Day: 6 September 2018

Hyundai Hope On Wheels Celebrates 20 Years Of Saving Lives And Creating Hope With Resolute Support To End Childhood Cancer

Stuart Mitchell

In its newest rounds of grants marking its 20th anniversary, Hyundai Hope On Wheels® (HHOW), a California based 501c(3) non-profit organization announces its support for national Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The annual September campaign is called “Every Handprint Tells A Story.” A total of 38 doctor-researchers will receive a combined $14.1 million to support novel therapeutic approaches and innovative research options in pediatric cancer. Childhood cancer researchers depend largely on private funding for groundbreaking therapies to get off the ground and to advance treatment approaches to the next phase of…

Read More

Digital influencers join forces with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Stuart Mitchell

A group of digital influencers from across the country will partner with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital© for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, engaging with their followers to build awareness and help end childhood cancer. These official St. Jude digital ambassadors for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month represent communities from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. While they cover such diverse topics as travel, lifestyle, family and fitness, they are united by the mission of St. Jude: Finding cures. Saving children®. Many of them also will be participating in St. Jude Walk/Run to…

Read More

California Fire Foundation To Mark September’s Firefighter Appreciation Month With Series Of Partnerships, PSAs And Events

Stuart Mitchell

The California Fire Foundation – the California-based non-profit that provides emotional and financial assistance to families of fallen firefighters, firefighters and the communities they protect – will be launching in September statewide programs and campaigns in recognition of the annual Firefighter Appreciation Month. Firefighter Appreciation Month (FFAM) is a time when businesses, celebrities and individuals acknowledge the work of our local firefighters by raising money for some of the Foundation’s key educational, financial, and emotional support initiatives. To kick off the month, the Foundation will debut a new public service…

Read More

Chicago Skyline Lights Up Orange: September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month

Stuart Mitchell

The Chicago skyline will flicker orange in September as buildings honor the “Heroes Among Us,” extraordinary individuals who have shined a bright light on blood cancer awareness. The Leukemia Research Foundation has received approval from the Building Owners Managers Association of Chicago (BOMA/Chicago) to encourage its members to light up the skyline. Nine buildings in Chicago have agreed to participate. “We chose the color orange because it symbolizes hope and optimism, reflecting the great strides that the medical community has made in blood cancer research,” said Kevin Radelet, executive director,…

Read More

UN Women, Global Innovation Coalition for Change launch the Gender Innovation Principles at Nasdaq ringing of the bell ceremony

Stuart Mitchell

UN Women, in partnership with the Global Innovation Coalition for Change, a unique alliance with 27 partners from private sector, non-profit organizations and academic institutions, is hosting the launch of the Gender Innovation Principles. The aim of the gender innovation principles is to build on these approaches by adopting a gender responsive approach and provide organizations with the benchmark for how to include women and women’s needs throughout the innovation life cycle. The event commemorates the official launch of the principles by bringing together CEOs, social entrepreneurs, innovators and thought…

Read More