Discovery Education, worldwide edtech leader, and Comcast released a new study showing that U.S. schools are well-positioned to help families get online with low-cost, high-speed Internet options through the federal government’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP).
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Bacardi Shake Your Future Graduate in Makes History As First Female Winner of Taste of Bermuda Cocktail Competition
Bacardi Limited continues to change lives and help build the next generation of bartenders through its Shake Your Future program. In Bermuda, where the program launched earlier this year, the program has led to the win of the latest Taste of Bermuda Cocktail Competition. Kierra Lee, a student of the inaugural Shake Your Future Bermuda program, seized the top prize in the Taste of Bermuda: Set The Bar Cocktail Competition.
Bacardi Shake Your Future Graduate Makes History As First Female Winner of Taste of Bermuda Cocktail Competition
Bacardi Limited continues to change lives and help build the next generation of bartenders through its Shake Your Future program. In Bermuda, where the program launched earlier this year, the program has led to the win of the latest Taste of Bermuda Cocktail Competition. Kierra Lee, a student of the inaugural Shake Your Future Bermuda program, seized the top prize in the Taste of Bermuda: Set The Bar Cocktail Competition.
Fifth Third Teams Up With New Directions Repair Affair To Make Positive Impact for Russell Homeowners
LOUISVILLE, Ky., October 20, 2023 /3BL/ - Fifth Third is proud to team up with New Directions Repair Affair program by funding free home renovations for elderly and disabled low-income homeowners in West Louisville’s Russell neighborhood.
Fifth Third has contributed over $120,000 in additional money in 2023 to help Repair Affair complete at least 15 high skill restorations, including the installation of wheelchair ramps, roofs, windows, HVAC, electrical, and plumbing.
Inspired To Serve: El Paso Refinery Employees Fight Food Insecurity
- A nonprofit in El Paso, Texas, that provides special assistance to those experiencing homelessness recently hosted volunteers from Marathon Petroleum’s El Paso refinery.
- The employee volunteers packed 300 food bags at the Kelly Center for Hunger Relief, which distributes food to people in need five days a week.
- This effort was an outgrowth of monthly, drive-through food distributions on refinery property that employees support in coordination with the El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank.
PotlatchDeltic 2022 ESG Report: Carbon Removal and Storage
Sustainably managed forests combat climate change through carbon removal. Trees absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide and store it in growth in the branches, trunk, needles, and roots, and respire oxygen. On a landscape scale, managed forests are considered carbon sinks, meaning they reduce the net amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as they grow.
Groundswell Celebrates Game-Changing Project
BALTIMORE, October 20, 2023 /3BL/ - On October 20, Groundswell, in partnership with the City of Refuge in Baltimore, the Maryland Energy Administration, the City of Baltimore Office of Sustainability, and SunCatch Energy celebrated the first resilience hub in Maryland that will allow a nonprofit to receive direct ben
Springfield Boys & Girls Club Receives $10,000 Grant From KeyBank Foundation
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., October 20, 2023 /3BL/ –Springfield Boys & Girls Club (SBGS) has received a $10,000 charitable grant from KeyBank Foundation, the charitable foundation of KeyBank. The grant will support the club’s Brain Gain Program, an afterschool program designed to bolster appropriate grade-level reading skills for the inner city, at-risk children and youth served by the club. A ceremonial check was presented by KeyBank to SBGS leadership, staff and youth members at a check presentation event held yesterday at the Boys and Girls Club on Carew Street in Springfield.
How Your Professional Talents Can Support Environmental Nonprofits
October 20, 2023 /3BL/ - We’ve reached an inflection point in human history where our relationship with nature and the environment must change for the well-being of ourselves, and future generations. It’s critical that we understand the increasing environmental challenges affecting communities across the United States and globally—and how we can each take action to support nonprofits working towards solutions.
