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Nuvve and Great Power Announce Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Electric Vehicle Integration and Renewable Energy Adoption

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
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Gregory Poilasne, CEO of Nuvve, states, "We're excited about the partnership with Great Power, a leading global battery manufacturer, and their alignment with our energy management approach to electrification.

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  • Gregory Poilasne, CEO of Nuvve, states, "We're excited about the partnership with Great Power, a leading global battery manufacturer, and their alignment with our energy management approach to electrification.
  • Yang Xia, Head of Great Power global ESS of Great Power, states, "I am thrilled to announce our partnership with Nuvve to deploy advanced battery systems for electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions.
  • Some of the key aspects of this partnership include:
    Nuvve serving as the preferred energy manager and flexibility aggregator for Great Power solutions.
  • Great Power supplying Nuvve-branded pre-validated Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) that are pre-integrated with Nuvve's GIVe™ platform, enhancing the value proposition for customers seeking optimized energy solutions.

THE PANERA BREAD FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 2024 GRANT AWARDS

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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ST. LOUIS, March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Panera Bread Foundation* announces its 2024 grant award recipients. A total donation of $2.25 million from the Panera Bread Foundation is funding 30 non-profit organizations that provide access and opportunity for programs supporting at-risk, underserved, or historically underrepresented children and youth to help them become leaders.

Key Points: 
  • ST. LOUIS, March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Panera Bread Foundation * announces its 2024 grant award recipients.
  • The Panera Bread Foundation supports and strengthens communities by investing in non-profits that provide opportunities for youth to grow as leaders and gain access to education and career advancement.
  • The Panera Bread Foundation envisions a world where young people can dare to dream and where opportunity and economic mobility are accessible and equitable.
  • The full list of the Panera Bread Foundation's 2024 grant award recipients includes:

Time to Get On the Line: Girls' Invite 2023

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Thursday, November 2, 2023
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CHICAGO, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Saturday, November 18th commences BOWA Gives' first annual Girls' Invite, a new girls-only Track & Field meet featuring talented athletes from across Chicago. This meet comes on the heels of the nonprofit's first successful Track & Field event, "Race to Gately," held in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood in December of 2022. This will be BOWA Gives' first girls-only, amateur Track and Field meet dedicated to elementary through high school student-athletes.

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  • Olympian Anavia Battle and Chicago's own Shamier Little to Join This Year's Girls' Invite, Hosted By BOWA Gives
    CHICAGO, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Saturday, November 18th commences BOWA Gives' first annual Girls' Invite, a new girls-only Track & Field meet featuring talented athletes from across Chicago.
  • This meet comes on the heels of the nonprofit's first successful Track & Field event, "Race to Gately," held in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood in December of 2022.
  • This will be BOWA Gives' first girls-only, amateur Track and Field meet dedicated to elementary through high school student-athletes.
  • Three returning event sponsors, Under Armour, Related Midwest, and BOWA Construction look forward to participating in this year's event.

The Aspen Group's Julie Frantsve-Hawley, Ph.D., C.A.E Appointed to the ADA Foundation Board

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Thursday, November 2, 2023
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CHICAGO, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TAG – The Aspen Group applauds TAG Oral Care Center (OCC) of Excellence's Executive Director, Dr. Julie Frantsve-Hawley, Ph.D., C.A.E. for her recent appointment to the ADA Foundation Board of Directors (ADAF). This accomplishment is a testament to Dr. Frantsve-Hawley's extensive industry knowledge, demonstrated history of leadership in oral and public health, and passion for serving others. Her dedication to expanding access to care and creating innovative professional education, training, and research opportunities in dentistry will continue to inform her in this new position with the ADA Foundation Board.

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  • CHICAGO, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TAG – The Aspen Group applauds TAG Oral Care Center (OCC) of Excellence's Executive Director, Dr. Julie Frantsve-Hawley, Ph.D., C.A.E.
  • for her recent appointment to the ADA Foundation Board of Directors (ADAF) .
  • Her dedication to expanding access to care and creating innovative professional education, training, and research opportunities in dentistry will continue to inform her in this new position with the ADA Foundation Board.
  • "We extend a warm welcome to our new Board members joining the American Dental Association Foundation Board," says Craig S Armstrong, DDS, MAGD, ADA Foundation chair.

Dreams Do Come True for Children and Their Families at Give Kids The World Village Where Avaya Powers its Guest Experience Communications

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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This 89-acre, whimsical nonprofit resort in Kissimmee, Florida, provides week-long, cost-free wish vacations to critically ill children and their families from around the world.

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  • This 89-acre, whimsical nonprofit resort in Kissimmee, Florida, provides week-long, cost-free wish vacations to critically ill children and their families from around the world.
  • Give Kids The World’s Village Vacation Planning Services team relies extensively on its Avaya communication system.
  • Having the right people taking calls with unprecedented reliability and quality is crucial to creating the Give Kids The World experience.
  • Avaya provides Give Kids The World with communications speed, accuracy and efficiency in these critical moments.

Farmer Family Challenge Grant Seeks to Accelerate Organoid Technology

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Thursday, April 20, 2023
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CINCINNATI, April 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Not long ago, the idea of growing human organ tissue in a lab dish seemed like the plot of a science-fiction movie. Nevertheless, scientists at Cincinnati Children's have made dramatic progress at doing exactly that, and now they are working to make intestinal organoid tissue ready to begin human clinical trials.

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  • This work has received a powerful boost thanks to a new $5 million challenge grant awarded by the Farmer Family Foundation to the Cincinnati Children's Center for Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine (CuSTOM).
  • This was followed by their first $5 million challenge grant in 2018 to establish and name the CuSTOM Accelerator Lab.
  • The Foundation's generous new gift will further accelerate our efforts to bring organoid technology into drug development and to support the extensive preparations needed to allow organoid tissues to be transplanted in humans."
  • Breakthroughs in organoid technology at Cincinnati Children's trace back to December 2010, when scientists here reported success in the journal Nature at growing functional 3D intestinal organoid spheroids in the lab.

The Panera Bread Foundation Announces 2023 Grant Awards

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Tuesday, April 4, 2023
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Today, the Panera Bread Foundation * announces 30 non-profit organizations will receive a collective $2 million from the Panera Bread Foundation Grant Program.

Key Points: 
  • Today, the Panera Bread Foundation * announces 30 non-profit organizations will receive a collective $2 million from the Panera Bread Foundation Grant Program.
  • The Panera Bread Foundation launched the grant program in 2021 to support non-profit organizations that provide access to education, opportunity, and mentorship to at-risk, underserved, or historically underrepresented children and youth.
  • “The 2023 grant award recipients are doing incredible work to help create a world in which young people can unlock their full potential, and we are proud to be a small part in helping them achieve their missions,” said Debbie Roberts, Panera Bread Chief Operating Officer, and President of the Panera Bread Foundation Board of Directors.
  • The full list of the Panera Bread Foundation’s 2023 Grant Award recipients includes:
    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Inc.

Celebrate Can’d Aid’s 10 Year Anniversary With a Chance to Win the Ultimate Colorado Experience

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023
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Airfare and lodging are included thanks to United Airlines and Origin Hotel.

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  • Airfare and lodging are included thanks to United Airlines and Origin Hotel.
  • Can’d Aid has donated nearly 3,000 brand new instruments to classrooms across the country to date.
  • “Tyler Childers and the Food Stamps have been working with us as TUNES Ambassadors for several years.
  • Since Can’d Aid was founded in Colorado in 2013, the nonprofit has rallied over 32,000 volunteers to provide 75,000 hours of giving back.

Kendra Scott Launches Foundation to Empower Women and Youth

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023
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Today, Kendra Scott announced the launch of the Kendra Scott Foundation, a component of the Austin Community Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, that’s committed to empowering women and youth in the areas of health and wellness, education, and entrepreneurship.

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  • Today, Kendra Scott announced the launch of the Kendra Scott Foundation, a component of the Austin Community Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, that’s committed to empowering women and youth in the areas of health and wellness, education, and entrepreneurship.
  • The Foundation will allow Kendra Scott to do even more good and serve as an overarching platform to deepen the brand’s investment in changing the lives of women and youth.
  • Kendra Scott has proudly donated more than $50 million to local, national, and international causes since 2010.
  • For more information on the Kendra Scott Foundation, visit kendrascott.com/philanthropy , or donate directly at https://ken01.kimbia.com/donate .

Professional Transition Strategies Donated $850,000 in 2021 and 2022 To Support National, Global and Local Charities

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Thursday, January 19, 2023
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Professional Transition Strategies (PTS), a company that represents dental practice buyers and sellers and offers brokerage practice consulting services, today announced that the organization's donor-advised fund for charitable giving reached $850,000 from its 2021 and 2022 efforts to be distributed to various local, national and global organizations. As a social impact organization, PTS makes charitable giving a team effort by funding and matching employee donations.

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  • As a social impact organization, PTS makes charitable giving a team effort by funding and matching employee donations.
  • In 2022, the company gave each team member $1,000 to donate to the charity of their choice and provided employees with the opportunity to receive an additional $5,000 in matching donations from PTS.
  • Give Back a Smile , the charitable arm of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, is the largest recipient of PTS' donations.
  • "Giving back and supporting communities in need is a defining value at PTS," said Kyle Francis, the company's president and founder.