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U.S. Group Helps Iraqi Boy Set on Fire - Click Here Click here to open Power Point Presentation for Project Faith FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Gabrielle de Papp Vice President Public Relations (214) 573-5682 LOS ANGELES CHARITES TO BENEFIT FROM THE NEIMAN MARCUS TOPANGA GALA DALLAS, Texas, March 25, 2008 – Neiman Marcus announced today that four Los Angeles based charities will benefit from its Topanga store gala, to be held Thursday, September 4th 2008. ALS Association, Greater Los Angeles Chapter, Grossman Burn Foundation, The MOCA Projects Council of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles ( MOCA ), and the New West Symphony have been chosen to receive all money raised from the Gala ticket sales. Neiman Marcus Topanga officially opens its doors Friday, September 5th, 2008. “Neiman Marcus is thrilled to open our 40th store in Topanga, California. As importantly, we are honored to be associated with four very special non-profit organizations with meaningful ties to the greater Los Angeles community,” commented Karen Katz, Neiman Marcus, President and CEO. “Throughout our company’s history, we have worked to be an involved and caring corporate citizen, and we look forward to supporting the community that supports the store!” As the only non-profit voluntary health organization dedicated solely to the fight against ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, The ALS Association, Greater Los Angeles Chapter leads the way in research, patient and community services, public education and advocacy. In addition to supporting research for a cure, the Chapter, located in Agoura Hills, CA provides important assistance for persons with Lou Gehrig’s Disease, their families, caregivers, and health professionals in the Greater Los Angeles area. The ALS Association, has awarded nearly $40 million toward research since 1991 and is currently overseeing approximately 100 different research projects. www.alsala.org. The Grossman Burn Foundation is the philanthropic arm of The Grossman Burn Centers (GBC). Under the leadership of Co-Director, Dr. Peter Grossman, The Grossman Burn Centers are one of the preeminent resources for health care and treatment for burn victims and their families. The Grossman Burn Foundation is renowned for assisting needy families around the world in the areas of health care, safety and education. In addition to providing corrective surgery to severe burn victims at their California based centers, the Grossman Burn Foundation is launching the first highly-skilled nonprofit reconstructive surgery and burn center in Kabul, Afghanistan opening in 2008. The Grossman Burn Foundation has also been instrumental in developing a real-time satellite technology software program that allows burn surgeons to assist emergency first responders in remote parts of the world or in a crises situation using high-tech telemedicine equipment. www.grossmanburnfoundation.org. Founded in 1979, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) is regarded as one of the world’s leading museums of contemporary art. The museum engages artists and audiences through an ambitious program of exhibitions, collections, education, and publications. In a remarkably short time, MOCA has assembled one of the nation's most renowned permanent collections with over 6,000 works and steadily growing. MOCA provides extensive opportunities for education and enjoyment to thousands of national and international visitors. The MOCA Projects Council, a group of women collectors and patrons of the arts, is the museum’s major support organization. The Projects Council focuses their fundraising endeavors to benefit MOCA’s arts education program. www.moca.org. Founded in 1995, the New West Symphony is one of Southern California’s premier symphony orchestras. The New West Symphony engages audiences in ways that make the concert-going experience accessible and intellectually interesting and brings value to the ever-expanding community. As a significant cultural and educational institution in the community, the New West Symphony provides a vigorously engaging music education and outreach program to schools, introducing students to the joys and benefits of classical music and planting seeds for the audience of the future. More than 50,000 children are influenced each year by performances of live music and visits by the Symphony’s Music Van. www.NewWestSymphony.org. The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. operations include the Specialty Retail Stores segment and the Direct Marketing segment. The Specialty Retail Stores segment consists primarily of Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman stores. The Direct Marketing segment conducts both print catalog and online operations under the Neiman Marcus, and Bergdorf Goodman brand names. Information about the Company can be accessed at www.neimanmarcusgroup.com U.S. Group Helps Iraqi Boy Set on Fire - Click Here SPECIAL FORCES VETERANS RETURN TO AFGHANISTAN ON HUMANITARIAN MISSION For Immediate Release: GBF PARTNER: Contact: Jim Lewis FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Phone: (818) 749-2501 Email: james.lewis@afghancaretoday.org 1:30 P.M., EDT, Jan 29, 2009 SPECIAL FORCES VETERANS RETURN TO AFGHANISTAN ON HUMANITARIAN MISSION HOUSTON, TX, February 10, 2009 – A group of U.S. Special Forces veterans are returning to Afghanistan to bring humanitarian aid at a time when attacks on and abductions of humanitarian workers are choking-off aid efforts in the country. The veterans have formed Afghan Care Today, or ACT, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing medical and educational aid directly to civilians living in the most dangerous areas of the country. According to aid organizations, access to Afghan communities in need of humanitarian assistance shrinks daily as a result of Taliban attacks. Thirty humanitarian workers have been killed in 2008 – twice as many as last year – and eighty have been kidnapped. “The Taliban want at all costs to prevent the supply of food to Afghans,” says Ulrich Delius of the human rights group The Society for Threatened People. He warns that Afghan civilians are threatened by a “winter of starvation.” “The Taliban want to create chaos, instability and a general lack of confidence in the Afghan government. Unfortunately, it is the innocent civilians who pay the price of Taliban aspirations,” says Laval Simons, a former Special Forces medic and the founder of ACT. Using Afghan workers and traveling with local security forces, ACT’s first mission is to build medical and educational facilities in a region of the country in which they have existing relationships with the local populace. “Our initial goal is to provide much-needed relief in the form of food and medical care, but our long-term commitment is to train health care providers and create schools throughout the country” Simons said. ACT personnel will incorporate medical and other professionals into their humanitarian missions on an as needed basis. ACT is comprised primarily of medics and engineers who have previously served in Afghanistan. Members include a retired U.S. Army General, a NASA aerospace engineer and a sales representative for a medical device company. Owing to their military experience and training, ACT personnel are adept at operating in austere environments and working with local populations. They are highly skilled trainers known for their “quiet professionalism.” Simons stresses, however, that ACT personnel are not returning to Afghanistan as soldiers or on behalf of any government. “We’re returning as civilians to provide humanitarian aid directly to the people of Afghanistan.”

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LOS ANGELES CHARITES TO BENEFIT FROM THE NEIMAN MARCUS TOPANGA GALA

DALLAS, Texas, March 25, 2008 – Neiman Marcus announced today that four Los Angeles based charities will benefit from its Topanga store gala, to be held Thursday, September 4th 2008.

ALS Association, Greater Los Angeles Chapter, Grossman Burn Foundation, The MOCA Projects Council of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles ( MOCA ), and the New West Symphony have been chosen to receive all money raised from the Gala ticket sales. Neiman Marcus Topanga officially opens its doors Friday, September 5th, 2008.

“Neiman Marcus is thrilled to open our 40th store in Topanga, California. As importantly, we are honored to be associated with four very special non-profit organizations with meaningful ties to the greater Los Angeles community,” commented Karen Katz, Neiman Marcus, President and CEO. “Throughout our company’s history, we have worked to be an involved and caring corporate citizen, and we look forward to supporting the community that supports the store!”

As the only non-profit voluntary health organization dedicated solely to the fight against ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, The ALS Association, Greater Los Angeles Chapter leads the way in research, patient and community services, public education and advocacy. In addition to supporting research for a cure, the Chapter, located in Agoura Hills, CA provides important assistance for persons with Lou Gehrig’s Disease, their families, caregivers, and health professionals in the Greater Los Angeles area. The ALS Association, has awarded nearly $40 million toward research since 1991 and is currently overseeing approximately 100 different research projects. www.alsala.org.

The Grossman Burn Foundation is the philanthropic arm of The Grossman Burn Centers (GBC). Under the leadership of Co-Director, Dr. Peter Grossman, The Grossman Burn Centers are one of the preeminent resources for health care and treatment for burn victims and their families. The Grossman Burn Foundation is renowned for assisting needy families around the world in the areas of health care, safety and education. In addition to providing corrective surgery to severe burn victims at their California based centers, the Grossman Burn Foundation is launching the first highly-skilled nonprofit reconstructive surgery and burn center in Kabul, Afghanistan opening in 2008. The Grossman Burn Foundation has also been instrumental in developing a real-time satellite technology software program that allows burn surgeons to assist emergency first responders in remote parts of the world or in a crises situation using high-tech telemedicine equipment. www.grossmanburnfoundation.org.

Founded in 1979, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) is regarded as one of the world’s leading museums of contemporary art. The museum engages artists and audiences through an ambitious program of exhibitions, collections, education, and publications. In a remarkably short time, MOCA has assembled one of the nation's most renowned permanent collections with over 6,000 works and steadily growing. MOCA provides extensive opportunities for education and enjoyment to thousands of national and international visitors. The MOCA Projects Council, a group of women collectors and patrons of the arts, is the museum’s major support organization. The Projects Council focuses their fundraising endeavors to benefit MOCA’s arts education program. www.moca.org.

Founded in 1995, the New West Symphony is one of Southern California’s premier symphony orchestras. The New West Symphony engages audiences in ways that make the concert-going experience accessible and intellectually interesting and brings value to the ever-expanding community. As a significant cultural and educational institution in the community, the New West Symphony provides a vigorously engaging music education and outreach program to schools, introducing students to the joys and benefits of classical music and planting seeds for the audience of the future. More than 50,000 children are influenced each year by performances of live music and visits by the Symphony’s Music Van. www.NewWestSymphony.org.

The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. operations include the Specialty Retail Stores segment and the Direct Marketing segment. The Specialty Retail Stores segment consists primarily of Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman stores. The Direct Marketing segment conducts both print catalog and online operations under the Neiman Marcus, and Bergdorf Goodman brand names. Information about the Company can be accessed at www.neimanmarcusgroup.com

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SPECIAL FORCES VETERANS RETURN TO AFGHANISTAN ON HUMANITARIAN MISSION

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SPECIAL FORCES VETERANS RETURN TO AFGHANISTAN ON HUMANITARIAN MISSION

HOUSTON, TX, February 10, 2009 – A group of U.S. Special Forces veterans are returning to Afghanistan to bring humanitarian aid at a time when attacks on and abductions of humanitarian workers are choking-off aid efforts in the country. The veterans have formed Afghan Care Today, or ACT, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing medical and educational aid directly to civilians living in the most dangerous areas of the country.

According to aid organizations, access to Afghan communities in need of humanitarian assistance shrinks daily as a result of Taliban attacks. Thirty humanitarian workers have been killed in 2008 – twice as many as last year – and eighty have been kidnapped. “The Taliban want at all costs to prevent the supply of food to Afghans,” says Ulrich Delius of the human rights group The Society for Threatened People. He warns that Afghan civilians are threatened by a “winter of starvation.”

“The Taliban want to create chaos, instability and a general lack of confidence in the Afghan government. Unfortunately, it is the innocent civilians who pay the price of Taliban aspirations,” says Laval Simons, a former Special Forces medic and the founder of ACT.

Using Afghan workers and traveling with local security forces, ACT’s first mission is to build medical and educational facilities in a region of the country in which they have existing relationships with the local populace. “Our initial goal is to provide much-needed relief in the form of food and medical care, but our long-term commitment is to train health care providers and create schools throughout the country” Simons said. ACT personnel will incorporate medical and other professionals into their humanitarian missions on an as needed basis.

ACT is comprised primarily of medics and engineers who have previously served in Afghanistan. Members include a retired U.S. Army General, a NASA aerospace engineer and a sales representative for a medical device company. Owing to their military experience and training, ACT personnel are adept at operating in austere environments and working with local populations. They are highly skilled trainers known for their “quiet professionalism.” Simons stresses, however, that ACT personnel are not returning to Afghanistan as soldiers or on behalf of any government. “We’re returning as civilians to provide humanitarian aid directly to the people of Afghanistan.”

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