Day: 12 June 2019

Northwell to sponsor WorldPride events

Stuart Mitchell

Northwell Health has partnered with NYC Pride to serve as a principal sponsor of events tied to WorldPride 2019 and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. New York State’s largest health system will host, participate in and sponsor a number of events throughout June in honor of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, culminating in the NYC Pride March and PrideFest in Manhattan on June 30. Northwell’s platinum sponsorship with the nonprofit Heritage of Pride, Inc., the organization that produces New York City’s official LGBTQIA+ Pride events, includes signage at all…

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Qantas Operates World’s First Zero Waste Flight

Stuart Mitchell

The first-ever commercial flight to produce no landfill waste took to the skies this morning, marking the start of Qantas’ plan to cut 100 million single-use plastics by end-2020 and eliminate 75 per cent of the airline’s waste by end-2021. All inflight products on board QF739, flying from Sydney to Adelaide and staffed by cabin crew from the Qantas ‘Green Team’, will be disposed of via compost, reuse or recycling. Speaking today at the flight’s departure, Qantas Domestic CEO Andrew David said the trial flight was an important milestone for…

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Express Launches Love Unites Campaign in Support of LGBTQ+ Community

Stuart Mitchell

Express, Inc. has announced the brand’s launch of the Love Unites collection. To pay tribute to nearly five decades of Pride, and the global empowerment of the LGBTQ+ community, Express and non-profit partner GLAAD present Love Unites, a celebratory, gender-fluid collection of 35 pieces that honors unity and individuality. Express has a lso committed to a minimum $100,000 donation to GLAAD to accelerate acceptance for the LGBTQ+ community; for every Love Unites item purchased by July 15, Express will donate 25% of the net income. Rather than producing a traditional…

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Krispy Krunchy® Joins The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Man & Woman of the Year in the Fight to Cure Blood Cancers

Stuart Mitchell

Krispy Krunchy Chicken® just announced a collaboration with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Man & Woman of the Year campaign to help drive forward LLS’s goal of creating a world without blood cancers. In an unprecedented move, Krispy Krunchy Foods, LLC, will be donating 100% of their corporate profits from the sale of the Krispy Krunchy Chicken® Sandwich to LLS where the money will help to fund blood cancer research, support families, and save lives. Krispy Krunchy® will be conducting this program in more than 2,400 of their stores. The program is called…

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Amazon Providing Access to Over 9 Million School Breakfasts for More Than 50,000 Students in 450 Schools Across the U.S.

Stuart Mitchell

Amazon today announced that its school breakfast program is projected to provide access to more than 9 million breakfasts for over 50,000 students by the end of this year. The program, a collaboration with Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign, enables schools to incorporate nutritious breakfasts into the regular school day and helps to remove hunger as a barrier to learning for students in need of a healthy morning meal. Amazon’s funding supports technology, education, advocacy and implementation in over 450 schools in local communities across the U.S. where…

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