Month: January 2018

Cat Lovers Help World’s Best Cat Litter™ Donate 112,000 Pounds of Litter to Shelters

Stuart Mitchell

Thanks to the help of cat lovers nationwide, World’s Best Cat Litter™ donated 112,000 pounds of litter in 2017 to five shelters across the United States through its GiveLitter™ charity initiative. Launched in 2010, GiveLitter™ has supported dozens of animal shelters across the U.S. with 662,000 pounds of litter donated thus far. Working with five dedicated shelter partners in 2017, World’s Best Cat Litter™ empowered fans to give back, allowing consumers to vote for their favorite GiveLitter™ partner to receive 5,000 pounds of litter. The shelter with the most votes…

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Bureau of Immigration Appeals Agrees To Reconsider Asylum Request of Jailed Mexican Journalist

Stuart Mitchell

The U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals has agreed to reconsider National Press Club Press Freedom award-winner Emilio Gutierrez’s asylum petition following a campaign by club members and allied professional journalism organizations to prevent the Mexican reporter from being deported to his home country, where he is under a death threat. The NPC and its nonprofit Journalism Institute received word of the BIA decision this week; nonetheless, Gutierrez and his son, Oscar, remain in an El Paso immigration detention facility. They have been confined since Dec. 7, when Immigration and Customs…

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Chance The Rapper and Colin Kaepernick are among DoSomething.org’s 2017 Celebs Gone Good List

Stuart Mitchell

DoSomething.org, one of the largest organizations for young people and social change, announces its tenth annual Celebs Gone Good list. Celebs Gone Good is an annual list that recognizes the year’s top celebrities who use their star power for social change. Among the list is 25-year-old musician Chance the Rapper, who continues to push for improvements in Chicago’s education system. This year, he launched the New Chance Arts & Literature Fund to support arts in the public school system. Before that, he co-founded SocialWorks, a charity foundation devoted to empowering the…

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Beer Institute Partners with nearly 60 Members of Congress in Drunk Driving Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

The Beer Institute, in partnership with the National Association of Broadcasters, announced today that 59 members of Congress–from both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate–took part in their annual public service announcement campaign. These elected officials are joining with America’s brewers and beer importers to urge Americans across the country to drink responsibly this holiday season. The PSAs send a powerful message about keeping our roads safe: “Get a designated driver. Find a safe ride home. And have a safe and happy holiday season.” “Brewers and beer…

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Disney|ABC Television and Disney Publishing Worldwide Encourage Families to Share Their Love of Reading through Sixth Annual “Magic of Storytelling” Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Disney|ABC Television and Disney Publishing Worldwide announced they will donate up to one million books to First Book, a nonprofit that provides new books to educators and organizations serving children from low-income families, during Disney’s sixth annual Magic of Storytelling campaign from today through March 31, 2018. The Magic of Storytelling campaign aims to inspire families’ imaginations, cultivate a lifelong love of reading in kids and bring books to underserved communities across the country. Through a long-standing relationship with First Book, Disney has provided more than 61 million books to…

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