Month: December 2018

Candace Cameron Bure Named 2018 Celebrity Ambassador for The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Entering its 128th Red Kettle season, The Salvation Army has enlisted actress, executive producer and New York Times best-selling author Candace Cameron Bure to inspire others to join the mission to combat hunger, homelessness and hopelessness. “What a lot of people don’t realize is that a majority of people who live in poverty look just like me and you,” said Commissioner David Hudson, national commander of The Salvation Army. “But they’re our neighbors, and they desperately need our help. We’re thrilled to have Candace join us in the Fight for…

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RIP Medical Debt Launches the Most Ambitious Medical Debt Abolishment in U.S. History

Stuart Mitchell

RIP Medical Debt announced a national campaign today that will forgive $250 million in medical debt across the country before the year’s end. This is the biggest medical debt abolishment in the history of the United States and was made possible by one couple’s generous donation. RIP Medical Debt is a nonprofit that qualifies and helps groups of individuals and families by buying large portfolios of debt from medical providers and debt sellers on the debt market (for pennies on the dollar) and forgiving it. As little as $1 donated…

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PSA Contest Invites Teens To Be Creative To Help Prevent Drowsy Driving, A Factor In 328,000 Crashes

Stuart Mitchell

Drowsy driving is estimated to be a factor in 328,000 traffic crashes every year, reports the Governors Highway Safety Association, resulting in an estimated 5,000 deaths.  Studies by NHTSA and the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety find that more than 31 percent of Americans have driven when they’re so tired that they have trouble keeping their eyes open. Drowsy driving is the theme of the annual Drive2Life PSA Contest, which has just launched from The National Road Safety Foundation in collaboration with Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media…

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Jiffy Lube® Annual MUSCLE UP!® Campaign Benefiting Muscular Dystrophy Association hits the $6 million mark

Stuart Mitchell

The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) announced that Jiffy Lube service centers have raised more than $600,000 nationwide during its annual MUSCLE UP!® campaign, which ran throughout the month of August to support MDA. This year’s campaign brings the total to an impressive $6 million raised for MDA over the course of the seven-year partnership between the two organizations. The funds raised will help send kids with muscle disease to MDA Summer Camp, while transforming the lives of kids and adults with muscular dystrophy, ALS and related muscle-debilitating diseases. “MDA is…

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Sherrie Silver shows the world how to Rock the Ribbon

Stuart Mitchell

A stunning video narrated by Stephen Fry, showcasing the dance skills of the incredible choreographer who directed Childish Gambino’s smash viral hit ‘This Is America’ earlier this year, has just been released to highlight the National AIDS Trust (NAT) new message to “Rock The Ribbon” this World AIDS Day (1 December). Dance genius Sherrie Silver, responsible for one of the most iconic videos of 2018, lends her skills to another, where she can be seen busting some amazing moves while using a red ribbon – the global symbol for HIV…

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