Month: August 2018

PGA Golfer Tim Herron Teams Up with Endo Pharmaceuticals to Encourage Parents to Get Their Own Check-Ups This Back-to-School Season

Stuart Mitchell

Fresh off a successful summer of tournament play, four-time PGA TOUR winner Tim Herron is once again teaming up with Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., a subsidiary of Endo International plc, on Facts on Hand, an educational campaign to raise awareness of Dupuytren’s Contracture, a common yet often misunderstood hand condition. For the campaign’s second year, Herron is bringing an interactive experience to three PGA TOUR tournaments to illustrate the challenges he has faced as a professional golfer living with Dupuytren’s Contracture. Herron is one of the estimated 16 million people in…

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Charlottesville Stands With The Citizens Of D.C. By Launching “Joined in Strength” Solidarity Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

The Charlottesville Albemarle Convention & Visitors Bureau (CACVB) has launched “Joined in Strength,” a solidarity campaign timed for the upcoming one-year anniversary of the deadly white nationalists rally that disrupted the city. After Charlottesville officials refused to allow the city to be used as a platform for hate again, the right-wing groups behind “Unite the Right” announced the move of their anniversary rally on August 12 to Washington, D.C.’s Lafayette Square across from the White House. Several groups are mobilizing a counterprotest in Freedom Plaza. The Joined in Strength campaign…

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Nearly 1 in 7 Canadian Girls Have Missed School Due to Lack of Period Protection: Always® Wants to Help #EndPeriodPoverty and Keep Girls in School

Stuart Mitchell

The most recent Always® Confidence & Puberty Survey reveals that nearly one in seven Canadian girls have either left school early or missed school entirely because they did not have access to the feminine care products they needed to manage their periods. Missed school equals missed opportunities and a drop in confidence. It’s a simple equation. The lack of access due to economic factors is often referred to as “period poverty” and it impacts girls and women around the world. It can be especially damaging at puberty, when school interactions…

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WeTransfer shows never-before-seen artworks from Nelson Mandela

Stuart Mitchell

To celebrate the 100th birthday of Nelson Mandela, WeTransfer presents an exclusive exhibition of his artwork. In the years after Nelson Mandela stepped down as South Africa’s president, he decided to step out of his comfort zone and turn some of his memories into artwork. From 2002 to 2003, using charcoal and pastels, he created drawings of Robben Island and Qunu – the village where he was born and laid to rest. WeTransfer and The House of Mandela Art are now looking to showcase this side of him that has…

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M&S launches Podcast with Pieces about their Plan A Sustainability

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has launched a new Podcast that goes behind-the-scenes at the retailer. Interviewing M&S colleagues and guests from the world of business, government and campaign groups, it will tackle some of big issues facing business today, look at the history of the High Street and the ever-changing world of retail. Series one takes a look at sustainable business and M&S’ Plan A programme. A second series is planned later in the year looking at the history of the High Street, working with the M&S Archive based in…

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