Month: September 2019

BeFairBeVegan Expands Animal Rights Advocacy Campaign to Include Montréal’s Berri Station

Stuart Mitchell

BeFairBeVegan, an animal rights advocacy collective that pairs an uncompromising vegan message with striking imagery, has broadened its Canada chapter by launching in Montréal, Quebec. The new chapter is an advertising takeover of Montréal’s Berri-UQAM station along with 99 digital screens located in other key stations and hubs around the city, and will run until September 29th. In addition to the official outdoor ads, BeFairBeVegan materials will be on display at a public vigil held by local activists on September 14th at Jardins Gamelin. The event begins at 2:00. The…

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Quaker Chewy Partners with Neil Patrick Harris and AdoptAClassroom.org to Help Teachers This Back-to-School Season

Stuart Mitchell

96% of teachers are spending their own money purchasing basic school supplies, and Quaker Chewy wants to help change that fact. That’s why Quaker Chewy is teaming up with AdoptAClassroom.org by donating up to $250,000 to the organization to benefit schools in need this back-to-school season. In addition, Chewy fans can nominate a teacher for a chance to win $500 in school supplies for their classroom. Quaker Chewy is also joining forces with actor and father of two Neil Patrick Harris to help spread the word about the program to…

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Born Free USA Condemns Trump Administration’s Overhaul of Endangered Species Act

Stuart Mitchell

Born Free USA, a global leader in animal welfare and wildlife conservation, sharply criticized Monday’s action by the Trump administration to finalize regulations weakening the Endangered Species Act and putting already threatened and endangered species further at risk. These new regulations, approved by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, would allow economic factors to keep species off the list and could directly benefit many of the mining, oil and gas companies for which Bernhardt once served as a lobbyist. “This administration has shown time and time again that they are unconcerned with…

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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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