Day: 9 September 2019

Food Allergy Patient Organizations Join Forces To Launch A Public Service Announcement “Spell It Out” To Provide Food Allergy Education In Underserved Schools

Stuart Mitchell

End Allergies Together (E.A.T.), a non-profit organization that funds research to help solve the growing food allergy epidemic affecting 32 million Americans, along with four food allergy patient organizations, launched a new Public Service Announcement (PSA), “Spell It Out,” today that promotes the need for basic food allergy education in underserved schools and communities. The PSA stars teen actors Mace Coronel (of Nickelodeon’s Nicky, Ricky, Dicky and Dawn) and Laya Deleon Hayes (the voice behind Disney’s Doc McStuffins) as Spelling Bee judges and five children between the ages of six and…

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GetInsured Eliminates Nevada Medical Debt Totaling More Than Half A Million Dollars After New Survey Reveals Concerns Over High Cost of Health Care

Stuart Mitchell

GetInsured, a leading provider of health insurance marketplace technology, retired $580,899 of medical debt in the state of Nevada after its first-ever Nevada Resident Medical Debt Survey revealed more than half (55 percent) of respondents did not seek and/or declined medical treatment out of fear of what it might cost. The charitable effort in Nevada is a continuation of GetInsured’s state-by-state campaign to eliminate medical debt across America. Earlier this summer, GetInsured surveyed online 390 adults who reside in Nevada, a state in which 22 percent of the population has…

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Poland Spring and The Recycling Partnership Help Consumers Answer “Can I Recycle This?”

Stuart Mitchell

Less than 30% of plastic bottles are currently recycled in the U.S. And less than half of recyclables in U.S. homes get recycled by consumers. Poland Spring® Brand 100% Natural Spring Water is teaming up with The Recycling Partnership to tackle one of the core reasons for low recycling rates: consumer confusion. Starting this month, Poland Spring and The Recycling Partnership, a nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming recycling for good in communities across the country, are launching their first Instagram recycling hotline to help to answer the common question, “Can…

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Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Treats® Creates New Sensory Love Notes With Autism Speaks

Stuart Mitchell

Continuing their commitment to love and inclusivity, Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Treats® is partnering with Autism Speaks to create sensory Love Notes so children with autism can express and receive love in their own unique way during the school day. Rice Krispies Treats believes every child needs love and support as they head back to school, developing writable wrappers in 2017 for parents and caregivers to send their children encouraging messages in their lunchbox. Last year, Rice Krispies Treats took a stand for inclusivity by partnering with the National Federation of…

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Xylem Watermark and EarthEcho International Lead the Clean Water Movement on World Water Monitoring Day, September 18th

Stuart Mitchell

In celebration of World Water Monitoring Day on September 18, Xylem Watermark is collaborating with environmental youth leadership organization EarthEcho International to host youth-led events nationwide that will help communities around the world be part of a clean water future for our planet. As part of the EarthEcho Water Challenge, this year’s World Water Monitoring Day will include a special event in Renton, Washington, on September 18th, where local students will learn about water monitoring and how to improve water health for native salmon populations.  The Water Challenge, which runs…

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