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MK5K 2025: Canada Laces Up for a Cause

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Direct Relief Surpasses $2 Billion in Aid to Ukraine

Direct Relief

JetBlue Helps Rebuild Puerto Rico with Habitat Restoration

This summer, JetBlue joined The Ocean Foundation and other local organizations to learn how to restore ecosystems that protect coastlines. These are some of the habitats that were decimated during Hurricane Maria. In addition to hands-on work, JetBlue also offered financial support to The Ocean Foundation.

Reel Works' UP Creative Program Showcases Students' Nickelodeon Shorts at Viacom HQ

Viacom’s Corporate Social Responsibility wrapped up the second year of it’s UP Creative mentoring program at Viacom headquarters with a final session and competition. UP Creative is a program that was created in partnership with an organization called Reel Works. Reel Works is a local non-profit based in Brooklyn that teaches underserved teenagers filmmaking skills that help propel them to career paths in media. Viacom has supported Reel Works for over a decade with sponsorships for programs and events, providing mentorship and job-shadowing opportunities, and access to production personnel and facilities. Apart of Viacom’s recent contributions, UP Creative is one of two sponsored programs with the goal to pair students with Viacom brand teams to create mini projects.

Aflac Awards $125,000 in Grants to South Carolina Nonprofits

Aflac is granting $125,000 to 17 local nonprofits working on projects that support health & well-being, education, and community development programs

Massachusetts Middle Schooler Wins 2019 Arrow Innovation in Electronics Award

Arrow Electronics presented Massachusetts seventh grader Vikram Anantha with its 2019 Innovation in Electronics Award at the National Invention Convention, a celebration of K-12 inventors and entrepreneurs from across the United States.

State Prison Directors Honor Koch’s Holden for Justice Reform ‘Leadership’

The Association of State Correctional Administrators (ASCA) gave Holden its National Leadership Award at a gathering this week in Washington, D.C.

Smithfield Foods Sponsors Veteran Honor Flight to Nation’s Capital

The Smithfield Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Smithfield Foods Inc., announced today a $125,000 donation to the Midwest Honor Flight organization to sponsor 83 World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War veterans for an all-expenses-paid flight to visit the nation’s capital.

Robert Ruano Appointed to Serve on Arbor Day Foundation Board of Trustees

The Arbor Day Foundation Board of Trustees has appointed Ecostrata Services Founder and President Robert Ruano to serve for a three-year term.

Carnival Cruise Line Partners With Clean the World to Assist in Global Soap Recycling Initiative

Yesterday, Carnival Cruise Line announced it is the first large-scale cruise operator to partner with Clean the World.

Aflac Reports on Effort to Give Children With Cancer Huggable Robots

A foundation affiliated with Aflac Inc. has given toy robots that look like the Aflac Duck to children who are facing cancer in about 200 U.S. hospitals and clinics, Aflac said today.

JetBlue’s Soar with Reading Initiative Lands in New York City Placing Free Book Vending Machines in Each of the Five Boroughs

JetBlue (Nasdaq: JBLU), New York’s Hometown Airline®, today launched its ninth annual Soar with Reading initiative in its hometown, marking the first time its innovative free book vending machines have touched down in New York City.

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