3BL Media's Blog – June 2011 Archive (16)

As school cafeterias in America close for the summer, Sodexo’s Feeding Our Future^® program, in partnership with Sodexo client accounts, vendors and hunger relief organizations across the country, today announces that it will prepare and serve 400,000 lunches this summer to children in 24 U.S. cities. 

Since Feeding Our Future’s inception in 1997, Sodexo has provided more than 2.5 million free summer lunches to hungry children in the U.S. This year…

Medical technology leader Medtronic, Inc. recently launched Project 6, the company's annual global employee volunteerism event. The program is on track to engage 4,000 employees from 36 countries in 180 community-based projects, ranging from collecting and packing food for the hungry to reading storybooks to preschoolers, cleaning local parks and wildlife areas, and building and repairing homes for those in need.

Medtronic employees in the Czech…

As a part of its New Future outreach program, Volcom is proud to announce the launch of their partnership with the I:CO Recycling program. It’s an initiative where you can now bring in any unwanted apparel items and/or shoes to most any US Volcom retail store for recycling and get a 10% discount to shop for new gear.…

The UPS Foundation awarded 13 Keep America Beautiful (KAB) affiliates with $10,000 community improvement grants, each supporting programs across the country that address recycling, beautification and community greening, litter prevention and waste reduction.

The UPS Foundation awarded 13 Keep America Beautiful (KAB) affiliates with $10,000 community improvement grants, each supporting programs across the country that…

KooDooZ, Inc. today announced that it has expanded its commitment to youth generated content by offering a new array of online solutions. 

According to Lee Fox, founder and Chief Innovation Officer, KooDooZ.com is emerging out of stealth by publicly showcasing youth philanthropy mash-ups. “Young people bring tremendous resources and creativity to alleviating world challenges,” said Fox. “Today we’re…

Sodexo and Share our Strength's No Kid Hungry Campaign commit to ending hunger in Virginia. Actor Jeff Bridges and Governor Bob McDonnell helped to spread the word that there will be a series of end hunger initiatives and campaigns in the commonwealth of Virginia.

 

View all the great photos of Sodexo and No Kid Hungry event…

With the help of GE Foundation, which has a history of supporting preventitive health programs, the levels of disease and infection have dramatically decreased in the Kabuyanda Health Center of Uganda. The Standards-Based Management and Recognition (SBM-R) system was effective in assisting the development of safer health practices and a safer environment. In only two years, the hospital’s operating room infection rate decreased from 30–40% to almost 0%. All of the…