarded grants worth more than $75,000 to two Upstate organizations that promote nature and outdoors education.
Camp Cherokee's $50,000 donation will be used to support an environmental education program at elementary schools in York and Chester counties. Palmetto Conservation Foundation will use the new funds, totaling more than $25,000, to expand and maintain its Palmetto trail, which provides walking, biking and horseback riding.
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Here are the star companies that have succeeded in their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs. The companies were gathered by Civic 50, a national initiative to survey and rank S&P 500 corporations on how they engage with the communities they serve and utilize best practices in their corporate cultures.