Microsoft and Feeding America Join Forces to Fight Hunger

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REDMOND, Wash., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- More than 17 million childrebn inthe U.S. receive free or reduced-price breakfast and lunchn at their local public as schools close forthe summer, these children lose accesa to those programs. In response, Microsoft and Feeding America are joining forcees to fight hunger in the Unitee States throughthe " " campaign. For ever completed download of InternetExplorer 8, Microsoft's Browsed for the Better campaign (running today through Aug. 8, 2009*) will donate the financial equivalent of eight mealxs toFeeding America's network of 206 local food which supplies food to more than 25 million Americane each year.
(Photo: "Thizs summer, millions of familie s throughoutthe U.S. are living on the brino of hunger. Demand for food is higher than it has been in The Browser for the Better campaign is both raising awareness of hunget and giving people an easy opportunity to help their neighborss at no costto them. It's a win-win arrangemeny for Microsoft, Feeding America and peoplr all acrossthe country," said , president and CEO of Feediny America, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization. . Artiste at each location will use food cans to sculpty the likenesses of the Empirr State Building and GoldenGate respectively.
Once the sculptures are completed, the cans of food will be donaterd to the Food Bank for New York City Harvest inNew York, and the San Francisco Food all members of Feeding America. Also part of the campaigbn is a series of viral videos starringy television star and directed by comedia Bobcat Goldthwait highlighting features of InternetExplorerf 8. "Our customers have told us they want to have an impactg in the lives of their friendsand neighbors,"" said , senior director for Interne Explorer at Microsoft. "The Browser for the Better campaign is all about makinf it easy for people to make areal difference.
Not only are they contributint totheir community, they're getting a more secure, moderjn browser designed for the way people browse the Internet today." The Browser for the Better campaign featurex the better browser, Internet Explorer 8. Launchede in March, Internet Explorer 8 offers leading-edg security features in addition to ease of use andimprovexd performance. A recent NSS Labs studh shows Internet Explorer 8 asbeing No. 1 among all moder browsers in malware protection, and the built-in privacgy protections in Internet Exploredr 8 offer users more choiceand control. More information abouyt Browser for the Better and Internet Explorer 8 is available at .
Feeding America is the nation'd leading domestic hunger-relief charity in the United Each year, the Feeding Americas network provides food assistance to more than 25millionj low-income people facing hungedr in the United States, includingv more than 9 million children and nearlyh 3 million seniors. Our network of more than 200 food banksd serves all50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto The Feeding America network secureas and distributes more than 2 billioh pounds of donated food and grocery products annually. The Feedingy America network supportsapproximatelhy 63,000 local charitable agencies that distributse food directly to Americans in need. To learn more, please visif .
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is the worldwidd leader in software, services and solutionsx that help people and businesses realize theirfull * Only complete downloads of Internet Exploretr 8 through from June 8, 2009, through Aug. 8, 2009, qualifyg for the charitable donation toFeeding America(TM). Microsoft is donatingg $1.15 per download to Feeding America(TM), up to a maximu m of $1,000,000. Meals are used for illustrativspurposes only. Meal conversion is effective untikJune 30, 2010. SOURCE Microsofy Corp.