Travelers recently announced a $1.25 million donation to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation to provide support to the Memorial and spearhead the Foundation’s Kids for King Education Initiative.  The initiative will inspire youth from grades 3-12 to write an essay, create a piece of art or produce a short video about the lasting legacy of Dr. King and his ideals of democracy, justice, hope and love.  The program also contains a lesson plan for teachers and parents to educate the youth about Dr. King. 

The National Parent Teacher Association (PTA), the National Education Association (NEA), YRC Worldwide, Inc., and The LEAGUE will also support the “Kids for King” initiative.  The year-long program will culminate in the fall of 2010.  More information can be found at www.kidsforking.org. 

“Travelers is proud to support the creation of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial and Kids for King Education Initiative,” said Brian W. MacLean, President and Chief Operating Officer of Travelers. “  As a company we are committed to investing in education and we believe in the importance of teaching Dr. King’s legacy and message of equality to students across the country and to visitors to our nation’s capital.”   The Memorial Foundation has raised $104 million out of the needed $120 million to build the Memorial.   

About the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc.
A Memorial honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be built on the National Mall, situated adjacent to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial and in a direct line between the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials.  Congress passed Joint Resolutions in 1996 authorizing Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. to establish a Memorial honoring Dr. King to be built in Washington, D.C.  The ceremonial groundbreaking took place on November 13, 2006, and the Memorial will be completed in 2011.  McKissack & McKissack / Turner Construction Company/ Gilford Corporation / Tompkins Builders, Inc. Joint Venture will serve as the Design-Build Team.  McKissack & McKissack is the oldest minority-owned architectural firm in the United States.  For more information or to make a donation, please visit www.buildthedream.org.

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The Dow Jones announced yesterday that it has added Travelers to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, effective June 8, 2009.  Travelers is the only insurance company and one of the handful of financial services companies to be included on this list.  This recognition serves as an acknowledgement of what Travelers employees and agents have built together.

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List of Dow Jones Industrial Average (reflecting June 1 announcement adding Cisco and Travelers)

3M Company                                         Intel Corporation
Alcoa Incorporated                                International Business Machines
American Express Company                  Johnson & Johnson
AT&T Incorporated                                J.P. Morgan Chase & Company
Bank of America Corporation                 Kraft Foods Inc.
Boeing Corporation                               McDonald's Corporation
Caterpillar Incorporated                        Merck & Company Incorporated
Chevron Corporation                             Microsoft Corporation
Cisco Systems, Inc.                                Pfizer Incorporated
Coca-Cola Company                               Procter & Gamble Company
DuPont                                                   The Travelers Companies
Exxon Mobil Corporation                        United Technologies
General Electric Company                       Verizon Company
Hewlett-Packard Company                     Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated
Home Depot Incorporated                      Walt Disney Company