Americorps Members to Repair Flood-Damaged Homes in Louisiana with Rebuilding Together for MLK Day

Wed, 01/11/2017 - 07:00

Rebuilding Together will join with its affiliate, Rebuilding Together Acadiana, and its AmeriCorps members to repair flood-damaged homes for MLK Day.

This New Year Focus on Improving Employees Quality of Life

Tue, 01/10/2017 - 14:15

The New Year is always an excellent time for employers to reflect on the previous year and plan for the coming year.

Arrow Electronics Promotes Gender Diversity in Colorado Technology Industry

Tue, 01/10/2017 - 13:15

GM Partners with Girls Who Code to Empower Future Technology and Engineering Leaders

Tue, 01/10/2017 - 12:10

The gender gap in technology and engineering is getting worse despite the increased demand for STEM-related jobs. GM and the national nonprofit Girls Who Code (GWC) today announced a partnership to inspire and empower thousands of U.S. middle and high school girls to become future leaders in these fields.

Wendy's: It's All About Food, Family & Community

Tue, 01/10/2017 - 12:05

By most standards, last week was busy. Not only did friends and fans tell us we won the internet with the most epic tweet of 2017 (their words, not ours), we also published our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability year-in-review. It was eye opening and enjoyable to look back and see all that our Wendy’s family had accomplished in 2016.

Duke Energy Powered Up Florida With More Than $3 million in Grant Funding in 2016

Tue, 01/10/2017 - 11:45

Duke Energy is powering Florida with more than electricity. Last year, the company donated more than $3 million to Sunshine State non-profit organizations.

Giving Back: Aiding Access to Clean Water in the San Juan Tlacotenco Community

Tue, 01/10/2017 - 11:00

According to the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program for Water Supply and Sanitation, at least 1.8 billion people around the world drink contaminated water, and an even greater number drink water delivered through unsanitary systems. With a significant presence of employees in San Juan Tlacotenco, a community near Cuernavaca, Mexico, Baxter identified the lack of a stable and safe water supply as an opportunity to help.

Action Team PSA Campaign Sets Distribution Record

Mon, 01/09/2017 - 15:45

There’s no doubt word is getting out about the great work Action Team student volunteers are doing in communities across the country.

It was recently announced that one of the Action Team’s national TV and radio public service announcement (PSA) campaigns -- titled ‘Are You In?’ -- established a new Goodwill Communications distribution record for national campaigns.

Keep America Beautiful’s Cigarette Litter Prevention Program Opens 2017 Grant Application Period

Thu, 01/12/2017 - 15:30

Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s leading nonprofit that envisions a country in which every community is a green, clean and beautiful place to live, today announced the organization has opened the grant application period for the 2017 Cigarette Litter Prevention Program to help communities combat the most commonly littered item in America.

Fox’s ‘Hidden Figures,’ ‘The Birth of a Nation’ and ‘This Is Us’ Named Finalists for Humanitas Prize for Outstanding Social Messaging

Tue, 01/10/2017 - 07:00

The organization Humanitas has named the screenwriters of two films and one television series from 21st Century Fox as finalists for its 42nd Annual Humanitas Prize, a prestigious award honoring projects that contain effective social messaging and inspire compassion, hope and understanding. Among this year’s nominees are Nate Parker for Fox Searchlight’s The Birth of a Nation, Theodore Melfi & Allison Schroeder for Fox 2000’s Hidden Figures and Dan Fogelman for the pilot episode of This Is Us, produced by 20th Century Fox Television.