SOURCE:America's Charities

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For over 50 years, the Children’s Leukemia Research Association (CLRA) has been on the leading edge of research, stimulating and facilitating the opportunity for new avenues of investigation. Using contributions, including those made from employees who donate through their company’s workplace giving campaign, CLRA’s Medical Advisory Committee, which consists of prominent internationally known and respected hematologists, reviews research proposals submitted from doctors nationwide and funds research grants each year in hopes of isolating the causes and finding a cure for this disease. In addition to a $100,000 Research Grant that CLRA has awarded the Dana Farber Cancer Institute for the past few years, CLRA typically gives four or five Research Grants, averaging $30,000 in value, to doctors and hospitals each year.

How Your Company Can Help:

Financial support, particularly donations made through workplace giving, is one of the most efficient ways your company and its employees can support CLRA’s mission. Workplace giving empowers your employees to donate a larger sum of money more feasibly thanks to the way their pledge is deducted from their paycheck via smaller amounts throughout the year. 

Example of Your Company and Employee’s Potential Impact:

ACTION:

Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness month is September.  Let’s say your company decides to hold a workplace giving campaign in September, focused on raising money for CLRA.  Your company has 500 employees and 20% (or 100 employees) decide to support CLRA. 

RESULT:

If each of those 100 employees donates a total amount of $300 to CLRA (approximately $11.54 deducted from their paycheck each pay period), that would total about $30,000 in donations to CLRA from employees at your company – that’s enough to fund 1 research grant to a doctor or hospital searching for a cure to leukemia. Your company’s impact could be even greater if you incentivize employees through a matching gifts program. 

Get Started and Learn More!

To learn more about the Children’s Leukemia Research Association (CLRA), a member of America’s Charities, visit their website at www.childrensleukemia.org. For online giving technology and solutions to facilitate your workplace giving campaign, contact America’s Charities today.  America’s Charities has been mobilizing the workforce to affect social change through employee giving and other company philanthropic initiatives for over 35 years and we have raised more than $650 million of sustainable funds for more than 10,000 nonprofits as a result. 

Tweet me:.@AmerCharities: The Role of #EmployeeGiving in Isolating Answers to Causes & Finding a Cure for Leukemia http://bit.ly/1smqEW4 #cancer

KEYWORDS: Volunteerism & Community Engagement, Business & Trade, Children's Leukemia Research Association, cancer research, employee giving campaigns, America's Charities, Employee Engagement, Fundraising, cause marketing, corporate philanthropy, workplace giving, social responsibility, csr

Announcing the winners of NetSuite.org's 3rd Annual Hackathon Competition

SOURCE:NetSuite Inc.

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We’re thrilled to announce the winners of our third NetSuite.org Hackathon 4Good! During the pre-conference day at SuiteWorld, the teams spent nearly 12 straight hours brainstorming, white boarding, and coding. At the end of the night, after live presentations and demos, Team ‘GoodFellows’ and Team ‘The Original Timesheets’ were crowned the winners for their creative prototypes of solutions to meet the challenges posed by nonprofit partners Ashoka and Juma Ventures.

Team Goodfellows, the winner of the Ashoka challenge, created a prototype that leveraged SuiteScripts, Saved Searches and portlets to enable Ashoka program managers around the world to manage budgets and tie their local activities back to the organization’s global mission of empowering and supporting social entreprenuers globally. The team was comprised of Dylan Ribb of Hydro Flask (a NetSuite customer), John Ogle and Nic Wolf both of Head in the Clouds (a NetSuite partner), Greg DelVechhio of SaaS Consulting Group (a NetSuite partner), and Josh Henke of Abila (a NetSuite customer).

The Original Timesheets, whose prototype was selected as the most creative and innovative to address the challenge posed by Juma, would enable the organization, which employs close to 1,000 low-income youth, to use the NetSuite platform to employ as many youth as possible, and maximize revenue generation and profitability. More specifically, the solution focused on using the project record and resource allocation functions in NetSuite to serve Juma’s mission of employing youth and leveraged historical data to forecast concession sales. The team was made up of Matheiu Goodman, David Gauthier, and Guillaume Savoie of Big Bang ERP (a NetSuite partner), Steve Scheppelman of SummitIT (a NetSuite partner), and Cash Shurley of numus group (a NetSuite partner).

The winning solutions were judged by an expert panel including Evan Goldberg, NetSuite Co-Founder and CTO, Malin Huffman, Senior Director, Product Management, David Geilhufe, Senior Director of NetSuite.org and GM of the nonprofit vertical, Cela Smith, Director HRIS & Analytics, and representatives from Juma and Ashoka. The winning teams were recognized during Evan Goldberg’s Tuesday keynote from the mainstage of SuiteWorld.

Close to 70 NetSuite customers, partners, and employees participated in the 3rd annual Hackathon 4Good, which was designed to offer innovative solutions to NetSuite.org grantees (a term used to describe the nonprofits and social enterprises receiving a software donation) and a chance for skilled NetSuite users to use their professional skills for good.

“While many Hackathons can offer high levels of fun and creativity and low levels of implementable solutions, we’re excited to see that the Hackathon 4Good can serve as a catalyst for longer term pro bono engagements,” said David Geilhufe, Senior Director of NetSuite.org.

Last year’s hackathon resulted in members of the winning team from technology consulting firm Yantra, taking on a 4-month long pro bono project to implement their winning solution and automate manual processes enabling Found Animals Foundation to scale its national microchip program. Take a look at the recap blog here.

Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s Hackathon 4Good. We can’t wait to see you next year!

Tweet me:Announcing the winners of NetSuite.org's 3rd Annual #Hackathon4Good! http://bit.ly/1qH85uv #NSW16

KEYWORDS: Events, Conferences & Webinars, Business & Trade, hackathon, netsuite, SuiteWorld, nonprofit

SOURCE:Arrow Electronics

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Indianapolis, Ind. May 24, 2016 /3BL Media/  – Former IndyCar driver and current team owner Sam Schmidt reached a top speed of 152 mph on Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in a newly designed semi-autonomous motorcar (SAM) developed by Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW). Schmidt, who has been paralyzed and unable to use his arms and legs since a racing accident in 2000, completed the record drive in between qualifying laps for the 100^th running of the Indianapolis 500.  

The modified 2016 Corvette Z06 features 200+ more horsepower than the previous model and is the second open-source semi-autonomous car that Arrow has built. Arrow engineers also improved the electronics that allow Schmidt to steer, accelerate and brake using only his head. Sensors mounted on a high-tech headset that Schmidt wears more accurately connect to infrared cameras mounted on the dashboard and detect his head-tilt motions to steer. The car now also features state-of-art live streaming and replay of telemetry, driver biometrics, environmental conditions, driver point-of-view video and other key data, enabling Schmidt and his co-driver to correct any issues in real-time.

“Arrow’s engineers incorporated insights learned from the previous model to build an advanced car design that incorporates cutting-edge Internet of Things technologies and live data-streaming, among other exciting improvements,” said Joe Verrengia, Arrow’s global director of corporate social responsibility, who oversees the company’s award-winning SAM project. “We hope the SAM car continues to inspire and drive technology innovation forward.”

The SAM project’s objectives are not to transfer control of a vehicle to technology, but rather to enable disabled drivers to enjoy the driving experience by leveraging the power of technology. All of the software and technology that Arrow developed for the car is open to the developer and engineering communities, and it has promising broader applications for independent living.

“It was a thrill to be back in control and hitting racing speeds on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway again,” said Schmidt, who blasted past his previous SAM car top speed of 107 mph, set in 2014 at the same track. “The SAM project is a great example of what happens when the right people come together to innovate and push the boundaries of what’s possible.”

Arrow will showcase the original SAM car, a modified Corvette Stingray, at high-profile events around the world to help raise awareness of the power of technology to improve lives.

The SAM project is a collaborative venture between Arrow Electronics, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, the nonprofit organization Conquer Paralysis Now and Paravan GmbH, a world leader in innovative automobile conversions for drivers with severe disabilities.

For more information on the Arrow SAM project please visit http://arrow.com/SAM/.

Keep up with SAM project developments on Twitter by following #ArrowDriven.  

About Arrow Electronics
Arrow Electronics is a global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. Arrow serves as a supply channel partner for more than 100,000 original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial customers through a global network of more than 460 locations serving over 85 countries. 

Media Contact
Meghan Macdonald
mmacdonald@arrow.com
(303) 824-4589

Tweet me:@ArrowGlobal semi-autonomous car hits record 152 MPH with #SamSchmidt behind the wheel http://bit.ly/1sOojE5

KEYWORDS: Technology, Cause Marketing, Arrow Electronics, Arrow Global, SAM project, Sam Schmidt

SOURCE:America's Charities

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In a recent survey conducted by Teaching Tolerance, The Trump Effect: The Impact of hte Presidential Campaign on Our Nation's Schools, Teaching Tolerance found that the presidential campaign is producing an alarming level of fear and anxiety among children of color and inflaming racial and ethnic tensions in the classroom. 

Other students have been emboldened by the divisive, often juvenile rhetoric in the campaign. Teachers have noted an increase in bullying, harassment and intimidation of students whose races, religions or nationalities have been the verbal targets of candidates on the campaign trail.

Educators are perplexed and conflicted about what to do. They report being stymied by the need to remain nonpartisan but disturbed by the anxiety in their classrooms and the lessons that children may be absorbing from this campaign.

In effort to address this, Teaching Tolerance (a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center) has created a set of online resources to help teachers navigate this difficult terrain.

>> Continue Reading

Tweet me:.@AmerCharities: @Tolerance_org on Teaching Youth Valuable Lessons About Democracy & Responsibilities of Citizenship http://bit.ly/1qrqfjJ

KEYWORDS: Volunteerism & Community Engagement, Education, employee giving programs, Southern Poverty Law Center, America's Charities, Employee Engagement, Fundraising, cause marketing, corporate philanthropy, workplace giving

This time, it's personal

SOURCE:Benevity

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For most of the modern era, corporate giving and individual passions have been mostly siloed, as employee programs focused more on encouraging people to give to charities chosen by the company. Now, companies are beginning to embrace “The Power of And,” which encompasses both vertical and horizontal engagement. That’s the scenario where the vertical pillars or specific charities in a company’s social responsibility strategy are complemented by a more horizontal or grassroots focus powered by the passions and interests of its people. Once you combine the two, it’s easy to see the powerful potential to engage your people more broadly AND boost awareness of your company’s positive role in society.

It’s all in how the concept of collective impact is redefining conventional approaches to CSR and corporate Goodness. Instead of limiting thinking of impact to the dollars that can be raised for a specific cause or charity by funneling people into a limited selection of charities that often mean little or nothing to them, technology is helping both democratize giving and catalyze "the crowd" in ways that drive behavioral change and create sustainable engagement and impact. And the key to doing that is making way for personal “passion projects.”

Keep reading on the Benevity blog

Tweet me:Bring together corporate & individual passions for the most impactful #workplacegiving program via @benevity: http://ow.ly/Ad2J300kYrt #CSR

KEYWORDS: Volunteerism & Community Engagement, Business & Trade, benevity, workplace giving, Grantmaking, Employee Engagement, millennials

Nearly 50 percent of KeyBank Employees Will Volunteer with more than 700 Community Organizations in 15 States Today

SOURCE:KeyBank

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CLEVELAND, May 25, 2016 /3BL Media/ – On May 25, KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) will host its 26^th annual Neighbors Make the Difference Day, where nearly 50 percent of bank employees will participate in a day of volunteerism supported by paid time off. Employees will spend the day volunteering with more than 700 community organizations and service projects in the 15 states where Key has a presence across the nation, including California, Massachusetts and Kansas, among others.

“Each year, we host Neighbors Make the Difference Day to demonstrate to our neighbors our deep commitment to the community,” said Margot Copeland, CEO and Chairman of the KeyBank Foundation. “The concept of employee volunteerism and personal service has always been important to KeyBank. I believe we have one of the most caring and active bodies of employees of any corporation. We fully support our employees’ efforts on Neighbors Day and every day. We thank them for their heartfelt service.”

In 2015, more than 6,100 Key employees volunteered a total of 24,700 hours to community organizations and projects. In 2016, Key expects the total number of volunteer hours to total 24,000. Two-thirds of the bank’s branches will close at noon on May 25 to accommodate employee volunteers, and those branches’ customers will have access to ATMs, as well as online and mobile banking.

Neighbors Make the Difference Day began in 1991, when a group of KeyBank employees in Alaska volunteered for service projects and gave the day its title. By 1993, the idea had swept across many of the communities Key serves and became an official day of employee volunteerism. It is now the hallmark of Key’s commitment to its communities and a leading corporate volunteerism effort in America.

“Neighbors Make the Difference Day has become a long-standing, cultural tradition at KeyBank,” said Copeland. “Working closely with our communities is in our corporate DNA, and we are proud to see this day go from a small effort in Alaska to a bank-wide effort.”

KeyBank has been nationally recognized for improving the quality of life in its communities. The Civic 50 identifies the top 50 S&P 500 corporations in the U.S. in terms of time, talent and resources used to improve the quality of life in their communities. Key was named to the most recent Civic 50 list as one of America’s fifty most community-minded companies by the National Conference on Citizenship and Points of Light.

To participate in the social media conversation on May 25, follow #NeighborsDay, @KeyBank on Twitter and KeyBank on Facebook at www.facebook.com/keybank.

For more information about KeyBank’s culture of service and commitment to philanthropy and volunteerism, visit www.key.com/philanthropy.

About Key:

KeyCorp was organized more than 160 years ago and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.  One of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, Key had assets of approximately $98.4 billion at March 31, 2016. Key provides deposit, lending, cash management and investment services to individuals and small and mid-sized businesses in 12 states under the name KeyBank National Association.  Key also provides a broad range of sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries throughout the United States under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name.

For more information, visit https://www.key.com/.  KeyBank is Member FDIC.

Tweet me:Today, thousands of @KeyBank employees will volunteer on Key's 26th annual Neighbors Make the Difference Day! http://bit.ly/1sOjsCM

KEYWORDS: Volunteerism & Community Engagement, Environment and Climate Change, NYSE (KEY), keybank, KeyCorp, Neighbors Day, Neighbors Make the Difference Day, Branches Closing, May 25th, Nonprofits, Employee Engagement

SOURCE:Novo Nordisk

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With many years of personal and professional experience in the diabetes field, patient advocate Kelly Close and her colleague Emily Regier from Close Concerns offer their perspective on Cities Changing Diabetes. We asked them what they find exciting about the research and what benefits it could bring to people who are at risk of developing or already living with type 2 diabetes.

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A ’Close’-up look at diabetes in cities

With many years of personal and professional experience in the diabetes field, patient advocate Kelly Close and her colleague Emily Regier from Close Concerns offer their perspective on Cities Changing Diabetes1. We asked them what they find exciting about the research and what benefits it could bring to people who are at risk of developing or already living with type 2 diabetes.

In your opinion, why is there a need to focus on type 2 diabetes in cities?
The sheer number of people with type 2 diabetes in cities –two-thirds of patients – makes it a worthwhile area of focus. A number of factors related to urban life, such as air pollution, poor walkability and easy access to junk food, can also put people at particular risk for the disease. We have learned from the Cities Changing Diabetes programme that cities represent excellent ‘laboratories’ for sociological research and policy change: they concentrate a diverse group of people in a single location, and city governments can often be more effective and less hampered by ideology than their state or national counterparts.

The Cities Changing Diabetes programme has propelled a conversation about how urban environments can contribute to type 2 diabetes risk and how there is a need to bring together a variety of actors – from urban planners to community health workers to a range of patients at every end of the socioeconomic spectrum – to address this issue.

How does the Cities Changing Diabetes research differ from previous research?
This research incorporates the social and cultural components of diabetes risk to a much greater extent than most academic studies we have seen. We think the thorough interviews and the conscious effort to incorporate the complexity of everyday life make this research an outstanding complement to randomised controlled trials (RCTs), which seek to isolate single causes and purposely exclude much of the complexity of everyday life.

The RCTs are invaluable in assessing a range of interventions, of course, but we may also need different types of studies to fully understand why so many patients continue to do poorly despite scientific advances. This research will hopefully provide insights about human behaviour that can inform better approaches to diabetes prevention and urban health.

What initial findings from the Cities Changing Diabetes research excite you and why?
We were excited to see that some of the cities did much better than the ‘rule of halves would predict. For example, almost everyone diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in Copenhagen receives treatment – stats like these give us hope that this can be done. We were also glad to hear that at least in Copenhagen, it is more a matter of enabling patients to use existing health resources than building the infrastructure from scratch. While most of the other findings were more sobering than exciting, we were impressed by the quality of the research and its ability to apply rigorous scientific methods to the complexities of the real world.

We think the concept of ‘vulnerability’ that goes beyond economic scarcity and biological risk is one of the more fascinating findings. For example, the research emphasises that financial constraints include not only absolute poverty that prevents people from accessing basic resources, but also perceived constraints that limit people's capacity to be proactive and hopeful about their future.

In Houston, one of the study cities, researchers found that even people with health insurance, economic advantages, and few clinical risk factors can still be vulnerable to type 2 diabetes due to factors like time constraints and social isolation.

Why is this interesting?
We think that this is not necessarily intuitive to society although from a patient perspective, it makes complete sense and we are very happy to see this finding highlighted. The social isolation piece in particular is very important and very addressable and being able to show the importance of time constraints to patients and healthcare providers could be critical. We have never heard that in all our study of diabetes but it rings so very true.

The research is helping make everyone smarter – and indeed, the urgency of what needs to be done is even greater. Although type 1 diabetes is not the focus of Cities Changing Diabetes, some valuable insights for type 1 will also undoubtedly emerge – we believe the social isolation and time constraints noted above may well be two valuable examples.

Have you heard any reactions to Cities Changing Diabetes by people living with diabetes?
We have heard very positive feedback from the broader diabetes community about the inclusion of social and cultural determinants of diabetes in the discussion. We also appreciate that including patients’ perspectives to a greater degree should be one of the main goals going forward. While we haven’t heard a lot of patient impressions yet, we know there will be great enthusiasm.

Inviting more patient advocates to participate in future Cities Changing Diabetes Summits will be a valuable step. We also think patient feedback would be valuable in informing the proposed solutions as much as possible. Continued efforts to create awareness about the initiative to the public will be an important part of this, as many people living with diabetes or pre-diabetes are probably not yet aware of the programme at this point.

What change do you foresee that an initiative like Cities Changing Diabetes can have for people living with type 2 diabetes?
Our hope is that this research can lead to pilot programmes in cities in the relatively near future that can directly improve the lives of people with type 2 diabetes. Examples could include community health centres, peer support programmes, efforts to create more walkable neighbourhoods, policies to make healthy food more affordable and appealing, and much more.

Longer term, we can imagine a world in which cities are built and governed with health as a top priority, which would have an enormous impact on public health even beyond those currently living with type 2 diabetes. We hope to see this research result in far more concerted focus on pre-diabetes. We heartily applaud your work, we thank you for your remarkable focus and drive, and we hope to see the extensive resources already applied increase even further.

About Close Concerns
Close Concerns is a healthcare information company founded by Kelly Close in 2002. Close Concerns' mission is to improve patient outcomes by making researchers, clinicians, scientists, companies, patients, and families smarter about diabetes and obesity.

For more information, see https://www.closeconcerns.com/

This article was featured in the latest issue of Novo Nordisk’s sustainability magazine TBL Quarterly, ‘The Urban Issue’. Read the full issue here: http://bit.ly/1PHa07n

Tweet me:.@novonordisk interviews patient advocate @kellyclose of #CloseConcern, to spotlight diabetic urban impact http://bit.ly/1s9Fxv7

KEYWORDS: Health, Healthcare Institutional News, Novo Nordisk, diabetes, Urban Impact, Kelly Close, Close Concern

SOURCE:Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

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“Being in foster care and being adopted makes you different than other kids. But I never saw this as a bad thing.” - Cadence Cottom, Butler University Graduate. 

Profound words from a bright young woman who has lived the life that so many at her age have not. Cadence Cottom accomplished her dream to graduate from Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. A dream, that if you had asked her years ago, she would have told you was impossible. Cadence spent time in foster care and after being adopted her mom found a way to help her make dream come true.

UMPS CARE Charities is a national nonprofit established by Major League Baseball umpires to provide financial and emotional support to children in the U.S. foster care system who are waiting to be adopted. The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption has one mission: to dramatically increase the number of adoptions from foster care. Now, it’s no surprise that our two organizations have been able to partner in order to provide the UMPS CARE All-Star Scholarship program. The UMPS CARE Scholarships are given to children who are adopted from foster care after the age of 10 and provides $7,500 a year to towards education expenses.

Cadence remembers the moment she was told the scholarship would help her head off to school. “I received a phone call while I was at work at CVS to tell me I got the scholarship. I couldn’t believe it and started crying! I was so excited because I really needed the help with college. My mom took me to lunch on my break and we ate at Wendy’s!” A fitting celebratory meal as the signature program for the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is the Wendy’s Wonderful Kids program. The Foundation furnishes grants to private and public adoption agencies, which then hire specially trained adoption recruiters whose sole mission is to find permanent, loving homes to the children who have been waiting in foster care the longest.

Cadence majored in sociology with a specialization in social work and social policy. She knows that other children in foster care are facing all the same challenges that she did. “Throughout middle school and high school I carried a lot of hostility and animosity. I couldn’t understand why I had to endure all of the pain that I did,” Cadence told the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. “[Being in foster care] isn’t easy, and it isn’t even our fault, but we’re the ones that have to deal with it. So give yourself a break. Focus on getting through the struggle one day at a time. Because once you reach the other side, you’re a better person because of what you’ve been through. This journey taught me empathy and compassion and that the best things in life aren’t things, but the people you love most.” Cadence is already giving back. While finishing her senior year she accepted a position as the Recruitment Coordinator for Indiana Adoption Program. She works to recruit foster parents and prospective adoptive parents for children in foster care.

“I feel that it is both my duty and my privilege to give back to others so that they may succeed as well,” Cadence said.

We already see her as a rising star and advocate for children in foster care. We can’t wait to see what she does next and we hope the scholarship will only continue to aid more impressive young people like Cadence. Higher education shouldn’t be out of reach for children who have already overcome so many obstacles.

To learn more about the work of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption head to davethomasfoundation.org and to apply for the UMPS CARE All-Star Scholarship, click here. The application deadline is May 31.

Tweet me:.@DTFA and @UmpsCare offer All-Star scholarship to children adopted from #fostercare http://bit.ly/1YVEqtp

KEYWORDS: Philanthropy, Education, Dave Thomas Foundation, adoption, foster care, Wendy's Wonderful Kids, UMPS CARE Charities, scholarships

SOURCE:America's Charities

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In 2010, The Coca-Cola Company launched the 5by20 initiative which aims to economically empower 5 million women entrepreneurs across the company’s global supply chain by 2020. To achieve these ambitious goals, Coca-Cola worked with TechnoServe, an international development nonprofit, to identify the number of smallholder women farmers in its juice supply chains, assess farmer needs and develop innovative programs to boost women smallholder incomes in a way that supports both Coca-Cola’s business objectives and the economic empowerment of women.

TechnoServe launched a partnership with Coca-Cola and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation called Project Nurture. Through this four-year, $11.5 million partnership, TechnoServe enabled small-scale mango and passion fruit farmers across Uganda and Kenya to increase their productivity and participate in Coca-Cola’s supply chain for the first time. By 2015, the project had trained approximately 16,000 women farmers and increased participating producers’ incomes by an average of 142 percent.

Simultaneously, TechnoServe worked with Coca-Cola and a coalition of business, government and civil society partners to create sustainable economic opportunities in Haiti through the creation of the Haiti Hope Project (Click here to watch a video about the Haiti Hope Project). Together, we supported the development of a sustainable mango industry in Haiti. The initiatives achieved proof of concept, laying the foundation for potential replication and scale-up, trained over 25,000 farmers, and increased farmer incomes. More than 46 percent of participating farmers were women — far surpassing women’s average participation in agricultural training programs — and many were connected to a formal supply chain for the first time.

Muhtar Kent, CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, highlighted the business aspect of the project earlier this year at an event at the Inter-American Development Bank:

“This is not philanthropy. This is bringing the expertise of great partners to life, connecting it to business needs, with the needs of the community.”

Using our time-tested “MOVER” approach, TechnoServe helped The Coca-Cola Company integrate and empower women in its corporate supply chains, with results that benefited both the women and the business. In 2015 alone, TechnoServe helped increase the incomes of 110,000 women in developing countries around the world.

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Support This Cause Through Workplace Giving:
TechnoServe is a member of America's Charities. Your company can help make more projects like this possible by supporting TechnoServe through a corporate partnership and by starting an employee giving program with America's Charities. Our online giving technology and solutions can facilitate your workplace giving campaign and other company cause initiatives. America’s Charities has been mobilizing the workforce to affect social change through employee giving and other company philanthropic initiatives for over 35 years and we have raised more than $650 million of sustainable funds for more than 10,000 nonprofits as a result. 

Tweet me:.@AmerCharities: How @TechnoServe @CocaColaCo Partnership Empowered Women w/ #Sustainable Economic Opportunities http://bit.ly/1Via7y4 #CSR

KEYWORDS: Business & Trade, Education, sustainability, TechnoServe, America's Charities, Employee Engagement, Fundraising, cause marketing, corporate philanthropy, workplace giving, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Prepare to be Inspired: Shared Value Summit Video Now Live

SOURCE:Shared Value Initiative

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By Justin Bakule, Executive Director, Shared Value Initiative

As we release plenary session video of our sixth annual Shared Value Leadership Summit this week, here are my top moments of inspiration, reflection, and learning from the event earlier this month in New York:

Jim Kim’s Vision for the World Bank and Shared Value – In conversation with Michael Porter, the World Bank President called for increased partnership between the World Bank and the private sector clearly laying out how the two can work to meet both development and business objectives. Equally impressive? In a post-talk meet n’ greet with multinational execs, Jim suggested specific World Bank corporate partnership opportunities for each company to consider. Set the tone for the whole event, great vision. WATCH JIM KIM IN CONVERSATION WITH MICHAEL PORTER >>

Finding Tomorrow’s Talent Today – Attendees murmured audibly and shifted in their seats when Kathryn Minshew of The Muse and Ashifi Gogo of Sproxil mentioned 50 million users and 2 billion product authentications, respectively, through their start-ups taking on social challenges. The acquisition of next- gen talent is a top tier opportunity (or threat) for most large companies. Kathryn and Ashifi ably illustrated what many Millennials are expecting from employers – the full integration of business and social purpose, strategy, and execution. Makes you wonder what your next-gen talent thinks of you.​ WATCH THE SHARED VALUE IN TECHNOLOGY PANEL >>

Making the Case for Equity – Angela Glover Blackwell, PolicyLink’s President, made a compelling case for why equity matters both as a function of changing demographics of the U.S. and how the private sector should see equity as a business opportunity to be seized. Does anyone think this topic is going to diminish in importance especially in the U.S.? No way. Loudest applause over two days, no doubt.​ WATCH ANGELA GLOVER BLACKWELL'S KEYNOTE ON EQUITY >>

Aligning Business-In-Society Movements – New York Times columnist and moderator Eduardo Porter’s helpful skepticism of how companies will or won’t change with the times was met by the expertise of Raj Sisodia representing conscious capitalism, Mindy Lubber representing sustainability, and Mark Kramer representing shared value. Mixing high-level concepts with hard results, all three made the business case that redrawing the lines between businesses and society is far from a distraction but actually within management’s fiduciary duty. Great to see various business-in-society concepts coming together.​ WATCH THE COMPLEMENTARY MOVEMENTS PANEL >>

Did you miss the 2016 Shared Value Leadership Summit? You can now watch all 20 plenary sessions of the event online: WATCH ALL SUMMIT VIDEO >>

Tweet me:Prepare to be Inspired: #SVLeaders Summit Video Now Live http://bit.ly/1szPa68 #sharedvalue via @SVInitiative

KEYWORDS: Business & Trade, Diversity and Human Resources, Shared Value Initiative, shared value summit

SOURCE:JetBlue Airways

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On May 23, JetBlue and the British Metropolitan Police hosted the seventh annual J-A-C-K Foundation Plane Pull at JFK Airport. The Nassau County Sheriff’s department won the top prize for the third year in a row pulling "Blue Bravest," our A320 aircraft honoring the FDNY Foundation, 100 feet in just 27 seconds.

Each year "Bobbies" from London’s Metropolitan Police Department go head-to-head in time trials with teams consisting of airline crewmembers, the airport community as well as New York based  local authorities and agencies. This year, nineteen teams competed including JetBlue and British Airways crewmembers and local authorities such NYPD, FDNY Nassau County Sheriff’s Department, Nassau County Police Medics, New York State Troopers, US Army Medics.

The competition raised $124,000. Proceeds from the event will benefit The J-A-C-K Foundation and families impacted by pediatric brain cancer, as well as fund research to create national awareness for the disease. Last year’s event raised $40,000.

About J-A-C-K Foundation

J-A-C-K was set up in 2008 by Richard and Yvonne Brown, both officers with the Metropolitan Police, to help fund research after their son Jack was diagnosed with the rare form of cancer in 2004. JetBlue Airways provided transportation for Jack to and from his treatment facilities in the U.S.  He sadly died from the disease on May 3, 2009, but fundraising efforts continue in his memory to support other families affected by the condition.  To make a donation to the Foundation and to learn more please visit www.j-a-c-k.org. 

Tamara Young

Manager Corporate Communications

JetBlue

Tamara.Young@jetblue.com

Desk: (718) 709-3537

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Tweet me:.@JetBlue, British Metropolitan Police Dept hosted 7th annual Joining Against #Cancer in Kids http://bit.ly/1saBRJD at JFK airport #CSR

KEYWORDS: Philanthropy, Jetblue, British Metropolitan Police Department, 'Joining Against Cancer in Kids’ (J-A-C-K) Foundation, csr

SOURCE:Eastman Chemical Company

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Recently, Eastman sponsored the Baja SAE competition at Tennessee Tech University, welcoming nearly 1,300 students from 95 universities around the world.

Hosted by SAE International, Baja SAE challenges engineering students to design and build an off-road vehicle that will survive the severe punishment of rough terrain. As in real work situations, these future engineers work together as a team to discover and resolve technical challenges in design and manufacturing, as well as business issues. Baja SAE also gives students the first-hand challenge of pursuing their passion while managing real-life demands and priorities.

In line with Eastman’s corporate responsibility initiatives, the Baja SAE competition focuses on education and empowering engineering students to pursue their dreams. The event is also a great way to introduce Eastman to a new audience of students and potential employees.

“Eastman is not an obvious choice for employment for most mechanical engineering students,” said Jared Moore, Principal Mechanical Engineer and Tennessee Tech alumnus. “Little to none of the typical undergraduate curriculum gives students exposure to process industries.  Through Eastman’s support of this event, mechanical engineering students from all over the world will now recognize the Eastman name and will hopefully be open to hearing more about the exciting career opportunities that are possible with Eastman.”

Tennessee Tech graduate and Innovation Project Leader, Carlos Carvajal, emphasized the opportunity to connect the Baja competition to real world examples of Eastman’s connect to the marketplace. 

“Beyond educating potential employees about career opportunities, this was a great event to inform the mechanical engineering students that Eastman is a key contributor to the transportation market, as this is the biggest end-market our company serves,” shared Carvajal. “We can connect the dots between their education and passion to making a difference in the future of the transportation market.”

“Supporting events such as the Baja SAE competition invests not only in the students’ futures but also the future of our industry and hopefully our company,” shared Chrissy Idlette, Eastman Corporate Responsibility Representative. “Investing in education and empowering the next generation of our workforce creates value that extends beyond one event or competition.”

Participating schools represented a number of colleges and universities where Eastman actively recruits, including Tennessee Tech, University of Alabama, North Carolina State University, Clemson University, Purdue University, Virginia Tech, and Georgia Tech among others. There were also a number of teams from schools outside the US, such as Cairo University (Egypt), Panamerican University (Mexico City), Queen’s University (Ontario, Canada), Polytechnique Montreal, and the University of Puerto Rico. View a full listing of participating schools and learn more about Baja SAE here. 

KEYWORDS: Education, Corporate Social Responsibility, Eastman Chemical Company, Baja SAE

Reprinted from Yardfarmers. John Lanier is Executive Director of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation

SOURCE:Ray C. Anderson Foundation

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The life of a religious minister is a curious one, seemingly unique in human society. Whether a rabbi, priest, roshi, bishop, elder, imam, reverend, or any other title, these women and men around the world form an integral part of cultures and communities. But why? Their daily tasks and contributions to society are fundamentally different from bankers, baristas, factory workers and cabbies. Yet they fit in so seamlessly, often holding positions of reverence.

The dedication of clergymen and women is remarkable. Their paths usually begin with years of study on philosophy, divinity and their particular faith traditions, often secluded in a university or seminary. When they do re-emerge into the world as full-fledged clergy, they accept roles that many in our society would rather avoid: caring for the sick, burying the dead, and praying for the needs of an entire congregation. We also look to them as paragons of moral living, expecting more of them than we tend to expect of ourselves. They accept this role willingly as well.

Certainly, there are also enjoyable tasks for our ministers. They lead the sacred celebrations of new birth and of marriage. They are trusted as confidants and advisors in their congregations. They get to speak daily about the blessings that come from communing with the divine.

But in a world where so much is measured in dollars and cents, how do we value our ministers? What is the economic value of a prayer? Or of a visit to a scared and confused child recovering from brain surgery? Or of a shoulder offered in comfort to a grieving widow?

Read more.

Tweet me:Shouldn't We Treat Farmers More Like Ministers? @johnalanierRCAF @Yardfarmers http://bit.ly/1OXUkmJ

Contact Info:

Valerie Bennett
Ray C. Anderson Foundation
+1 (770) 317-5858
valerie@raycandersonfoundation.org

KEYWORDS: Environment and Climate Change, Business & Trade, Yardfarmers, ethical agriculture, food ethics, food supply, food scarcity, bio-friendly farming, food costs, #food systems, commodity crops, industrial food systems, Ray C. Anderson Foundation, John A. Lanier, Ecocentricity blog, local farms, small scale farms

Morgan Stanley Employees Deliver More Than 8,000 Hours of Pro Bono Counsel to Nine Nonprofits During 10-Week Program

SOURCE:Morgan Stanley

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NEW YORK, May 26, 2016 /3BL Media/ – Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) today announced the completion of its annual U.S. Strategy Challenge, a program which to date has created actionable strategic plans for 104 non-profit organizations globally.  Each year, the Firm holds the ten-week program in London and New York in which teams of top-performing Morgan Stanley employees provide pro-bono strategic advice to nonprofits on mission critical challenges.  On May 25, the teams of employees delivered final strategic recommendations to each of their partner nonprofit organizations in a competition at Morgan Stanley’s New York headquarters.

The winner, The Andrew Goodman Foundation, is an organization working to deliver on its mission to ensure that young voices and votes are a powerful force in our democracy.  The team of Morgan Stanley employees which worked with The Andrew Goodman Foundation was challenged with determining which growth model and campus selection approach the organization should pursue to expand its Vote Everywhere Program, and delivered an actionable plan to address this challenge moving forward.

“The Morgan Stanley Strategy Challenge transformed our thinking on expansion.  Rather than operating in an intuitive and opportunistic mode, we now have a well-researched roadmap with which to chart our course,” said Sylvia Golbin-Goodman, Executive Director of The Andrew Goodman Foundation. 

The Strategy Challenge, developed in 2009, taps into the talented minds of Morgan Stanley employees and puts their analytical and strategic thinking to work through pro-bono volunteering with key nonprofit partners.

“Our Strategy Challenge allows employee volunteers the opportunity to bring their professional skills and personal passions together to deliver actionable recommendations for nonprofits doing crucial work in the communities where we live and work,” said Joan Steinberg, Global Head of Philanthropy at Morgan Stanley.  “What is even more tremendous is the engagement that continues long after the program ends – through direct employee connections of volunteering or board service with the organization, and the ability of nonprofits to use the frameworks created to continue to solve future challenges.” 

At the Strategy Challenge final event, each team had 15 minutes to present their work to a mixed panel consisting of a member of Morgan Stanley’s Management Committee, a partner from The Bridgespan Group, and an Executive Director from a past nonprofit participant.  Global Goods Partners was the runner up and Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership received third place.  The top three nonprofits won cash grants of $25,000, $15,000 and $10,000, respectively.  The six remaining organizations received grants of $5,000 each.

The nonprofit organizations that participated in this year’s U.S. Strategy Challenge are:

• Brooklyn Free School
• El Taller Latino Americano
• Global Goods Partners
• Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership
• Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership
• Jumpstart for Young Children
• National Eating Disorders Association
• The Andrew Goodman Foundation
• York Street Project

Earlier this month, Morgan Stanley also concluded the third annual Strategy Challenge in the UK, benefitting five London-based nonprofit organizations. NSPCC, a charity which helps children who have been abused to rebuild their lives, protects children at risk, and finds the best ways of preventing child abuse, won the competition, which took place at Morgan Stanley’s Canary Wharf offices in London.

For more on the Strategy Challenge programs in the U.S. and the UK, visit the Strategy Challenge blog and follow #StrategyChallenge on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services.  With offices in more than 43 countries, the Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals.  For further information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com.

Tweet me:Congratulations to the 2016 @MorganStanley #StrategyChallenge winner @AndrewGoodmanF http://bit.ly/249obKA

KEYWORDS: Awards and Recognition, Morgan Stanley, Andrew Goodman Foundation, U.S. Strategy Challenge, Non-profits, pro-bono, Corporate Social Responsibility

SOURCE:Versaic

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San Francisco, CA, May 27, 2016 /3BL Media/ -Versaic announced it has been awarded a second patent that covers key elements of the company’s technology. Versaic’s unique Platform as a Service (PaaS) approach gives the company a distinct advantage over competitive offerings and makes it possible for Versaic to deliver a broad range of features and functionality to clients who use Versaic software to manage their grants, donations and sponsorship programs.

Mark Soloway, CTO of Versaic, said, “I believe our platform is the most advanced technology of its kind being applied to grants, donation, and sponsorship management, giving us the ability to deliver systems that look and feel as if they're fully custom through our advanced configuration capabilities. Our patents give us significant intellectual property protection in this area."

The new patent adds 20 additional claims regarding Versaic's platform that cover the architectural and system design of the platform and additional workflow methods, ensuring that the platform can be used to efficiently implement much more complex workflows than covered by the first patent. The combination of the two patents protects a total of 32 Versaic platform claims necessary to efficiently implement a highly configurable and customizable proposal management platform.

About Versaic:

Versaic is the leading provider of online Corporate Social Responsibility program management solutions. Versaic combines proven best practices with innovative technology developed specifically to provide companies of any size with customized solutions at an affordable price. Whether it’s grant management, corporate philanthropy, or sponsorships, Versaic solutions streamline processes, improve impact and ROI, and enhance social engagement with client brands.

Learn more about Versaic at www.versaic.com and follow @Versaic.

Media Contacts

Jennifer Spencer

Versaic

jennifer@versaic.com

KEYWORDS: Awards and Recognition, Business & Trade

SOURCE:Major League Baseball Players Trust

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On Memorial Day weekend, people across the United States take time to thank those who serve and remember those who lost their lives while serving. D-Backs reliever Brad Ziegler makes it a year-round mission to honor servicemen and servicewomen.

Ziegler founded Pastime for Patriots whose mission is to honor all members of our armed forces and their families for their sacrifices to our country. PFP provides educationally based financial assistance to military children and family-friendly activities for military members and their families.

Pastime for Patriots has four signature programs – Tickets for Families, Student Scholarships, Baby Showers and Mission Trips.

Tickets for Families began as the initial program for PFP. Ziegler hosts events prior to games and purchases tickets to bring servicemen and servicewomen to a game as an effort to say “thank you” for their sacrifice.

The program provides an opportunity for military families to leave the house and temporarily take their mind off their loved ones who are in the service and away from home. From 2010 through 2015, Ziegler and PFP provided nearly 40,000 game tickets to military families.

Ziegler and PFP have an annual partnership with the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund to provide scholarships to high school seniors who have lost a parent in military service. To date, PFP has donated tens of thousands of dollars to help fund such scholarships.

Ziegler’s wife, Kristen, also assists with PFP. She has personally attended baby showers co-hosted with Operation Showers of Appreciation in the Phoenix metro area. The baby showers support military wives who are either pregnant or have recently given birth whose husbands are currently or have been recently deployed overseas.

Each woman receives a gift basket filled with baby items – diapers, blankets, bottles, clothes and more – as well as a larger item the woman has selected from her own registry.

PFP has also organized mission trips the past two years to Honduras, which have been supported by various Major Leaguers. The group has provided materials and labor to build a learning center, as well as meals, and gifts to orphans at the Copprome Orphanage. The mission trips also partner with an organization called Hearts 2 Honduras and combine effort to help break the circle of poverty.

Ziegler also takes time to visit troops at Luke Air Force Base in Surprise, Ariz., and when the Diamondbacks are playing in San Diego, he takes trips to the Naval Base Coronado. Ziegler has developed relationships with Navy Seals based and training there, and provides tickets, meals and entertainment. Ziegler also gave them footwear for their workouts from his New Balance sponsorship.

And if all of that is not enough, Ziegler makes time to support a number of programs and initiatives of the Players Trust, including serving on the Action Team national youth volunteer program’s scholarship committee.

He may make his living on the hill, but Ziegler spends quite a bit of time #GoingToBat for others.

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Major Leaguers are #GoingToBat for causes near and dear to them, as they personify the Players Trust’s motto to ‘care, act and inspire.’ To learn more about the charitable interests and activities of Brad Ziegler and other Major Leaguers, please click here.

Tweet me:.@MLBPlayersTrust #GoingToBat highlights @BradZiegler's support for #troops on #MemorialDayWeekend & the entire year http://bit.ly/25qmGxI

KEYWORDS: Volunteerism & Community Engagement, Philanthropy, Brad Ziegler, Arizona, Arizona Diamondbacks, memorial day, troops, Pastime for Patriots, MLB Players Trust, #GoingToBat, Memorial Day Weekend, Army, navy

SOURCE:Barclays

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Can investment bankers be social innovators? 100 of our newly promoted Banking Associates from around the world gathered in New York for our inaugural Social Innovation Lab to prove they were up to the challenge during a half-day workshop at Rise, Barclays’ open innovation co-working space on 23^rd street in Manhattan.

“We are a facilitator. For example, we touch those that need capital and those who provide capital and connect the two. And through that connection we can do a lot to further the social good, while we’re doing it.” - Sandeep Patel, Managing Director, Banking, Consumer and Retail Group

By training top young Banking talent to identify and commercialise socially-conscious market solutions, we are preparing them to better serve our clients, who face increasing demand for industry insights and products that address them through technology. “We feel that social innovation skills are a vitally important aspect of development for this next generation of investment bankers and are proud to be forerunners in engaging in this unique kind of training,” said Ellen Gray, Program Manager for Banking Graduate Development.

Barclays’ Social Innovation Facility

Today, a wide range of our businesses are actively involved in delivering socially innovative solutions across product groups, geographies and industry sectors, and Barclays is investing in the best of those proposals. 

See the impact of Barclays Social Innovation Facility

Find out more about social innovation at Barclays

Barclays’ Rise programme

Rise is Barclays’ open innovation platform. Designed to help shape the future of financial services, Rise provides a community and resources through which start ups and corporates can connect to co-create and scale technologies within Barclays and the wider financial services industry. Visit www.thinkrise.com or email riseteam@barclays.com for more information.

Tweet me:.@Barclays_cship inaugural Social Innovation Lab http://bit.ly/1WqbzQa to address social challenges and identify solutions #CSR

KEYWORDS: Philanthropy, Next Gen Talent, social solutions, Barclays, social challenges, Barclays’ Social Innovation Facility

SOURCE:21st Century Fox

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A cast of Hollywood actors including Max Greenfield ("New Girl"), Grace Gealey ("Empire"), Dascha Polanco ("Joy") and others gathered at the legendary Hilhaven Lodge in Beverly Hills to perform two short-film scripts written by the teenage students from Ghetto Film School. The May 25 table reading event, co-hosted by 21st Century Fox CEO and GFS board member James Murdoch, served as both a celebration of and a fundraiser for the organization, which teaches filmmaking to young people from communities traditionally underrepresented in Hollywood. 21CF is the founding sponsor of GFS Los Angeles, which opened its doors in June 2014.

The star-studded event featured appearances from Mariah Carey, "Pitch" executive producer Dan Fogelman, Jonathan Togo ("CSI: Miami") and Elizabeth Whitson ("Awkward"), as well as Chairman and CEO of Twentieth Century Fox Jim Gianopulos, Co-Chairman of Twentieth Century Fox Stacey Snider and President of Fox 2000 Pictures Elizabeth Gabler.

Ghetto Film School operates at two locations, one in the South Bronx of New York City and another in the MacArthur Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. The table read event featured scripts written by students at both campuses. Actor Jamie Hector of "The Wire" and "Bosch" took the lead role in "Genesis," a psychological horror-thriller written by Romeo Ortiz and directed by Kyra Peters, both from GFS New York. "Ghost of a Chance," a comedy written by GFS LA student Gillian Lyons, featured Greenfield and Simon Helberg ("The Big Bang Theory") in lead roles. "I'm here to give [the students] an opportunity to have semi-professional actors like myself butcher their words in front of really important people," Helberg joked.

Following the read-throughs, a panel of filmmakers including directors and GFS Board Members David O. Russell and Lee Daniels, as well as director Brett Ratner and The Black List founder Franklin Leonard offered notes and spoke with the students about screenwriting and production. "This script is very funny. You had your audience laughing out loud, which is hard to do," Russell commented to Lyons. "Considering you're 17 years old, I'd go so far as to say you have a gift," Franklin added, with Ratner recommending she get started right away on a feature-length version.

The experience of hearing their scripts read aloud by professional actors and receiving feedback from some of Hollywood's top directors proved both exciting and valuable for the students. "[It was] incredible," Lyons said afterward. The two student teams will shoot the scripts they presented at the event in London this summer.

21CF is a longtime supporter of Ghetto Film School, helping provide its students with an immersive education in both the craft and business of filmmaking. The company is the founding sponsor of GFS LA and consistently gives the students opportunities to gain hands-on experience in film and television. Recently, GFS NY students visit the Fox Studios Lot in Los Angeles for a day of workshops and masterclass conversation with several of the company's top executives. In addition, students at GFS LA recently partnered with Fox Networks Group Global Marketing for their spring Industry 101 course, where they developed digital promos for new series premiering this summer.

Keep reading at impact.21CF.com. 

Tweet me:Stars read scripts from @GhettoFilm teens at event co-hosted by James Murdoch and Brett Ratner http://bit.ly/25mppVh @21CF_Impact

KEYWORDS: Education, Corporate Social Responsibility, 21st century fox, ghetto film school, hollywood, movies, film, david o russell, lee daniels, empire, james murdoch, joe hall, brett ratner, max grenfield, grace gealey, dascha polanco, teen

SOURCE:Freeport-McMoRan

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A new technical school in Calama, Chile, was built in part with funds from the Freeport Foundation in Chile.

Freeport-McMoRan and Codelco, the Chilean state mining company, financed the first stage of construction of Colegio Técnico Industrial Don Bosco de Calama.

The school opened in March of this year and has enrolled 490 middle and high school students, including indigenous children who live in the Province of El Loa near the El Abra mining operations. The school is free to attend. Students will focus on technical studies in mining and electrical and mechanical skills.

To learn more about how the company invests in the communities where it operates, please see http://www.fcx.com/sd/community/comm_invest.htm

For more information about Freeport-McMoRan’s skills development programs, please see http://www.fcx.com/sd/workforce/local_hiring.htm

Please see the 2014 Working Toward Sustainable Development Report for more information on all of their social, economic and environmental efforts.

Tweet me:The Freeport Foundation in Chile supports a Technical School in Calama http://bit.ly/1Ut8BJC #copper #skillstraining

KEYWORDS: Education, Philanthropy, technical school, Calama, Chile, Freeport-McMoRan, El Abra, skills training, electrical, mechanical, financing, El Loa

LLS and Subaru Send Well Wishes and Warm Blankets to Cancer Patients in June, Subaru Loves to Care month

SOURCE:Subaru of America

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RYE BROOK, N.Y., May 31, 2016 /3BL Media/ - Subaru of America and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) announced a collaboration to provide much needed support and “warmth” to patients fighting cancer and their families in communities across the country.

During Subaru Loves to Care month this June, LLS and participating Subaru retailers across the country together will provide blankets and messages of hope to patients undergoing cancer treatment at local hospitals and treatment centers. Visitors to Subaru retailers will be given the chance to share personalized messages of hope to patients in their local communities, which will be delivered alongside blankets to provide comfort and warmth as they continue their fight against cancer. Those who write a message of hope will receive a Subaru and LLS awareness bracelet, to help spread awareness of LLS and Subaru of America’s goal to provide hope and care, one gesture at a time.

“Through our Subaru Love Promise we aim to make the world a better place and our owners care deeply about giving back in their local communities,” said Alan Bethke, senior vice president of marketing at Subaru of America. “We are proud to team up with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for Subaru Loves to Care month to help provide care and support to patients battling cancer and their families.”

Where Love Meets Hope

Subaru and LLS are bringing to life the Loves to Care month in close to 400 Subaru retailers across the country. By the end of June, Subaru retailers will donate more than 30,000 blankets and thousands of messages of hope to patients fighting cancer across the country.

LLS will be featuring inspiring stories and photographs of survivors and patients fighting cancer, like the hundreds of patients in communities across the country who will receive blankets and messages of hope through the month.

Three-time cancer survivor 38-year-old Christopher Jenkins’ story is a beacon of hope among the many others fighting cancer in the Subaru community. An outdoor enthusiast, Christopher believes in the healing power of nature. While battling cancer, it was important for Christopher to have his Subaru Outback to brave the Michigan winters as he traveled to his treatments and drove with his dogs off the beaten path.

“It’s really hard when you’ve been diagnosed with cancer to think about the future, but something about nature and seeing my dogs run around in the woods gave me hope,” Christopher shared.

According to LLS president and CEO, Dr. Louis J. DeGennaro, “This initiative with Subaru is a perfect fit for LLS. Through our network of 56 chapters and Subaru’s presence in communities across the country, together, we are reaching and supporting even more patients, families and caregivers in their time of need. Through this initiative to raise awareness for the urgent need to find cancer cures and ensure patients have access to lifesaving treatments, Subaru is helping us make someday, today, for blood cancer patients.”

Visit www.lls.org/subaru to learn more about LLS's mission and impact, and how to help Subaru and LLS make someday, today, for blood cancer patients. 

About Subaru of America, Inc.
Subaru of America, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan. Headquartered at a zero-landfill office in Cherry Hill, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of more than 620 retailers across the United States. All Subaru products are manufactured in a zero-landfill production plants and Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. is the only U.S. automobile production plant to be designated a Certified Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. For additional information, visit media.subaru.com.

About The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society ® (LLS) is the world's largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. The LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world, provides free information and support services, and is the voice for all blood cancer patients seeking access to quality, affordable, coordinated care.

Founded in 1949 and headquartered in Rye Brook, NY, LLS has chapters throughout the United States and Canada. To learn more, visit www.LLS.org. Patients should contact the Information Resource Center at (800) 955-4572, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET.

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For Subaru Contact:
Diane Anton
856.488.5093
danton@subaru.com

For LLS Contact:
Marcie Klein
914.821.8205
marcie.klein@lls.org

Tweet me:.@subaru_usa & @LLSusa to provide support to patients fighting #cancer & their families http://bit.ly/1UaNLZW #SubaruLovesToCare

KEYWORDS: Philanthropy, Health, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Subaru of America, Loves to Care, Subaru Love Promise