Duane Reade and the New York Yankees Team Up to 'Strike Out' Lou Gehrig's Disease

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: July 20, 2007 | Copyright information

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Contact: Melissa Merrill or Melissa Kahaly, +1-212-850-5600, of Financial Dynamics, for Duane Reade, Inc.; or Kathy Lynn, +1-212-843- 8023, of Rubenstein PR, for New York Yankees

NEW YORK, July 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Duane Reade, the leading drug store chain in metropolitan New York, and The New York Yankees today announced that they have teamed up to raise over $157,000 in their "Strike Out ALS" campaign. All funds raised from the campaign will be dona...

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