Tag: PSA

Ad Council Launches New PSAs To Help Parents and Families During COVID-19 Pandemic

Stuart Mitchell

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ad Council, working with the White House, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), today launched a new series of public service ads (PSAs) to educate and empower parents and families as they navigate the challenges they’re facing as a result of the crisis. According to research fielded by Ad Council, 45 percent of respondents with children reported feeling anxious, 44 percent reported feeling tired, and 40 percent reported needing peace of mind. The…

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Filmmaker & Celebrated Actors With Disabilities Team With Easterseals on Urgent, Timely PSAs to Encourage Everyone to #StayHomeSaveLives During Coronavirus Crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Easterseals releases new, timely and critically important Public Service Announcements about safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, and encourages all of us to #StayHomeSaveLives. The leading disability services nonprofit joined with filmmaker John Lawson to produce the spots, recruiting a group of twenty celebrated actors within the disability community to record at-home messages about why we all need to stay at home.  The PSA series reinforces that we are all in this together, and asks us to self-isolate, stay at home, and do our part to stop the spread of this…

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American Lung Association and the Ad Council Launch New PSAs for Lung Cancer Awareness Month to Promote Lifesaving Screening

Stuart Mitchell

To raise awareness of lung cancer—the leading cancer killer of women and men—the American Lung Association and the Ad Council have launched a new phase of work this November during Lung Cancer Awareness Month for their successful “Saved By The Scan“ campaign. The campaign, created pro bono by advertising agency Hill Holliday, educates current and former smokers about the low-dose CT scan that can detect lung cancer in the early stages, when the disease is more curable. Consider the facts about lung cancer: Lung cancer kills 422 people every day…

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Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Launches PSA Campaign About The World’s Toughest Cancer

Stuart Mitchell

The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) announced today the official launch of its Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month campaign, running throughout the month of November. This year, PanCAN is encouraging the nation to get involved in its urgent fight against the world’s toughest cancer through a series of Public Service Announcements (PSAs). The PSAs by PanCAN use storytelling to highlight multiple survivor and caregiver stories – helping spread information and awareness on the risks and symptoms of pancreatic cancer – furthering PanCAN’s mission to improve patient outcomes. Featuring a number of recognizable…

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Feeding America Releases New “I am Hunger in America” PSA

Stuart Mitchell

Feeding America®, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief and food rescue organization, today launched a Public Service Advertisement (PSA), “I am Hunger in America,” in partnership with the Ad Council and Leo Burnett. The campaign aims to challenge public perception of who faces hunger domestically by combining artificial intelligence (AI), data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and real, current stories of food insecurity to create a face of hunger. Feeding America curated over a thousand photos of people struggling with hunger from its member food bank archives using…

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