Day: 21 October 2018

Barbers Across America Partner with CREMO for the Great American Road Trip, Offering Free Cuts, Shaves and Convos on the Importance of Men’s Mental Health Awareness

Stuart Mitchell

With a few days remaining on its cross-country campaign to promote men’s care and men’s mental health awareness, men’s grooming brand CREMO™ met in New York City with media and local barbers about the special cause driving the “Great American Road Trip” mobile tour. With only a few left, the coast-to-coast tour, which originated in Laguna Beach, Calif., will continue from Staten Island to Harlem, N.Y., onto Branford, Conn., and Boston, before ending on September 27, in Saugus, Mass., at George’s Barber Shop, the oldest operating barber shop in the…

Read More

Mars Launches New Cocoa Sustainability Strategy

Stuart Mitchell

Mars Wrigley Confectionery, a maker of chocolate for more than 100 years and one of the world’s largest buyers of cocoa, today launched a new plan for overhauling its cocoa supply chain. Called Cocoa for Generations, the plan places the interest of the smallholder farmer at its center, helps to safeguard children and forests, and creates a pathway for cocoa farmers and cocoa-growing communities to thrive.  Cocoa for Generations is backed by an investment of $1 billion over 10 years and is incremental to the Sustainable in a Generation Plan…

Read More

Meghan Trainor to Kick Off 128th Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

GRAMMY-Award winning singer and songwriter Meghan Trainor will perform LIVE at AT&T Stadium during the nationally televised halftime of the Dallas Cowboys game against the Washington Redskins on Thanksgiving Day, kicking off The Salvation Army’s annual Red Kettle Campaign. Donations to the iconic campaign help provide shelter and meals for the homeless and hungry, and Christmas toys for millions of children, in addition to numerous other social service programs year-round. “I am so honored and excited to be performing during the Dallas Cowboys halftime show to kickoff the 128th Red…

Read More

The Dove Self-Esteem Project And Shonda Rhimes Team Up To Launch Girl Collective

Stuart Mitchell

From a young age, outside voices such as school dress codes and harsh comments from peer groups influence how girls feel about their appearance. While girls today are strong and resilient, these comments still have a negative impact on her self-esteem and make her less likely to participate in things like trying out for sports or raising her hand in class. It’s time for her to hear something different. Dove and Shonda Rhimes have teamed up to launch the Girl Collective, a multigenerational sisterhood created to build confidence and challenge…

Read More

Walmart and the Walmart Foundation Announce Nearly $4 Million in Grants to Create Innovative Pathways for Lifelong Learning and Training

Stuart Mitchell

Walmart and the Walmart Foundation announced nearly $4 million in grants for three organizations working to provide innovative pathways to learning and training to help create mobility for workers: The Foundation for California Community Colleges (the Foundation), Code for America Labs, Inc. and edX.org. Today, nearly 14 million people in the U.S. – 8 percent of the total labor force – are both active workers and formally enrolled in some form of postsecondary education or training according to the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce. Many working adults, especially…

Read More