Month: April 2020

The Jed Foundation (JED) Launches #LoveisLouder Action Center to Protect Emotional Health and Promote Wellness During COVID-19 Crisis

Stuart Mitchell

The Jed Foundation (JED), a national nonprofit working to protect the mental health of teens and young adults, has launched the #LoveisLouder Action Center at loveislouder.com with tips, tools, and resources to support the emotional health and overall wellness of people staying in and practicing physical distancing to stop the spread of COVID-19. Visit #LoveisLouder’s Action Center at www.loveislouder.com for tips, tools and resources for staying calm, kind, active and connected, while we stay in and stay safe. A new Kaiser Family Poll reports nearly half of Americans are struggling…

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Worries About the Economy and the Health of Frontline Workers Top List of Concerns around COVID-19 Pandemic in America

Stuart Mitchell

The Ad Council has announced new research findings regarding Americans’ feelings, needs and fears in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The study found that 69 percent of Americans are most worried about the economy, with four in five Americans reporting that they have already been financially impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. The study examined public perceptions around the economy, health, connectedness and access to information to provide the resources necessary to support the American public.  The new weekly study, Coping with COVID-19, also found that while three in four Americans…

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CDC Foundation Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Extend and Accelerate Public Health Coronavirus Response

Stuart Mitchell

The CDC Foundation has announced the launch of a crowdfunding campaign aimed at raising hundreds of millions dollars needed to bolster public health response efforts to address the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which now has cases in more than 40 U.S. states and in more than 115 countries. This funding will be used to support the CDC Foundation’s Emergency Response Fund to address a wide variety of in-the-moment, on-the-ground needs from public health responders, at the local, state, national and international level. “This crowdfunding campaign provides an incredible opportunity for…

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Stasher Bag Unveils New Commitment Under Save What Matters Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Stasher, the company behind the first radically functional and endlessly reusable silicone bag with a Pinch-Loc™ seal, unveiled a new campaign—Save What Matters, in an effort to bring more awareness to the growing crisis around single-use plastic. To increase access to reusable alternatives, Stasher will replace 25 million single-use plastic bags through 2021 by giving away over 100,000 Stasher bags. Stasher will be giving these bags out to those who attend select beach clean-ups through Surfrider Foundation and other Stasher nonprofit partner events throughout the year. Starting in July, Stasher…

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3M and The BrandLab Team up to Expand Diversity in the Design Sector

Stuart Mitchell

3M and The BrandLab (TBL) have announced a two-year initiative (2020 and 2021) focused on driving diversity within creative career paths, including graphic and industrial design. This partnership aims to inspire young, diverse high school students to pursue creative careers, address opportunity gaps for underrepresented students and embody a more culturally diverse population of creative talent for organizations that have a global footprint. The design talent collaboration includes the expansion of existing internship programs with The BrandLab, the addition of a classroom program, inclusive of inspirational workshops hosted at 3M…

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