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Date:6/24/2008

alli celebrates its one-year anniversary with a donation to Dress for

Success Worldwide

PITTSBURGH, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of helping more than four million people get a new lease on life, alli(R) is celebrating its one-year anniversary with a $75,000 donation to Dress for Success Worldwide. The announcement was made today at a press event in New York.

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Dress for Success Worldwide (DFS) is an international, non-profit organization that provides disadvantaged women with professional clothing, career development tools and a network of support to help them thrive in work and life. Monies donated to DFS on behalf of the partnership will support the Dress for Success Professional Women's Group, which addresses health and wellness topics among others.

"In the same way that alli helps people lose weight and increase their self-esteem, Dress for Success empowers women to change their lives for the better," said Joi Gordon, chief executive officer of Dress for Success Worldwide. "We are pleased and proud to be working together to bring much-needed nutritional counseling to our clients."

In addition to the cash donation, female alli users are urged to donate their nearly new, plus-sized (size 14 and above) business attire to Dress for Success and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare. Also, because the organization needs more than donated clothing, GSK Consumer Healthcare is asking alli users to donate time and resources to their local Dress for Success affiliate.

"Looking good and feeling good go hand-in-hand, and that's why alli is supporting Dress for Success with a financial donation, clothing donation and volunteers," said Karen Scollick, vice president Weight Control at GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare. "We can't think of a be
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