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Marshall Field's Announces Community Grants at Month of Giving Celebration Local Stores Name Nonprofit Grant Recipients During Reception at The Henry Ford DETROIT, July 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marshall Field's stores across Metro Detroit Cities today announced $50,000 worth of grants to 23 local nonprofit organizations in the areas of education, the arts, and health and welfare. Representatives from these organizations celebrated during Marshall Field's Second Mondays at The Henry Ford to commemorate the first-ever Marshall Field's Gives Month with a Summer Celebration in the Greenfield Village. "We're very excited to be able to provide this kind of support to our communities," said Hank Lorant, regional vice president of stores, Marshall Field's. "Marshall Field's Gives Month showcases our community partners and highlights all they do to improve the places where we live and work. The fact that our local stores made the grant-making decisions for their communities makes it even more rewarding." Marshall Field's Gives Month celebrates the wonderful things local nonprofits bring to the area and encouraging guests and team members to support these great causes. Marshall Field's is proud to partner with numerous local organizations to offer enhanced programming, unique events and various discounts in an effort to encourage community support of arts and culture, education and health and welfare. Marshall Field's Gives supports local organizations and community programs such as the first-ever sponsorship of the Detroit Public Library Summer Reading Program and an exclusive partnership to present discounted admissions and enhanced educational programming during Marshall Field's Second Mondays at The Henry Ford. In addition, the company continues to sponsor the Detroit Festival of the Arts, Free First Fridays at the Detroit Institute of Art and Marshall Field's Day of Music on Sept. 30 in conjunction with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Through Marshall Field's Gives, the company also features year-round giving initiatives such as a longstanding partnership with the United Way; grants to individual nonprofit organizations; event and program sponsorships; and Field's Go Read(SM) -- an educational program that seeks to help kids from preschool through third grade become skillful readers and encourages them to get excited about reading. As part of The May Department Stores Company, Marshall Field's team member charitable contributions are matched, dollar for dollar, to eligible nonprofit organizations. Other Marshall Field's Gives Month highlights include: Special GiftCard Program Throughout July, Marshall Field's will offer guests the opportunity to make a donation of $5 or more to support early childhood learning programs through their local United Way when they purchase a Marshall Field's GiftCard. Marshall Field's will match up to $100,000 of guest donations to benefit Born Learning, a United Way partnership to improve early childhood learning. Marshall Field's Days of Caring Marshall Field's has designated July 22-29 as Marshall Field's Days of Caring, when team members will volunteer their time to make a difference throughout the communities in which they live. Marshall Field's supports and encourages its team members to pursue their interests by donating their time, money and energy to causes and organizations they care about. Community Grants Marshall Field's stores across the Detroit Metro have awarded community grants to: -- Ark nonviolence Program -- Children's Hospital of Michigan -- Creative Arts Center, Northa Oakland County, Inc. -- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation/Metro Detroit Chapter -- Detroit Historical Society -- Detroit Omega Foundation, Inc. -- Detroit Puppet Theater's PupperART InsideOut Literary Arts Project, Inc. -- Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries -- Haven, Inc. -- Josephine Brighton Skills Center -- Living Arts -- Macomb County Child Abuse Advocacy Center/Care House -- Mercy Education Project -- Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit -- Pewabic Pottery -- Purple Rose Theatre -- Recording For the Blind and Dyslexic -- Rotary Club of Plymouth AM Foundation -- St. John Hospital and Medical Center -- Holley Ear Institute -- The Henry Ford, Edison Institute -- United Black Artists, USA, Inc. -- Waterford Youth Assistance Throughout July, Marshall Field's will award community grants to nearly 200 nonprofit organizations across Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. About Marshall Field's Gives Marshall Field's has a rich history of philanthropic giving to nonprofit organizations and civic causes through the company's umbrella giving program, Marshall Field's Gives. Building on a 150-year tradition, Marshall Field's Gives supports causes that inspire children to read and learn, arts and cultural organizations that spark the imagination, and health and welfare programs that strengthen the lives of children and families. About Marshall Field's Marshall Field's full-service department stores have a 150-year legacy of fashion leadership and retail excellence. Marshall Field's inspiration for unexpected merchandise originates from its legendary State Street store in Chicago, which sets the bar as the most exciting destination in retail. As a division of The May Department Stores Company (NYSE:MAY), Marshall Field's operates 60 stores in eight states and can be found at fields.com(R). Marshall Field's has a rich history of contributing to nonprofit organizations and civic causes, including support for education, arts and culture, and health and welfare through Marshall Field's Gives. DATASOURCE: Marshall Field's CONTACT: Jennifer McNamara, +1-612-375-4163, Heidi Kooi Dierking, +1-612-375-2679, both for Marshall Field's Web site: http://fields.com/

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