The Ambler Area YMCA Wins Rohm and Haas Community Partnership Initiative Impact Award

SPRING HOUSE, Pa.--(Business Wire)--
The Ambler Area YMCA receives a Community Partnership Initiative
(CPI) Impact Award from the Rohm and Haas Spring House Technical
Center to enhance its successful HIP (Health Intervention Program) for
youth.

The $5,000 CPI Impact Award was created to celebrate Rohm and
Haas's 10th CPI Anniversary. Through the program, Rohm and Haas has
contributed $2.1 million to approximately 46 community organizations,
including $300,000 in grants provided by the Rohm and Haas Spring
House Technical Center to organizations in the local community.

The Ambler Area YMCA received one of the CPI grants in 2005. The
organization used the grant to create the HIP Program, which teaches
children and their families about physical fitness and healthy living
habits. The Ambler YMCA has offered 15 sessions of HIP for 150 youth,
and the majority of participants have maintained or lost weight.

"The CPI process is truly a cooperative effort between Rohm and
Haas and our neighbors," said Danielle Beerhalter Leheny, Rohm and
Haas Public Affairs Manager. "The committed volunteers who serve on
our Community Advisory Council guide the CPI program by evaluating
grant applications and awarding grants to local nonprofit
organizations."

The CPI focuses on supporting youth education programs. Programs
must target youth in Ambler Borough, Lower Gwynedd, Upper Dublin
and/or Whitpain.

Photo: http://www.rohmhaas.com/vocus/images/Blue_Bell.jpg

Caption: As part of the Ambler Area YMCA's HIP / KidPower Program,
all youth members are encouraged to participate in a wide range of fun
physical fitness activities, including one of the newest and most
popular sessions: "Dance Dance Revolution."

About Rohm and Haas Company's Community Partnership Initiative

In 2008, the Rohm and Haas Community Partnership Initiative (CPI)
program celebrates its 10th year of making a sustainable impact in the
lives of people who reside in the neighborhoods where we have
operating facilities. Since CPI's launch in 1998, nearly 82 Rohm and
Haas-sponsored grants totaling $2.1 million have been awarded to more
than 46 local non-profit organizations. Grant recipients are chosen by
a diverse group of volunteers residing in CPI areas throughout the
U.S.

About Rohm and Haas

Leading the way since 1909, Rohm and Haas is a global pioneer in
the creation and development of innovative technologies and solutions
for the specialty materials industry. The company's technologies are
found in a wide range of industries including: Building and
Construction, Electronics and Electronic Devices, Household Goods and
Personal Care, Packaging and Paper, Transportation, Pharmaceutical and
Medical, Water, Food and Food Related, and Industrial Process.
Innovative Rohm and Haas technologies and solutions help to improve
life every day, around the world. Based in Philadelphia, PA, the
company generated annual sales of approximately $8.9 billion in 2007.
Visit www.rohmhaas.com for more information. Imagine the
possibilities(TM).

Rohm and Haas Manager of Public Affairs
Danielle Beerhalter Leheny, +1-215-641-7876
DBeerhalter@rohmhaas.com

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