CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust Lends Support To Students With Autism

The CVS/pharmacy Charitable
Trust announced on Thursday its five-year sponsorship of the CVS All Kids
Can Scholars Program. First made public at yesterday's opening session of
the Autism Society of America National Conference, each year the program
will award $1000 scholarships to five students with autism to enable them
to attend the college or trade school of their choosing. The program will
be part of CVS' signature program, CVS All Kids Can(TM), a five-year $25
million commitment by the CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust and CVS/pharmacy to support children with disabilities.


Beginning in 2007, the CVS All Kids Can Scholars Program will be open
to any student with autism who has been accepted into an accredited,
post-secondary educational or vocational program of study. The program will
be administered by the Autism Society of America (ASA) and judged based on
the student's transcript, letters of recommendation and personal statement
outlining the student's qualifications and proposed plan of study. The
first scholarships will be awarded in Spring 2007.


In creating the CVS All Kids Can Scholars Program, CVS/pharmacy looks
to support the mission of CVS All Kids Can: to help children with
disabilities learn, play and succeed in life. By encouraging students with
autism to attain a post-secondary education, CVS/pharmacy hopes to increase
their opportunities for success and allow them to achieve their greatest
potential.


"CVS/pharmacy has a long history of giving back to the communities in
which we serve by supporting people of all abilities," said Eileen Howard
Dunn, Vice President of Corporate Communications and Community Relations at
CVS/pharmacy. "With CVS All Kids Can, we will help children with
disabilities to reach their greatest potential because we believe that all
kids can."


In addition to the CVS All Kids Can Scholars Program, CVS/pharmacy will
also serve as a national co-sponsor of the "Evening of Champions" at the
ASA Conference, "Lighting the Way to Hope: Navigating to Success and
Solutions," held this week in Providence, RI. The Annual Evening of
Champions Dinner is the established forum to celebrate and honor
achievements in the autism community. CVS/pharmacy is proud to sponsor this
year's event recognizing remarkable leaders and their heroic efforts on
behalf of individuals with autism.


The larger ASA National Conference focuses on success and solutions for
families and individuals living with autism. The conference attracts
organizations, experts, teachers and parents from around the country whose
lives are touched by autism. Keynote presentations and educational sessions
will feature cutting edge contributors to autism research as well as
success strategies for teachers and parents. In addition to the Evening of
Champions, CVS/pharmacy will sponsor "Lighting the Way to a New Society:
Leading Others to Inclusive Communities," an educational session exploring
effective ways to create a society to which individuals with and without
autism can belong.















The goals of CVS All Kids Can are to raise awareness in schools and in
local communities about the importance of inclusion; build barrier-free
playgrounds so children of all abilities can play side-by-side; and provide
medical rehabilitation and related services to children with disabilities.
In addition to its work with the ASA, CVS/pharmacy and its more than
170,000 employees plan to help children with disabilities learn, play and
succeed through partnerships with leading local and national nonprofit
organizations including Easter Seals, The National Center for Boundless
Playgrounds and many others.


About CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust


The CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust, Inc. is a private foundation managed
by CVS Corporation (NYSE: CVS), which operates more than 6,100 retail and
specialty pharmacy stores in 44 states and the District of Columbia in
addition to its online pharmacy, CVS, and its pharmacy benefit
management, mail order and specialty pharmacy subsidiary, PharmaCare. The
Trust's mission is to provide funding for health care, education and
community involvement initiatives in communities where CVS/pharmacy stores
are located. General information about CVS is available through the
Investor Relations portion of the Company's Web site at
investor.cvs, or through the press room portion of the Company's
website, at cvs/pressroom.


About the Autism Society of America


The Autism Society of America was founded in 1965 and has grown from a
handful of parents into the leading source of information, research and
reference on autism for more than 40 years. ASA is the oldest and largest
grassroots organization within the autism community with more than 50,000
members and supporters connected through a network of nearly 200 chapters
nationwide. ASA is dedicated to increasing public awareness about autism
and the day-to-day issues faced by individuals with autism, their families
and the professionals with whom they interact. The Society and its chapters
share a common mission of providing information and education, supporting
research and advocating for programs and services for the autism community.


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