Month: March 2020

Mattress Firm Donates $50,000 to Help Youth Aging Out of the Foster Care System

Stuart Mitchell

Mattress Firm has announced that it will donate $50,000 to teens aging out of the foster care system through its partnership with the Ticket to Dream Foundation. As part of the $50,000 donation, Mattress Firm asked nonprofit foster care partners to nominate deserving former foster youth to receive home makeovers through its “Home Is Where the Start Is” initiative. The company reviewed countless submissions from across the country and selected two families to receive complete home makeovers. After learning that the Pippins family of Fort Worth, Texas had lost everything…

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Pepsico reveal the Purpose-Driven Brands in their Second Annual North America Greenhouse Program

Stuart Mitchell

PepsiCo has announced the ten emerging food and beverage brands that will join its second annual North America Greenhouse program. Each of the participating startups will receive $20,000 in grant funding and participate in a six-month business program designed to accelerate their growth through personalized mentorship. The 2020 PepsiCo North America Greenhouse program is designed to support emerging entrepreneurs and brands in the food and beverage industry. PepsiCo mentors from brands including KeVita, Stacy’s and IMAG!NE will address marketing, distribution, manufacturing, supply chain, packaging, label claims, fundraising, and overall challenges…

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Celebrity runners and fundraisers on final leg of training for the London Marathon

Stuart Mitchell

Actor Lorna Fitzgerald joined Olympians Daley Thompson CBE and Snowy Brooks, Barnardo’s Vice President Baroness Floella Benjamin DBE OBE at an inspiring training session ahead of the 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon. The event at Battersea Park’s Millennium Arena, was held by Barnardo’s to thank those who are running for the charity, offer training and fundraising advice and give them a chance to meet the rest of Team Barnardo’s before the iconic race on April 26th. Lorna, best known for her time on Eastenders as character Abi Branning, joined the…

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Nonprofits Raise More than $720 Million with OneCause in 2019

Stuart Mitchell

OneCause, has announced nonprofits raised more than $720 million on its fundraising platform in 2019, a 64 percent increase over proceeds raised in 2018. This past year, OneCause reached a milestone of $2 billion proceeds raised on its platform since inception.   “We measure success by the fundraising impact of our nonprofit customers, and 2019 was a record year,” said Steve Johns, chief executive officer for OneCause. “We’re inspired daily by the creativity of our growing nonprofit base who continue to find new ways to connect with today’s donors and raise…

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DoSomething.org and Harry’s Team Up with Connor Franta for ‘Mental Note,’ a National Mental Health Campaign for Young Men

Stuart Mitchell

Beyond the social stigma that young men face when it comes to discussing mental health openly, research has found that they can have worse rates of mental health symptom recognition, and are less likely to seek mental health resources. In 2020, DoSomething.org, the largest organization exclusively for young people and social change, is working to ignite the conversation around mental health, specifically men’s mental health, in an effort to destigmatize the topic and help young men detect issues and ask for help. Introducing a major new partnership from DoSomething and…

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