Day: 4 June 2018

The Christina Grimmie Foundation Announces Its PLAYER 2 Fundraising Campaign Targeting Youth Looking to Get Involved by Helping Gun Violence Victims

Stuart Mitchell

The Christina Grimmie Foundation announced the launch of its PLAYER 2 fundraising campaign, a social media and mobile giving campaign created to support families impacted by the crisis of gun violence or breast cancer diagnosis. The Foundation was established in 2017 by the Grimmie family in honor of Christina Grimmie, the beloved singer, YouTube personality and finalist on NBC’s The Voice, who was shot and killed in 2016. Since the recent mass-shooting in Parkland, Florida, the U.S. has observed an increasing movement by our youth to make their voices heard…

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CAP Consults on GDPR Changes on the collection and use of data for marketing

Stuart Mitchell

The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) is consulting on changes to its rules on the collection and use of data for marketing. These changes are intended to ensure that its rules cover data protection issues most relevant to marketing and that they are aligned with the standards introduced by the General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679, the GDPR). CAP’s regulation of data protection issues is carried out under two sets of rules: section 10 (Database practice) and Appendix 3 (Online behavioural advertising). Section 10 regulates the use of data for…

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Morgan Properties Teams Up with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation to Raise Money for Childhood Cancer Research

Stuart Mitchell

Morgan Properties, one of the US’s largest real estate investment and management companies, teamed up with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) to participate in the organization’s national Lemonade Days on June 8. Lemonade Days is ALSF’s annual event where thousands of supporters around the country host lemonade stands simultaneously to raise money for childhood cancer research. Morgan Properties will host lemonade stands at 133 of its apartment communities and contribute a corporate donation to further support the foundation’s efforts to fight childhood cancer. “As a family business and apartment owner/operator,…

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Allianz drives change toward a low-carbon economy with an ambitious climate protection package

Stuart Mitchell

The Allianz Group is significantly expanding its climate strategy and has announced commitments to actively support the global change to a low-carbon economy over the coming decades. Allianz is one of the first insurance companies to set itself long-term climate goals which are linked to the two-degree target of the Paris Climate Agreement. By 2040, in a step by step process, Allianz will have phased out both its proprietary investments in coal-based business and its insurance coverage of such risks. In addition, the company will reduce the carbon footprint of…

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Famous Fingers raising awareness for Prostate Cancer

Stuart Mitchell

Every day, more and more methods to detect prostate cancer are being explored, but the tried and true methods of a digital rectal examination (DRE) – where a healthcare professional inserts a gloved finger into the rectum to check for abnormalities, paired with a blood test known as the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test – which you can get through your family doctor, are still the long-standing proven ways to save a life. In order to raise awareness and encourage men to get checked, Prostate Cancer Canada is testing the Famous…

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