Day: 5 June 2021

Safe Kids Worldwide and Union Pacific Railroad Launch New Community and Education Rail Safety Initiatives

Stuart Mitchell

Safe Kids Worldwide and Union Pacific Railroad have announced a series of new initiatives in their partnership aimed at keeping children and communities safer. The work is a continuation of their partnership to raise awareness, educate families and prevent rail-related injuries and deaths involving children. Over the last three years, Union Pacific’s support helped Safe Kids Worldwide reach more than 10,000 individuals through direct educational programming and activities associated with Scholastic’s Clifford the Big Red Dog. Traditional and social media awareness efforts expanded the reach, leading to more than 265…

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Pine-Sol®’s First-Ever Footwear Collaboration, Pine-Sole, Supports the Empowerment of Black Women

Stuart Mitchell

Pine-Sol has launched the Pine-Sole, a limited-edition collectible sneaker designed for brand superfans by fashion designer, creative director and artist Vashtie Kola. The sneaker’s sale is a continuation of Pine-Sol’s commitment to driving support for Black women entrepreneurs. Sold exclusively through the recently launched Pine-Store, the brand’s first-ever merchandise collaboration is available for purchase alongside other must-have gifts and gear for brand superfans with all proceeds from the Pine-Store going to digitalundivided, a nonprofit leveraging data, advocacy, and innovative programs to support women of color entrepreneurs and their communities. As…

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Funders Come Together to Launch $50 Million CARE Fund

Stuart Mitchell

Eight leading philanthropic organizations announced the formation of The Care for All with Respect and Equity (CARE) Fund, a $50 million, multi-year investment in bold, transformational change to build comprehensive care infrastructure that works for everyone. In this once-in-a-generation moment, The CARE Fund is bringing a powerhouse set of grantmakers together across issue areas. Committed and pledged funders include the Ford Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Schusterman Family Philanthropies, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Heising-Simons Foundation, Perigee Fund, Pivotal Ventures, and Open Society Foundations. Reflecting unprecedented public demand for change, major national…

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Hologic and Partners Launch Project Health Equality to Help Transform the Care Women of Color Receive in the Health Care System

Stuart Mitchell

Hologic, Inc. has launched Project Health Equality (PHE), a unique initiative that strives to address the structural and cultural barriers that prevent Black and Hispanic women in the U.S. from receiving the same quality health care as white women. PHE will focus initially on how health care is experienced by thousands of Black and Hispanic women in regions across the United States. It will leverage crucial partners to make meaningful, sustainable health care improvements in these communities. Project Health Equality is a multifaceted, multiyear investment of more than $20 million…

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Susan G. Komen® and American Bone Health™ Unite on Campaign to Empower Women Through Healthy Living

Stuart Mitchell

Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, is teaming up with American Bone Health™ on a unique education campaign to empower women with information about the importance of heathy living for maintaining good life-long breast and bone health. The campaign, sponsored by Amgen, will seek to help women have constructive conversations with their doctor about appropriate screening and diagnosis to understand their evolving risk of breast cancer, bone loss and fracture throughout their life. “We know that as women age, their risk for both breast cancer and bone…

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