Month: July 2019

Prince’s Trust launch Million Makers Christmas Card competition

Stuart Mitchell

The Prince’s Trust own Million Makers 2019 fundraising team is giving young people the opportunity to submit their creative designs for the chance to have their artwork featured on Christmas cards and tote bags that will be sold – with profits helping the charity help even more young people. The competition is open to young people aged 18 and over, who are either currently on a Prince’s Trust programme or have been supported through our work in the past two years.  The competition runs from 15th July – 26th July, and…

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ALS Association and ALS Families Bring Hundreds of Bostonians Together to Commemorate Fifth Anniversary of Ice Bucket Challenge

Stuart Mitchell

Hundreds of Bostonians today joined The ALS Association to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge with its co-founders, Pete Frates (Beverly, Mass.) and Pat Quinn (Yonkers, NY). The Ice Bucket Challenge inspired 17 million people to take the Challenge, which led to over $115 million in donations to The ALS Association, dramatically accelerating the search for new treatments and a cure for ALS, an always-fatal neurodegenerative disease. The anniversary event aimed to once again inspire people to rally around the ALS community and take part in…

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Greenpeace Russia and Isobar Moscow launch EarthApp

Stuart Mitchell

As FaceApp gains privacy concerns, Greenpeace Russia has decided to raise awareness about another important issue: climate change. Working together with Isobar Moscow, Greenpeace has posted a series of Instagram carousels, that depict how most beautiful places on the planet are going to look like if we do nothing about climate change. You can see the first post of three here (https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Fv4X9FMuf/), with Russian “second capital” St. Petersburg being flooded with waters of Neva river. The initiative has gained the attention of many influencers inside and outside Instagram. They share…

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“Don’t Tell Me to Smile More;” Provocative Proclamation for Women to Reclaim Ownership of their Smile Launched by Undnyable

Stuart Mitchell

Undnyable, an out-sourced in-house marketing agency based in Portland, Oregon, partners with byte, a Los Angeles based at-home invisible aligner start up, to create their first brand campaign, “Don’t tell me to smile more,” was launched July 15th, 2019. The campaign, starting in social and digital and then moving to broadcast, shifts focus from the hundreds of smiling faces that blanket the cosmetic dentistry category and gives back ownership of a woman’s smile to her. Tapping into the cultural misstep of women consistently being harassed by the statement “You should…

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Xylem Advances Commitment to Sustainability, Announcing Ambitious Slate of 2025 Signature Goals

Stuart Mitchell

Xylem, a global water technology provider, announced an ambitious set of goals that advances the Company’s sustainability commitment across three fronts: serving its customers, building a sustainable company, and empowering communities through social impact initiatives. The new goals were published in Xylem’s 2018 Sustainability Report: “Creating a Water-Secure World,” also released today. “Sustainability is core to everything we do at Xylem,” said Patrick Decker, President and CEO of Xylem. “We have a unique opportunity and responsibility to advance sustainability through our commercial and humanitarian efforts to solve water for communities around…

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