Latinos@Work: Verizon and UnidosUS bring digital literacy and job readiness program to Latino communities
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BASKING RIDGE, N.J. /3BL Media/ – Verizon announced “Latinos @ Work,” its new partnership with UnidosUS, the nation’s largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization, which will bring digital learning centers to underserved Latino communities in four major cities across the country. The $1 million grant includes the development of a digital literacy and job readiness toolkit that will be implemented in Chicago, New Orleans, Seattle and Lawrence MA.
TORONTO, Dec. 3, 2019 /3BL Media/ - Today, on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a day to celebrate the vast contributions and achievements of people with disabilities, the CNIB Foundation received a gift of $700,000 from Scotiabank to help create a brighter future for youth with sight loss in the Greater Toronto Area.
AUSTIN, Minn., December 3, 2019 /3BL Media/ — Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL), the makers of the Hormel® Cure 81® brand, announced today that it has donated 900 boneless half hams to Conscious Alliance to help others in need this Thanksgiving. Conscious Alliance recently distributed the hams in meal boxes for members of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
Students at Sumter County Elementary School in Americus, Georgia are learning how plants grow and where food comes from, thanks to a new hydroponic school garden.
Watch Sumter County Elementary School document their garden journey.
Airline to match customer donations up to 10 million miles in support of charities in need of air travel as part of Miles on a Mission program
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CHICAGO, Dec. 3, 2019 /3BL Media/– United Airlines continues its successful Miles on a Mission campaign this Giving Tuesday by pledging to match customer donations up to a total of 10 million MileagePlus® miles to featured Miles on a Mission partners. The campaign is a first-of-its-kind crowdsourcing platform that gives customers a simple, and easy way to donate miles to non-profit organizations and charities in need of air travel.
This Giving Tuesday, Alliance Data recognizes its commitment to giving back to the communities where we live and work, and nobody does this better than our associates during our annual Giving Campaign. Every year, our associates rally together to raise funds for their favorite philanthropic causes in an effort to make a collective impact as we give back to our communities. Alliance Data then matches associate donations to each of their chosen nonprofit organizations to make our associates’ gifts go even further.
‘Luci d’Artista’ (literally Artists’ Lights) is a cultural event held in Turin, Italy, which began in 1998 and anyone who visits the city will be able to experience the unique art installations composed of lights.
It’s been said that charity starts at home, and for Republic Services, that means helping make a difference in the neighborhoods where our employees live and work.
One year ago, we launched a charitable giving program to help transform neighborhoods across the nation. Since that time, we’ve donated more than $2 million to support 23 neighborhood revitalization projects.
