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Genworth Financial 'Gift Patrol' Awards Grants To Nine Richmond Charities Benefiting at Risk Children

September 14, 2006

Richmond, VA – Genworth Financial recently announced that grants totaling $473,000 were awarded to nine Richmond, Virginia charities focused on at-risk youth. The grants will be made from the proceeds of the Genworth Children’s Advantage Classic tennis extravaganza featuring Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf, James Blake and Lindsay Davenport. The nine charities receiving grants include:

Big Brothers & Big Sisters – To expand services in Ginter Park at-risk neighborhood enabling 30 more children to be served

Boys & Girls Club – To support a financial literacy program for at-risk teens

Comfort Zone Camp – To support weekend camps for kids who have experienced loss of a parent or other loved one

Friends Association for Children – To support after-school programming including SOL tutoring, mentoring and other activities

Minds in Motion – To support a program for 4th graders in 17 Richmond-area elementary schools using basic dance education as a way to teach discipline, dedication, leadership, and self awareness

Science Museum of Virginia – To fund the Career Ladder program encouraging minorities and female students to pursue professional careers

Stop Child Abuse Now – To fund the Child Advocacy Center to serve children who have experienced severe abuse

William Byrd Community House – Funds will be used to support the at-risk youth center in Richmond’s Highland Park neighborhood

YMCA – To fund before and after school care for at-risk youth and to provide back to school clothes and supplies for 100 children

Genworth made the announcements throughout the day on September 8 traveling to each organization via a specially decked out “Gift Patrol” van. “We wanted to find a dynamic and creative way to share the grants with our beneficiary organizations,” said Melissa Skottegaard, Genworth’s Community Relations Leader.

The day’s events were capped off with a celebration in Richmond’s Highland Park neighborhood announcing the start of the William Byrd Community House Teen Center. William Byrd used proceeds from last year’s Tennis event to begin the development of the center. The Center will give teens a place to play, learn, work and explore personal opportunities.

The tennis event, which sold out six weeks early last year, will be held at Virginia Commonwealth University’s (VCU) Siegel Center on December 8. Tickets for the event are available through the VCU box office and all TicketMaster outlets. Ticket prices range from $35 to $125. Go to www.genworth.com for more information.

Any money raised above the $473,000 announced commitment, will be divided among the nine beneficiary charities.

About Genworth Financial

Genworth’s work in the community includes a strong focus on the education of our youth, care for the elderly, and providing daily living assistance for those in need. The Genworth Children’s Advantage program is one of the ways the company, through its different partnerships, benefits youth.

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