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    World Leaders Focus on Global Health Image

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    09-23-13

    World Leaders Focus on Global Health

    Global health will be a main focus this week for both the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) and the United Nations General Assembly. Global Impact, a leader in global philanthropy, will participate in both events, as well as represent Global Health Council (GHC), serving as that organization’s secr...

    Cities Champion the Cause of Play Image

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    09-19-13

    Cities Champion the Cause of Play

    For the first time, municipal and thought leaders around the country will gather to chart a path to ensuring all children get the play they need to thrive. Play is critical to the physical, social, emotional, cognitive and creative development of children. But play is disappearing in homes, schoo...

    Blessings in a Backpack Receives More Than $170,000 to Feed Children Through CBS RADIO and CBS EcoMedia Partnership Image

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    09-17-13

    Blessings in a Backpack Receives More Than $170,000 to Feed Children Through CBS RADIO and CBS EcoMedia Partnership

    For many students, returning to the classroom in the fall also means the return of steady meals. Blessings in a Backpack, a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that elementary school children who may otherwise go without meals are fed over the weekends, today announced results of a partnership with C...

    Japanese Food Giant Ajinomoto Co. Joins the Business Call to Action to Expand Nutritional Options in Ghana Image

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    09-12-13

    Japanese Food Giant Ajinomoto Co. Joins the Business Call to Action to Expand Nutritional Options in Ghana

    Ajinomoto Co. brings its expertise in nutrition and food science to improve nutrition in Ghana and announced today it will join the Business Call to Action (BCtA), with plans to expand its pilot nutritional supplement program reaching an estimated 200,000 weaning infants by 2017.

    The proje...

    Philadelphia Tri-State Cadillac Dealers Team with CBS EcoMedia to Fund 41 Starlight Children’s Foundation® Tablets For 11 Philadelphia-Area Hospitals Image

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    09-11-13

    Philadelphia Tri-State Cadillac Dealers Team with CBS EcoMedia to Fund 41 Starlight Children’s Foundation® Tablets For 11 Philadelphia-Area Hospitals

    Philadelphia Tri-State Cadillac dealers have partnered with CBS EcoMedia Inc. through its WellnessAd advertising to fund 41 Starlight Tablets for three Philadelphia-area hospitals.

    A special “Power On!” ceremony launched the program on Wednesday. The celebration took place...

    UnitedHealthcare Gives $74,000 for Olinda Park Enhancements and 38 Scholarships for Fit2Play® Afterschool Program Image

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    09-07-13

    UnitedHealthcare Gives $74,000 for Olinda Park Enhancements and 38 Scholarships for Fit2Play® Afterschool Program

    Today more than 200 local volunteers from UnitedHealthcare The Parks Foundation of Miami-Dade, AARP, Miami Dade College’s Institute for Civic Engagement and Democracy, and the Miami Dolphins Special Teams driven by Chevy Volunteer program, participated in a Day of Service at Olinda and Jefferson ...

    UnitedHealthcare Volunteers and Funding Work with City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Build the Mountain View Park Community Garden Image

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    09-06-13

    UnitedHealthcare Volunteers and Funding Work with City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Build the Mountain View Park Community Garden

    More than 50 volunteers built a new community garden at Mountain View Park in Phoenix. The garden was made possible by a unique public-private partnership between the City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department, UnitedHealthcare, CBS EcoMedia and the National Recreation and Park Association. ...

    Novo Nordisk and the Ministry of Health Launch the Blueprint for Change Case on Diabetes in Indonesia Image

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    09-06-13

    Novo Nordisk and the Ministry of Health Launch the Blueprint for Change Case on Diabetes in Indonesia

    On 3 September, Novo Nordisk and the Indonesian Ministry of Health launched a joint platform to guide efforts to address the rising prevalence of diabetes and its associated costs. The platform is built on the findings from Novo Nordisk’s

    IBEW Local 103 and NECA Boston Bring Nine Starlight Fun Centers to Boston Children's Hospital Using Funding from CBS EcoMedia's WellnessAd Advertising Image

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    09-04-13

    IBEW Local 103 and NECA Boston Bring Nine Starlight Fun Centers to Boston Children's Hospital Using Funding from CBS EcoMedia's WellnessAd Advertising

    The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 103 of Boston and the Boston Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) have teamed with CBS EcoMedia Inc. and Starlight Children’s Foundation® to provide nine new Starlight Fun Center® mobile entertainment units...

    New England Cadillac Dealers Team With CBS EcoMedia to Donate 13 Starlight Children’s Foundation® Tablets to Three Regional Hospitals Image

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    08-21-13

    New England Cadillac Dealers Team With CBS EcoMedia to Donate 13 Starlight Children’s Foundation® Tablets to Three Regional Hospitals

    New England Cadillac Dealers have partnered with CBS EcoMedia Inc. through its WellnessAd advertising to fund 13 Starlight Tablets for three Boston area hospitals.

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