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Office Depot Foundation Launches Anti-Bullying Educational Initiative
Office Depot, Inc., announced the next phase of its multi-faceted anti-bullying partnership with music supergroup One Direction – a new Office Depot Foundation educational program intended to help stop bullying.
The Office Depot Foundation has engaged nationally known speaker Brooks Gibbs to present its “Be The Difference. Speak Up Against Bullying!” program in middle schools across the U.S. during the upcoming school year. The campaign aims to give students the confidence and courage to report bullying as a strategy for reducing bullying.
For more information, please visit: www.officedepotfoundation.org [2].
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Team Long Brothers to serve as 2013 Ambassadors
United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) [5] is thrilled to announce that the Team Long Brothers will serve as the 2013 World Cerebral Palsy (CP) Challenge Ambassadors. Connor, 10, and Cayden, 7, compete in triathlons and were named the 2012 Sports Illustrated SportsKids of the year. Cayden has spastic cerebral palsy, and cannot walk or speak. Connor pushes Cayden in a stroller, pulls him in a raft and tows him behind his bicycle in each race.
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Blendtec Supports Nationwide Healthy Kids Initiative
Blendtec is pleased to announce its partnership with the American Heart Association and Healthy Kids Concepts in teaching kids the benefits of healthy, locally‐grown foods through their Kids Cook with Heart program. Blendtec, a leading manufacturer of high‐end commercial and consumer blenders, donates blenders to Kids Cook with Heart.
Blendtec provides schools with programs that teach children how to prepare healthy foods in a way that’s fast, fun and easy. Reed Beus, Blendtec Chairman/CEO, said. “We’re proud to join in these efforts to raise the next generation of strong, healthy kids.”
For more information, please visit: https://www.blendtec.com/ [7].
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This post originally appeared on our September/October 2013 Magazine [14]