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FedEx Boosts Big Dreams of Students with the Launch of FedEx International Student of the Year Campaign

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By Audience Matters News Desk. Saturday, October 13, 2012

SOURCE: FedEx Corporation

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FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world's largest express transportation company, announced today the special 'FedEx Student Offer' and launch of the 'FedEx International Student of the Year' campaign in association with the upcoming film 'Student of the Year' produced by Dharma Productions and Red Chillies Entertainment. Starring Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan in the lead roles, the film is directed by Karan Johar and will release on October 19, 2012.
 

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FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world's largest express transportation company, announced today the special 'FedEx Student Offer' and launch of the 'FedEx International Student of the Year' campaign in association with the upcoming film 'Student of the Year' produced by Dharma Productions and Red Chillies Entertainment. Starring Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan in the lead roles, the film is directed by Karan Johar and will release on October 19, 2012.

The campaign gives Indian students who intend to pursue higher education abroad an opportunity to earn a sponsorship of INR 500,000 and a chance to meet Karan Johar. The campaign also provides a counseling session from United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) for ten shortlisted students.

Targeted at the large Indian student population, the new FedEx Student Offer is a cost-effective delivery of university applications across the world for shipments weighing up to 0.5 kg. The latest solution by FedEx gives a day-definite and door-to-door service with a transit time- typically of 2-4 business days-and is supported by the convenience of online tracking, outstanding customer care services, and the Money Back Guarantee feature with no additional charge.

The FedEx International Student of the Year campaign invokes the competitive spirit among students to earn a sponsorship, thus easing the pressure to arrange funds. The film 'Student of the Year' is based on a similar theme, which highlights the spirit of competition in life. This made the film an ideal choice for the association to launch the campaign.

"We are delighted to announce the FedEx student offer understanding the anxiety and urgency of students to send their applications to the foreign universities," said Rakesh Shalia, managing director, Marketing, FedEx Express Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa. "We have also launched the FedEx International Student of the Year campaign in association with the movie. Both FedEx and the movie are on the lookout for the dynamic 'Student of the Year' and hence the tie-in seemed an ideal fit. Using this platform, FedEx Express promises to help deserving students meet their goals and aspirations through the sponsorship offer of INR 500,000. For ten shortlisted students, we are also providing a free counseling session by USIEF," he added.

Students who wish to apply to foreign universities can compete for the FedEx International Student of the Year prize by participating in the campaign and shipping at least one application through FedEx. A specially designed microsite fedex.com/in/studentoffer will enable participants to answer five multiple choice questions which will determine the final score. In case of a tie, independent experts will evaluate the answer to a tie-breaker question considering the fastest time limit thus determining the FedEx International Student of the Year campaign winner.

The campaign will run from October 8, 2012 until December 15, 2012. Through this microsite, students can book a pick-up and process shipping labels easily. The FedEx student offer is a solution to address students' needs for cost-effective reliable service and this micro site is a solution to provide easy access to the service.

*This article originally appeared on AudienceMatters.com

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How Much is a Life Worth? The Truth About Tobacco.

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SOURCE: American Cancer Society

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October 15, 2012 - This video spotlights the devastating global tobacco epidemic and how the tobacco industry works to addict new users, especially kids. Data comes from The Tobacco Atlas, Fourth Edition, published by the American Cancer Society and World Lung Foundation and is just one way the American Cancer Society will be celebrating the Great American Smokeout®. This annual event, taking place on the third Thursday of November, encourages smokers to use the date of the observance to make their plan to quit smoking for good or to plan in advance and quit smoking that day.

Tweet me: Today @ACSGlobal & @worldlungfdn release a video revealing the truth about tobacco. Check it out here: http://ow.ly/eqNMN #TobaccoAtlas

KEYWORDS: People, Social Action & Community Engagement, tobacco, American Cancer Society, World Lung Foundation, video, Big Tobacco

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A Recap of Cisco’s #CSRChat on Twitter

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SOURCE: Cisco Systems Inc.

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On Wednesday, October 9 Cisco Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was honored to be the guest for the #CSRChat hosted by the fabulous and super energetic Susan McPherson (@susanmcp1)!

Since our conversation was fast and lively we thought it would be useful to provide the questions and answers, along with resources to give you some additional insight into Cisco’s CSR work:

To begin with at Cisco, we believe that businesses have a responsibility to operate in ways that respect and ultimately benefit people, communities, and the planet we live on. Our core CSR philosophy is that impact multiplies whenever human and technology networks combine to solve a problem.

Click here to read the entire recap of the Cisco CSR Twitter Chat.

Tweet me: A recap of @CiscoCSR #CSRChat on Twitter http://3bl.me/2zya8z #csr

KEYWORDS: Cisco, recap, Twitter, q and a, Corporate Social Responsibility, Susan McPherson, Impact X, Social Media, csr, CSRchat, impact multiplied

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GlaxoSmithKline Makes Drug Research Public; New Healthcare Startups Picked as Winners at VC Event; Inovalon Sponsors Customer Conference - Health Minute for October 15, 2012

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SOURCE: 3BL Media, LLC

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GlaxoSmithKline will make its proprietary drug research available to qualified researchers once a drug has completed the approval process or been abandoned. Glaxo has previously released data about its treatments for malaria, and will add information about 200 of its experimental drug compounds to fight tuberculosis to a secure Web site. The new policy applies to global clinical trials since 2007, and all trials starting in 2013.

Three new companies were chosen as top picks at the recent “DC to VC Health Tech Startup Showcase” held in San Francisco in conjunction with the annual Health 2.O Conference. Beyond Lucid brings technology to EMS services, Aidin offers a platform for matching patients with post-acute care providers, and CarePlanners connects patients and caregivers with a network of nurses, social workers and insurance specialists. The annual event, sponsored by Morganthaler Ventures, brings together D.C-based policy makers with Silicon Valley investors and entrepreneurs.

Inovalon, a provider of data-driven healthcare solutions, brought together 200 of the industry’s top experts at its 2012 Customer Congress to discuss improving the quality and delivery of healthcare. Attendees at the three-day event discussed reducing costs and improving outcomes for patients.

For more information on these and other stories, go to 3blmedia.com

Video source: GlaxoSmithKline Makes Drug Research Public; New Healthcare Startups Picked as Winners at VC Event; Inovalon Sponsors Customer Conference

Tweet me: .@GSK Makes Drug #Research Public; #Healthcare Startups Win at VC Event; @InovalonInc Sponsors Customer Conference http://3bl.me/asnaet

KEYWORDS: 3bl Media, Health, Drug Research, GSK, Malaria, healthcare startups, venture capital, san francisco, patients, care providers, Inovalon, data-driven healthcare solutions, health outcomes

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Rexall Pharma Plus Expands in Ontario; Gallup & Healthways Form New Global Joint Venture; Integrated Healthcare Strategies Publishes Guide to Healthcare Careers - Health Minute for October 16, 2012

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SOURCE: 3BL Media, LLC

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Rexall Pharma Plus is supporting the Ontario government’s announcement that it will expand the role of pharmacists to provide more options for healthcare needs in the province. Pharmacists will now be able to offer services such as renewals and adaptations of existing prescriptions; prescribing medication to help people quit smoking; chronic disease monitoring, and the administration of flu shots. Rexall Pharma Plus has over 700 pharmacists across Ontario.

Gallup and Healthways have formed a new global joint venture to focus on the measurement, analysis, and reporting of individual and organizational well-being. The effort builds on the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, an initiative begun five years ago to create a definitive database of changes in the well-being of the U.S. population. The new venture will develop the next generation of assessment tools to provide employers, health providers, and insurers with validated tools to report on well-being.

Integrated Healthcare Strategies has published a new book, Healthcare Leadership Excellence: Creating a Career of Impact. The book, written by James Rice, an executive vice president with the firm, and Frankie Perry, a healthcare consultant, outlines how to plan a healthcare career of purpose, with strategies to develop self-awareness and mentoring skills of the type displayed by industry executives who are making a difference.

For more information on these and other stories, go to 3blmedia.com

Video Source: Rexall Pharma Plus Expands in Ontario; Gallup & Healthways Form New Global Joint Venture; Integrated Healthcare Strategies Publishes Guide to Healthcare Careers

Tweet me: Rexall Pharma Plus Expands in #Ontario; @gallup & Healthways Form Global Joint Venture; @INTEGRATEDHS Publishes Guide http://3bl.me/9v95tz

KEYWORDS: 3bl Media, Health, Rexall Pharma Plus, Ontario, pharmacists, healthcare needs, Gallup, Healthways, Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, Integrated Healthcare Strategies, healthcare leadership, Mentoring

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Incite Partners with E3 Alliance and Get Schooled to Launch "Get Schooled Central Texas Fall Attendance Challenge" Campaign to Increase School Attendance

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SOURCE: Incite

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Austin, TX., October 16, 2012 /3BL Media/ - Incite has partnered with E3 Alliance and Get Schooled to launch the “Get Schooled Central Texas Fall Attendance Challenge” campaign aimed at increasing school attendance in Central Texas.

The campaign will target 40,000 middle and junior high school students. Schools and students will engage in a friendly competition to see which school can earn the most points. Throughout the multi-week challenge, schools and students will go online and have various opportunities to earn points for their school. Attendance has jumped an average of three percentage points in the 150 middle and high schools that have participated in a Get Schooled attendance challenge around the country.

“I believe the majority of Central Texans don’t realize the impact that missing school has on individual students, teachers and our economy as a whole. We are delighted to be partners with the E3 Alliance and Get Schooled in this effort and are committed to using our media and marketing resources to help increase awareness of the issue and ultimately raise our attendance figures,” Cynthia McGrail, Director of Incite Austin said.

There are 2.4 million student absences in Central Texas per year. When kids aren't in class, they can't learn. What's more, chronic absences often lead to dropping out, and schools lose funding from the state for every student absence. Increasing student attendance by an average of just three days will equal $34 million in added revenue to schools across Central Texas.

The campaign will be promoted through radio and grassroots outreach. Emmis Austin Radio stations BOB-FM, 101X and 107.1 LaZ will be promoting the Get Schooled challenge and encouraging students, parents and business leaders to get involved in the campaign.

About Incite

Incite is a social impact marketing firm that specializes in using local media to connect people with resources and spark movements that drive sustainable change.

About Get Schooled

Get Schooled is a non-profit organization that directly engages and motivates students to graduate from high school and succeed in college.   Get Schooled is the premiere education brand for young people - linking students with high quality, cutting edge resources and tools they need to succeed.  Get Schooled has developed a track record of success because it engages with young Americans using the media, technology and popular culture that is an integral part of their lives. Get Schooled's work is boosted by partners like Viacom and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.  In its first two years, Get Schooled has engaged more than 1.5 million young Americans and has built a network of more than 250 middle and high schools.

To learn more go to www.getschooled.com.

About E3 Alliance

The E3 Alliance is a regional collaborative dedicated to developing a comprehensive, data-driven view of our education landscape to better align educational systems and practices to drive higher outcomes for students and ensure a more efficient allocation of resources, thereby increasing our competitiveness as a region. Founded in 2006 by partners the Austin Area Research Organization, The University of Texas at Austin and Austin Community College District, the E3 Alliance acts as a catalyst for change and is the P-16 Council for the Central Texas region.

Tweet me: .@InciteAction partners with @E3Alliance & @GetSchooled to launch Get Schooled Central Texas Fall Attendance Challenge http://3bl.me/gnmkyz

Contact Info:

Cynthia McGrail
Incite Austin
+1 (512) 832-4092
cmcgrail@inciteimpact.com
@inciteaction

KEYWORDS: Marketing, Media & Communications, Bloggers, Cause Marketing, Media and Communications, PR, Twitter, People, Social Action & Community Engagement, Community, Engagement, Positive Change, Social Development, Teen Action, Youth Action, Social Impact Marketing, cause marketing, youth attendance, attendance challenge, E3 Alliance, get schooled

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Keeping Angela’s Refrigerator Full: Investing Talent, Technology and Cash to Help the Hungry

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SOURCE: Cisco Systems Inc.

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By Randy Pond

At the recent grand opening of a new San Jose facility for Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties – amid speeches from corporate executives; philanthropists, and San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, someone else stole the show.

That was eight-year old Angela, who used to come home from school to an empty refrigerator. Amazingly, she lives in Silicon Valley, one of the most prosperous communities in the world. Angela, whose family now obtains food from Second Harvest, has started her own kind of food pantry, sharing her lunch with hungry classmates.

If Angela can help hungry people, we all can. That’s why Cypress Semiconductor donated the 75,000 square foot building, and Cisco contributed $2 million for renovations. Through the new facility and streamlined processes, Second Harvest can increase distribution by more than 50 percent. Who benefits? The nearly 250,000 local people who rely on the organization for food each month.

Cisco also invested $200,000 in Second Harvest’s innovative food stamp outreach program to help eligible families like Angela’s participate. Last year, our funding helped over 2,200 households access food stamps – that’s worth more than $11 million. On November 1, Cisco will kick off its annual employee fundraiser to address global hunger. Second Harvest is the flagship local organization among 150 food agencies that Cisco supports worldwide via the campaign, through which we aim to raise over $4 million including matching gifts.

Our community efforts, however, go beyond the checkbook. We look to harness the network to help multiply the impact of agencies like the food bank. For instance, Cisco recently donated unified communications and networking infrastructure products to Second Harvest. Its warehouse workers now run radio frequency scanners more consistently, and employees have increased productivity through accessing network services from anywhere in the facility. Improved call routing has helped people rapidly access services.

Perhaps Cisco’s most important community investment is our employees. Last year, they volunteered more than 1,800 hours to Second Harvest, and their cash donations along with matching gifts totaled over $1.5 million for the organization. I’m sure they’ll step up this year, as well.

I look forward to the vital work that Second Harvest will continue to do to ensure that low-income families obtain the nutritious meals they need to lead healthy lives – and that kids like Angela never face an empty refrigerator.

Tweet me: Keeping Angela’s Refrigerator Full http://3bl.me/mvwz7k investing talent, technology and cash to help the hungry via @CiscoCSR

KEYWORDS: Cisco, helping the hungry, combating hunger, csr, Corporate Social Responsibility, Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, Cypress Semiconductor, Second Harvest

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GE Invests $7.5M in UConn to Create Electrical Distribution Technologies of Tomorrow

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SOURCE: General Electric (GE)

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General Electric is expanding its relationship with the University of Connecticut’s engineering school by launching a five-year, $7.5 million initiative.

The intiative includes an endowed professorship, scholarship money for undergraduate and graduate students and $3.3 million in funding for company directed research at the school.

It was announced Tuesday at the headquarters of GE’s Industrial Solutions division here. The business unit makes dozens of devices used to control and protect the distribution of electricity.

“This investment in the University of Connecticut is an important step toward creating more meaningful relationships with leading universities,” Bob Gilligan, chief executive officer of GE’s Industrial Solutions business, said in a statement. “The collaboration enables GE to partner with a well-respected institution to create the electrical distribution technologies of tomorrow — enabling us to bring our customers more innovative products and manufacture them in a more cost-effective way.”

Read more about GE's relationship with the University of Connecticut in the New Haven Register.

Tweet me: .@GeneralElectric invests $7.5M in @UConn to create electrical distribution technologies of tomorrow http://3bl.me/yhze7d

KEYWORDS: Education, Investment, university of connecticut, Uconn, GE, csr, General Electric, Industrial solutions

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Save the World With $20: How Microcredit Lending Can Make a Huge Impact

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SOURCE: Be Green Packaging LLC

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It’s true, you can make a huge impact on someone’s life with only $20.   For the same price as a meal at your favorite restaurant you could fund an aspiring entrepreneur in a developing country and help them break the vicious cycle of poverty that puts a glass ceiling on what they can achieve.

In the 1980′s Muhammed Yunnus began studying societal trends in developing countries and had the incredible realization that by giving individuals small loans at fair interest rates, they could effectively lift themselves out of poverty.  Today, there are over 3,600 micro lending institutions worldwide helping over 75 million people at any given moment.

Microcredit lending works in the same way as a traditional loan, only with smaller amounts of money.  In third world countries, whose cost of living is often only a fraction of that in developed nations, it doesn’t take much capital to make a major difference.  For as little as $100 (in certain countries), an aspiring entrepreneur can open a shop or purchase supplies to start a craft or food business and ultimately lift themselves out of poverty permanently.

The infographic below created by CreditScore.net provides an excellent explanation of the microcredit concept.

Be Green Packaging is a long-time supporter of the Whole Planet Foundation, a international non-profit organization which has disbursed over $135 million to microcredit lending programs worldwide since its inception.  To learn more about the Whole Planet Foundation and their mission visit them here: Whole Planet Foundation.

Tweet me: Save the World With $20: How Microcredit Lending Can Make a Huge Impact http://wp.me/pSDQA-lE

Contact Info:

Justin Faerman
Be Green Packaging
+1 (806) 456-6088
Justin.f@begreenpackaging.com

KEYWORDS: Finance & Investment, microcredit, microlending, non-profit organizations

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Matt Wasson: A Mountain Hugger on the Myth of "Clean Coal"

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SOURCE: Sea Change Radio

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Do you cringe when you hear the term “clean coal?” Our guest this week on Sea Change Radio feels that this term is not only an oxymoron it’s offensive to the many communities all over the world who are forced to live with the devastating environmental and health impacts of this multi-billion dollar industry. Politicians, by contrast, seem to like the term, “clean coal” quite a bit. As someone who is in favor of renewable energy, when you watch progressive and conservative candidates arguing about who is a better ally to the coal industry do you sometimes think, “what would it sound like if someone took on coal in one of these debates?” Well, today Matt Wasson, an ecologist and the director of programs for Appalachian Voices, answers this question. Listen now as he talks to host Alex Wise to confront conventional wisdom, refute the politicians, and tell it like it is.

Tweet me: This wk on @SeaChangeRadio - "Matt Wasson: A Mountain Hugger on the Myth of 'Clean #Coal'" http://is.gd/oWJ0NH #pollution

KEYWORDS: Environment, alex wise, appalachian voices, clean coal, coal industry, matt wasson, renewable energy, sea change radio

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Business4Better to Bring Nonprofits Together to Engage with Business Leaders Interested in Deepening their Corporate Social Responsibility Efforts

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Reminder: Nonprofits Invited to Apply for Free Exposition Space at Business4Better Event

SOURCE: Business4Better

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ANAHEIM, Calif., Oct. 16, 2012 /3BL Media / PRNewswire -- Business4Better invites nonprofit organizations interested in fostering deeper and more impactful relationships with businesses to apply for a free exhibit space at their inaugural event which is designed to unite nonprofits with business leaders so they can develop and nurture powerful, innovative partnerships that have an impact on societal causes.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120925/LA80579LOGO-b)

Nonprofits that can offer businesses ways to dedicate employee time, commercial capabilities and other non-cash assets toward improving a societal cause, or those that have an interest in this type of partnership can submit an application for the chance to showcase their cause to the business representative attendees at the Business4Better conference & expo produced by UBM plc, May 1-2, in Anaheim, CA.

Nonprofits can apply here: http://www.business4better.org/nonprofit-application

The B4B Expo, part of the B4B Conference, will host more than 200 exhibitor spots, and offer a package of exhibition services - including booth space, marketing and PR support from PR Newswire, as well as attendance to the conference.  To learn more about the application process download the B4B fact sheet.

B4B is a non-commercial, non-money making program made possible by the support of many partners and organizations making complimentary exhibit, booth and marketing service contributions. B4B's nonprofit partners are B Lab, the non-profit behind B Corporations, OneOC, Points of Light, and Stanford Social Innovation Review. B4B is organized by UBM and event producing partners, the City of Anaheim and Freeman, as well as premier underwriter Jive Software.

About Business4Better Movement

Business4Better (B4B) aims to build a movement of successful corporate and nonprofit partnerships that have a positive impact on communities and expand the meaning of being a better business. It is the platform that enables both businesses and nonprofits to thrive, share, inspire, educate and form partnerships that prove Business4Better benefits both communities and businesses. The B4B movement is centered around an annual industry-leading, non-commercial conference and exhibition featuring high-level keynotes, educational content, relationship building and dynamic exhibition space for nonprofit organizations. The event is part of a larger Responsible Business initiative and movement being led by UBM employees in the communities in which they live and work. Events are currently held in Brazil, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. The Business4Better Conference and Exhibition will take place May 1-2, 2013 in Anaheim, CA.

Follow Business4Better @Business4Better

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About UBM plc

UBM plc is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and provide them with the information they need to do business successfully. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams which serve commercial and professional communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.

For more information, go to www.ubm.com;

Follow us at @UBM_plc to get the latest UBM news.

Media Contact: Natalia Wodecki, nwodecki@techweb.com, 415-694-9413

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KEYWORDS: Corporate Social Responsibility, Conference, Non-Profit, Philanthropy, Positive Change, People, Social Change, business4better, csr

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Sodexo Teams Worldwide Get Into ‘WasteLESS Day’

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Global efforts to reduce organic and non-organic waste help celebrate UN World Food Day

SOURCE: Sodexo, Inc.

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GAITHERSBURG, Md., October 16, 2012 /3BL Media/– Sodexo has chosen the United Nations World Food Day to be its ‘WasteLESS Day’.  On 16 October, Sodexo will rally around its ‘WasteLESS Day’ (a waste reduction day awareness campaign) worldwide as a contribution to efforts to reduce both organic and non-organic waste.

As a company, Sodexo serves over 50 million people a day worldwide and is committed to reducing waste and increasing recovery of materials across its operations.  On October 16th, by engaging with its teams, clients and consumers, Sodexo is calling for action during a worldwide day of efforts to reduce waste.

WasteLESS Day’s aim is to increase awareness of the waste reduction challenge at all stages from production to consumption, and in so doing lead to a better allocation of natural resources that also supports those in need. Sodexo is asking its teams across all company operations – On-site Services, Benefits & Rewards Services, and Personal & Home Services – as well as its clients and consumers, to make and live a pledge to help reduce waste.

At Sodexo operations across the world, people will be able to make personal pledges focused on reducing waste.  Social media channels, including Facebook, will also provide opportunities for employees, clients and consumers to share pledges and ideas, ensuring broader communication, engagement, and the success of Sodexo’s ‘WasteLESS Day’.

In 2009, Sodexo launched the Better Tomorrow Plan, a global sustainable development roadmap that includes commitments to reduce and recover organic and non-organic waste, and to fight hunger through Sodexo’s STOP Hunger initiative.  Faced with the urgent need to waste less food and water, while protecting the environment and lowering greenhouse gas emissions, Sodexo believes that everyone has a part to play in the better distribution of natural resources.         

On this day of worldwide effort, Sodexo is calling on its teams and stakeholders to focus on action consistent with its Better Tomorrow Plan commitments:

  • To reduce organic and non-organic waste in all the countries where it operates and at clients’ sites and to support initiatives to recover waste by 2015
  • Fight to end hunger and malnutrition worldwide through its STOP Hunger initiative

 

 About Sodexo

Sodexo in North America

Sodexo, Inc. (www.sodexoUSA.com), leading Quality of Daily Life Solutions company in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, delivers On-site Service Solutions in Corporate, Education, Health Care, Government, and Remote Site segments, as well as Motivation Solutions such as Esteem Pass. Sodexo, Inc., headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md., funds all administrative costs for the Sodexo Foundation (www.SodexoFoundation.org), an independent charitable organization that, since its founding in 1999, has made more than $17 million in grants to end childhood hunger in America. Visit the corporate blog at www.sodexoUSA.com/blog.

Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Daily Life Solutions

Quality of Life plays an important role in the progress of individuals and the performance of organizations. Based on this conviction, Sodexo acts as a partner for companies and institutions that place a premium on performance and employee well-being, as it has since Pierre Bellon founded the company in 1966. Sharing the same passion for service, Sodexo’s 413,000 employees in 80 countries design, manage and deliver an unrivaled array of Quality of Life Services. Sodexo has created a new form of service business that contributes to the fulfillment of its employees and the economic, social and environmental development of the communities, regions and countries in which it operates.

Contact Info:

Sam Wells
Sodexo, Inc.
+1 (301) 987-4893
samuel.wells@sodexo.com

KEYWORDS: Corporate Social Responsibility, Green Business, Green Economy, Green Professionals, Sustainability Professionals, Sustainability Business, Sustainable Enterprises, Sustainable Trade, Carbon Footprint, Conservation, Recycling, Sustainable Food, People, Social Action & Community Engagement, Sodexo, World Food Day, organic waste, non-organic waste

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// Street Kids International - Collaboration is Key

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Changing Relationships – Corporate, Community, & Youth Innovative Engagement Models

SOURCE: Branding for Good

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David Pell, President of Street Kids International, states that to avoid chronic high levels of youth unemployment, civil society organizations (e.g. Non Governmental Organizations – NGOs), the private sector, and governments must learn how to work collaboratively.

 
Youth unemployment is a serious global issue. Among many other problems, youth unemployment can cause social unrest, and lead to a loss of valuable resources. Globally, 120 million youth enter the labour market each year. This means that an estimated 1.1 billion jobs will be needed during the next eight years to fill the need for youth employment.
 
David Pell will be a keynote speaker at this year’s Corporate and Community Social Responsibility CCSR Conference to be held on November 6th, 2012 at Algonquin College, Ottawa. This 5th annual CCSR conference – with a focus on the Canadian Perspective – is the country’s largest Community and Corporate Social Responsibility conference inviting experts from across the globe to share insights and showcase excellence in CCSR.
 

Tweet me: // Street Kids International - Collaboration is Key http://tinyurl.com/968o4r7 CCSR12

KEYWORDS: Business & Trade, People, Social Action & Community Engagement, youth unemployment, David Pell, street kids, street kids international, Charity, social justice, csr conference, ottawa, Canada, Algonquin College, disadvantaged, entrepreneurship

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Berkery Noyes Says M&A Activity in Healthcare Up 20% for 2012; Healthways Study Links Well-Being to Job Performance; Goose Proofreader Ensures Accuracy in Pharma Data - Health Minute for October 18, 2012

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SOURCE: 3BL Media, LLC

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Berkery Noyes, an investment bank, has released its third quarter mergers and acquisitions trend report for the Healthcare/Pharma Information and Technology Industry. The report shows that M&A activity year-to-date improved 19 percent compared to the first three quarters of 2011. Market activity in the Healthcare Business Services segment rose 20 percent, while the number of transactions in the Medical Information segment more than doubled.

A new study by Healthways is the first to reliably link well-being with employee performance outcomes. The study concludes that well-being can help predict job performance as well as being an indicator of health care status and cost.

Goose Proofreader, a solution that provides accurate review of printed pharma materials, has been launched by Goose, a company that specializes in pharmaceutical business solutions. The new product identifies differences in texts and images, and compares scanned copy with system generated copy. The new solution has been adopted by Glenmark Pharmaceuticals and Aurobindo Pharma, the top two pharmaceutical companies in India.

For more information on these and other stories, go to 3blmedia.com

Video Source: Berkery Noyes Says M&A Activity in Healthcare Up 20% for 2012; Healthways Study Links Well-Being to Job Performance; Goose Proofreader Ensures Accuracy in Pharma Data

Tweet me: M&A Activity in #Healthcare Up 20%; @Healthways Links Well-Being & Job Performance; Goose Proofreader Ensures Accuracy http://3bl.me/bgazwx

KEYWORDS: Berkley Noyes, heathcare, pharma, Healthways, employee performance, Study, goose proofreader, pharmaceutical business solutions, well being, M&A, Health, 3bl Media

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Interior Department Approves 10,000 Megawatts of Renewable Energy; SC Johnson Earns EPA SmartWay Excellence Award; Sustainable Disaster Recovery Conference to be held in Saint Louis - Energy Minute for October 18, 2012

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SOURCE: 3BL Media, LLC

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The Department of the Interior has approved 10,000 megawatts of renewable energy projects on public lands. The approval meets the goals of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Since 2009, Interior has authorized 33 renewable energy projects, including 18 utility-scale solar facilities, 7 wind farms, and 8 geothermal plants. When built, the projects will provide enough electricity to power more than 3.5 million homes and support 13,000 construction and operations jobs.

SC Johnson has received a SmartWay Excellence Award from the EPA for leadership in freight supply chain environmental performance and energy efficiency. SmartWay is an EPA program that reduces transportation-related emissions by creating incentives to improve supply chain fuel efficiency. SC Johnson was one of only 40 companies, chosen from 3,000 SmartWay Partners, to earn the award.

The 2012 Sustainable Disaster Recovery Conference will take place in St. Louis on October 29th and 30th. The event will focus on the principles of sustainability and energy efficiency in recovery, and how towns could incorporate green design into efforts to renovate their communities. The two-day conference brings together leaders in the fields of disaster recovery, government, urban planning, design, green building, and public and private enterprise. The Conference is sponsored by Saint Louis University’s Center for Sustainability, Greensburg GreenTown, and GreenTown Joplin.

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Food Rescue: Feeding Hungry Is Just One Benefit

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General Mills hones skills in food rescue

SOURCE: General Mills

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Inside General Mills

Last year, not a single General Mills food product – be it Yoplait yogurt or Pillsbury refrigerated cookies – was thrown away by our temperature-controlled warehouse in Massachusetts – a very rare occurrence. Instead, the Haverhill customer service facility (CSF) donated 1.25 million pounds of soon-to-expire food to The Greater Boston Food Bank.
 
In the company’s view, this is simply living a core value: Doing the right thing all the time. In this case, reducing food waste sent to landfills and increasing the amount of food given to food banks to feed the hungry.

It’s the latest example in what is becoming one of the company’s skills: food rescue.

“Haverhill has one of the best relationships with food banks in the country. Very little product goes to waste. Last year, General Mills did not throw a thing away from that facility. That’s impressive,” says Jim Delgehausen, manager of the North American Customer Service Facilities-Temperature Control products.

 

These are always products that are safe and in compliance with regulations to approved food banks.

For carrying on this General Mills tradition, Haverhill received the “Food Donor of the Year” award from The Greater Boston Food Bank, which distributes nearly 41 million pounds of food to more than 550 soup kitchens, food pantries and food shelters in eastern Massachusetts each year. General Mills was one of eight companies, organizations or individuals honored.

General Mills received the same award in 2005.

Lengthy alliance
Cheryl Blanton, product donations manager for The Greater Boston Food Bank, says her organization’s 13-year alliance with General Mills has been a strong one, and that the donated food will feed the working poor, families, children and the elderly.

“When it comes to corporate responsibility, it’s amazing that General Mills is able to reach out and help so many people. They have been great to work with, because they are so committed to the cause,” Blanton says.

The Haverhill location is one of numerous General Mills customer service facilities for refrigerated products that serve as warehouses for the company’s products, before shipping them to regional retailers such as grocery and discount stores.

1.25 million pounds donated
In the one-year period that concluded in September, the Haverhill facility donated 1.25 million pounds of food such as Pillsbury biscuits and cookies as well as Yoplait Original and Go-Gurt yogurt, which helped supplement nearly 1 million meals in a nine-county region. That’s roughly $1.3 million worth of food.

Since The Greater Boston Food Bank began tallying numbers in 2002, General Mills has donated more than 4.3 million pounds of food. (That equates to more than 3 million meals.) Nearly half of that number came in the past two years.

“These are always products that are safe and in compliance with regulations to approved food banks,” says Jeff Nelson, General Mills’ regional CSF manager-Northeast, who accepted the award.

And, sometimes, that donated General Mills food goes beyond The Greater Boston Food Shelf’s area.

Says Blanton: “If we get more than we can comfortably distribute, we have great relationships with Feeding America food banks throughout New England and New York City, which allows us to expand our reach to a greater number of folks in need. General Mills is truly an amazing partner, and we feel very fortunate.”

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MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren Recognized For Corporate Responsibility

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Recent coverage on MGM CEO Jim Murren featured on VEGASINC.com.

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MGM Resorts International Chairman and CEO Jim Murren is being honored for corporate responsibility achievements such as driving environmental and diversity initiatives.

CR Magazine, also known as Corporate Responsibility Magazine, in its September/October issue named Murren as one of 30 finalists in its Responsible Chief Executive Officer of the Year program.

The winning CEOs were with Wisconsin Energy, Hormel Foods, Western Union, PwC and Henry Schein Inc.

At MGM Resorts, Murren is known for pushing programs to save energy and to ensure the casino-resort operator is committed to philanthropy and has a diverse workforce and contracting base.

“Murren leads a CR policy forged in the downturn, with aggressive diversity inclusion and, perhaps counter-intuitively, development of the world’s largest LEED-certified hotel (CityCenter project),” CR Magazine commented in its report on the winners and finalists.

“Corporate responsibility begins at the top and Jim Murren’s leadership has materially advanced MGM Resorts’ sustainability results,” Richard Crespin, executive director of the Corporate Responsibility Officer Association and chairman of CR Magazine’s COMMIT! Forum, said in a statement. “Jim, together with all of this year’s finalists, represents an elite group of individuals and organizations that display a commitment to stakeholders and society through positive leadership.”

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Service King Collision Repair Centers Provides High Tech Graphing Calculators to KIPP DFW TRUTH Academy 8th Grade Math and Science Students with Funding from CBS EcoMedia’s EducationAd Advertising

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Project provides necessary learning tools to students from underserved communities

SOURCE: EcoMedia

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Dallas, TX., October 18, 2012 /3BL Media/ - Eighth grade math and science students at KIPP DFW TRUTH Academy in Dallas will no longer have to share high tech calculators or go without the aid of the essential educational technology thanks to Service King Collision Repair Center’s distribution of TI-84 graphing calculators to the college preparatory middle school.  The funding for the calculators comes from Service King’s advertising through CBS EcoMedia’s EducationAd program.

By supplying calculators to give each eighth grade student access during class, Service King Collision Repair’s funding ensures students will not fall behind their peers at other schools due to lack of equal access to supplies and technology.  The addition of the new calculators is expected to have an immediate and long-lasting impact for all of the eighth grade students at KIPP DFW TRUTH Academy.  Additional funding from Service King will be used to purchase digital books to be downloaded on Amazon Kindles (provided by the school through a grant from the Jiv Daya Foundation).

To commemorate the addition of the new graphic calculators and the digital book downloads Eric Kirk, Communications Manager of Service King Collision Repair Centers, April Allen the Executive Director of KIPP Dallas-Fort Worth and Paul Polizzotto, the President and Founder, CBS EcoMedia Inc. will host an exclusive tour of KIPP DFW Truth Academy School in Dallas to meet the students and staff and learn more about the facility and its curriculum.

“Service King is honored to be able to contribute to such a vital cause through our EducationAd with CBS EcoMedia,” said Eric Kirk, Service King’s Communications Manager.  “Today’s students need all the tools and technology available to be able to be competitive in math and science and we’re excited to be able to help provide that for the underserved students at KIPP TRUTH Academy right here in our own Dallas/Fort Worth community.”

“Our mission at KIPP Dallas-Fort Worth is to provide children in underserved communities with a free, rigorous, high quality education that offers the knowledge, skills and character traits necessary to thrive in school, college and the competitive world beyond,” said April Allen the Executive Director of KIPP Dallas-Fort Worth. “Thanks to Service King Collision Repair and their generous contribution of these graphing calculators and digital book downloads through CBS EcoMedia, our students now have access to state of the art learning tools that complement our science, math, and literacy initiatives.

With Service King’s additional funding for approximately sixty digital downloads, KIPP DFW TRUTH Academy students will now have instant access to new literacy materials on Amazon Kindles. Unlike traditional books, students will have immediate access to books in a digital format that offers literacy and reading comprehension tools like notes, annotations, dictionaries, and language translations.

“Being able to make these kinds of serious educational improvements is the reason that we created the EducationAd program,” says Paul Polizzotto, President and Founder of CBS EcoMedia Inc.  “The difference these digital downloads and graphing calculators will make for the 350 students of KIPP TRUTH Academy will have positive impacts for many years moving forward.  We’re grateful that our advertising partner Service King Collision Repair cares so much about this community and the future of these students and is willing to be part of our unique public-private partnership paradigm.  Working together with enlightened advertisers like Service King and our non-profit partners we’re making tangible, meaningful quality of life improvements in communities all across America.”

About KIPP DFW

The mission of KIPP DFW is to provide children in underserved communities with a free, rigorous, high quality education that offers the knowledge, skills, and character traits necessary to thrive in school, college, and the competitive world beyond.

KIPP DFW envisions that it will have a transformational impact on the city of Dallas. It will prove the possible to city leaders and education entities setting an example of excellence which can be emulated in other public school districts. Perhaps most importantly, KIPP DFW students will serve as role models to their families and communities. Our college graduates will return to their communities demonstrating the impact that education has had on their own lives and working to raise the standards and opportunities for growth.

KIPP DFW is part of the nationally renowned “Knowledge is Power Program.” There are currently 125 KIPP schools across 20 states and the District of Columbia serving more than 39,000 students. Founded in 2003, TRUTH Academy became the first school in the KIPP DFW region.

About Service King Collision Repair Centers

Service King Collision Repair Centers was founded in Dallas, Texas in 1976 when Eddie Lennox purchased an existing body shop in a small tin shack complete with a hand painted sign that read, “Service King.” Eddie’s good reputation, hard work and key insurance relationships helped him to grow his customer base quickly and over the next 25 years Service King became the largest employee-owned paint and body operation in the country.

In 2010, Eddie appointed Cathy Bonner as the company’s new President. Since then, Cathy has moved into the CEO position, while Eddie continues as Owner and Chairman of the Board for Service King.

Today, Service King employs over 1500 hundred employees and has 59 locations, 23 in Dallas/Ft Worth, 12 Houston, 6 Austin, 8 Phoenix and 9 in San Antonio, Texas. We offer a lifetime warranty on all collision repairs since 1976, and have made the repair process convenient with on-site rental cars and working directly with insurance companies.

About CBS EcoMedia Inc.

At EcoMedia, we’re propelled by the desire to create positive social change; that’s been our mission since we founded the company in 2002.  In 2008, after successfully partnering with CBS on a wide range of environmental projects, EcoMedia became the newest addition to the CBS Corporation portfolio, exponentially scaling our reach across television, radio, interactive, publishing and outdoor media.

Through our patent-pending EcoAd, WellnessAd and EducationAd programs, an innovative twist on traditional advertising, advertisers are able to support much-needed local projects which in turn creates jobs, saves taxpayer money and improves the quality of life in communities nationwide.  In the process, we’re fundamentally altering the advertising landscape, elevating the ordinary, traditional commercial – and media, in general – into a catalyst for tangible, quantifiable social change.  Please visit ecomedia.cbs.com to learn more. 

By participating in EcoMedia’s EcoAd, WellnessAd and EducationAd advertising programs, EcoMedia’s advertisers agree to provide funding for projects we believe will have a beneficial effect upon the environment, health and/or education within local communities.  EcoMedia’s advertising programs are not certification programs nor are the EcoAd, WellnessAd or EducationAd logos seals of approval. EcoMedia does not in any way certify, endorse or make any representations about EcoMedia program advertisers, their products or services.

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The Gift of a Crisis

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Brooke Miller finds her calling after surviving brain surgery twice

SOURCE: Starting Up Green

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From Psychology Today

There’s nothing like a big health scare to force you to rethink who you are and where you are going in life, focusing on things that really matter.  And brain surgery qualifies as something that can really focus you. Brooke Miller has been through brain surgery not once but twice, enough for just about anyone to rethink their direction in life and look for a greater purpose they can contribute to. For Brooke, going through this crisis propelled her into a career in psychotherapy, working to make a difference in the way mental health is perceived and treated.

The first time Brooke faced brain surgery was just before her 14th birthday.  At a boy’s house who she had a big crush on, she suddenly had a splitting headache that just wouldn’t stop.  She called her mom to take her home, a serious step when you’re a teenager with a crush.  It turned out after a whirlwind tour of doctors that she had Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), a dangerous growth of immune cells that was growing toward her brain and needed to be removed immediately. 

The LCH and surgery were scary, enough for even a young person to be eager to make the most of life in the years that followed.  Fortunately the surgery to remove the mass from inside her skull was a success, allowing Brooke to get on with her life, finishing school and college.  Brain surgery is a pretty big deal if you ask me, but she also faced turmoil in her inner life wrapped up in her self esteem and her feelings about her body. After going through therapy, she felt such an affinity for it that she found herself drawn to pursue a career as a therapist, studying to become a licensed marriage and family therapist, and starting a practice.

Then while on a trip to Mexico with her husband who she had recently married, Brooke woke up one morning with a sharp pain over her eye and a pea-shaped ball bulging over her eyebrow, stirring old fears from her first brain surgery.  This time it was not cancer or LCH though - it was an infection that had probably started all those years earlier with the first surgery. She needed brain surgery again to stop the infection, and her second brain surgery was a success once again, but the impact on her life extended way beyond the infection and the surgery itself.  Her first brain surgery had sent her the message that life is short and you’d better live it well.  The second surgery drove her even farther, seeing that although she had come a long way she still had much more she had to do with her life. 

It might sound weird, but Brooke is grateful for what she went through because it changed how she see life and moved her to do more, to take on challenges far larger than she might have otherwise.  Going through something like this, she could have chosen to see herself as a victim because she had faced such a difficult risk, but instead she chose to see it as an opportunity to do more. “By being grateful that I was given this opportunity to be a more whole, well-rounded person, I’m not wasting any energy.  I’m relaxed.  And I’m a better person,” said Brooke in Gifts from the Train Station.

The mental health field is loaded with challenges, and poorly understood by many.  Millions of people struggle with challenges they are going through but are afraid to ask for help, worried about what others will think of them.  Taking on a larger purpose after her second surgery, Brooke created Soapbox Therapy to increase awareness of mental health challenges and solutions, reaching a larger audience.  Today Brooke’s reach is continuing to expand as an emotional wellness expert on The Ricki Lake Show, and with a new workshop for Supermoms, helping moms to move from chaos to calm in their lives. 

We might not all have brain surgery like Brooke, but we’re all going to face a crisis at some point in our lives that forces us to ask some hard questions to ourselves.  When we face a big risk like a health crisis, we can see ourselves as powerless victims, or we can chose to be grateful for the new perspective it gives us.  By being grateful, we might even grow healthier and happier than if we had never encountered such a challenge because it pushes us to connect with a larger purpose we can contribute to, to work for the greater good. 

It often seems that people striving for greatness have been through great challenges that forced them to decide either to fall back as a victim or push forward to do more.  The greater risk that Brooke faced, and that we all face, may be failing to be all that we can be, to reach our full potential and find a greater purpose in life. Viewed this way, it’s not hard at all to understand how Brooke and others going through hard times can learn to be grateful. 

Glenn Croston is the author of “The Real Story of Risk”, exploring the weird ways we see risks in our lives, and “Gifts from the Train Station”, presenting the inspiring stories of people who have overcome great challenges and used their second chance to work for the greater good. 

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