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Mar 10, 2006

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MERRILL LYNCH PLANS GIFT TO NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH FOUNDATION

Seventeen-year-old Caressa Gibson's life spiraled downhill when she was in the seventh grade. She started drinking, suffered depression and dropped out of school. But since graduating from the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program last year, she is becoming a positive example for her peers. The ChalleNGe program, she said, "dramatically changed my life and has given me a reason to live."

Now, with a $1 million gift from Merrill Lynch, the ChalleNGe program can do even more. Merrill Lynch announced its donation to the National Guard Youth Foundation, which runs the ChalleNGe program, on February 28 at the foundation's ChalleNGe Championship dinner in Washington, D.C.

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