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Originally published by Northwestern Mutual on February 22, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 14, 2024 /3BL/ – Northwestern Mutual is celebrating the outstanding volunteerism of its financial professionals through its annual Community Service Awards (CSA) program. This year, 16 financial advisors and representatives were recognized for their transformational impact on the communities they serve, totaling $295,000 in grants to nonprofits nationwide. Local Kansas City resident Marcy Langhofer, an associate financial representative at Northwestern Mutual – Kansas City, has been named a 2024 Most Exceptional Community Service Award winner, receiving a $25,000 grant for The Do Good for Erin Foundation.
“At Northwestern Mutual we believe in putting people first. This value is highlighted through our dedicated financial advisors who are not only building better tomorrows for their clients, but also for their communities,” said Steve Radke, president of the Northwestern Mutual Foundation. “Through their philanthropic work, our advisors are donating their time and talents to help local nonprofit organizations.”
After losing her daughter, Erin, to a senseless act of gun violence in 2019, Langhofer, with the help of friends and family, started The Do Good for Erin Foundation to continue her daughter’s passion for helping others. Erin had an empathetic spirit and dedicated her career in social work to advocate and support numerous domestic violence agencies in the Kansas City area. The foundation’s mission is to end violence and to provide compassion to those it affects.
“The Do Good for Erin Foundation is driven by its greater mission to spread goodness and support the fight against violence,” said Langhofer. “Thanks to this grant provided by Northwestern Mutual’s Community Service Awards program, we will be able to support more local organizations that are dedicated to violence prevention through emergency shelter, advocacy and education programs.”
Now in its 29th year, Northwestern Mutual, through its Foundation and Community Service Awards program, has donated nearly $7 million to nonprofits supported by financial professionals in their communities across the country.
Learn more about The Do Good for Erin Foundation here.
About Northwestern Mutual Foundation
The mission of the Northwestern Mutual Foundation is to improve the lives of children and families in need. The Foundation has given more than $400 million since its inception in 1992 and is designed to create lasting impact in the communities where the company’s employees and financial representatives live and work. We accomplish this by combining financial support, volunteerism, thought leadership and convening community partners to deliver the best outcomes. Our efforts are focused nationally on curing childhood cancer, and locally on education, neighborhoods and making our hometown of Milwaukee a great destination. Visit Northwestern Mutual Foundation to learn more.
About Northwestern Mutual
Northwestern Mutual has been helping people and businesses achieve financial security for more than 165 years. Through a comprehensive planning approach, Northwestern Mutual combines the expertise of its financial professionals with a personalized digital experience and industry-leading products to help its clients plan for what’s most important. With more than $570 billion of total assets being managed across the company’s institutional portfolio as well as retail investment client portfolios, nearly $35 billion in revenues, and $2.2 trillion worth of life insurance protection in force, Northwestern Mutual delivers financial security to more than five million people with life, disability income and long-term care insurance, annuities, and brokerage and advisory services. Northwestern Mutual ranked 111 on the 2023 FORTUNE 500.
Northwestern Mutual is the marketing name for The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (NM), Milwaukee, WI (life and disability insurance, annuities, and life insurance with long-term care benefits) and its subsidiaries. Subsidiaries include Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC (NMIS) (investment brokerage services), broker-dealer, registered investment adviser, member FINRA and SIPC; the Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company® (NMWMC) (investment advisory and services), federal savings bank; and Northwestern Long Term Care Insurance Company (NLTC) (long-term care insurance). Not all Northwestern Mutual representatives are advisors. Only those representatives with “Advisor” in their title or who otherwise disclose their status as an advisor of NMWMC are credentialed as NMWMC representatives to provide investment advisory.
Originally published by Northwestern Mutual on February 22, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 14, 2024 /3BL/ – Northwestern Mutual is celebrating the outstanding volunteerism of its financial professionals through its annual Community Service Awards (CSA) program. This year, 16 financial advisors and representatives were recognized for their transformational impact on the communities they serve, totaling $295,000 in grants to nonprofits nationwide. Local Kansas City resident Marcy Langhofer, an associate financial representative at Northwestern Mutual – Kansas City, has been named a 2024 Most Exceptional Community Service Award winner, receiving a $25,000 grant for The Do Good for Erin Foundation.
“At Northwestern Mutual we believe in putting people first. This value is highlighted through our dedicated financial advisors who are not only building better tomorrows for their clients, but also for their communities,” said Steve Radke, president of the Northwestern Mutual Foundation. “Through their philanthropic work, our advisors are donating their time and talents to help local nonprofit organizations.”
After losing her daughter, Erin, to a senseless act of gun violence in 2019, Langhofer, with the help of friends and family, started The Do Good for Erin Foundation to continue her daughter’s passion for helping others. Erin had an empathetic spirit and dedicated her career in social work to advocate and support numerous domestic violence agencies in the Kansas City area. The foundation’s mission is to end violence and to provide compassion to those it affects.
“The Do Good for Erin Foundation is driven by its greater mission to spread goodness and support the fight against violence,” said Langhofer. “Thanks to this grant provided by Northwestern Mutual’s Community Service Awards program, we will be able to support more local organizations that are dedicated to violence prevention through emergency shelter, advocacy and education programs.”
Now in its 29th year, Northwestern Mutual, through its Foundation and Community Service Awards program, has donated nearly $7 million to nonprofits supported by financial professionals in their communities across the country.
Learn more about The Do Good for Erin Foundation here.
About Northwestern Mutual Foundation
The mission of the Northwestern Mutual Foundation is to improve the lives of children and families in need. The Foundation has given more than $400 million since its inception in 1992 and is designed to create lasting impact in the communities where the company’s employees and financial representatives live and work. We accomplish this by combining financial support, volunteerism, thought leadership and convening community partners to deliver the best outcomes. Our efforts are focused nationally on curing childhood cancer, and locally on education, neighborhoods and making our hometown of Milwaukee a great destination. Visit Northwestern Mutual Foundation to learn more.
About Northwestern Mutual
Northwestern Mutual has been helping people and businesses achieve financial security for more than 165 years. Through a comprehensive planning approach, Northwestern Mutual combines the expertise of its financial professionals with a personalized digital experience and industry-leading products to help its clients plan for what’s most important. With more than $570 billion of total assets being managed across the company’s institutional portfolio as well as retail investment client portfolios, nearly $35 billion in revenues, and $2.2 trillion worth of life insurance protection in force, Northwestern Mutual delivers financial security to more than five million people with life, disability income and long-term care insurance, annuities, and brokerage and advisory services. Northwestern Mutual ranked 111 on the 2023 FORTUNE 500.
Northwestern Mutual is the marketing name for The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (NM), Milwaukee, WI (life and disability insurance, annuities, and life insurance with long-term care benefits) and its subsidiaries. Subsidiaries include Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC (NMIS) (investment brokerage services), broker-dealer, registered investment adviser, member FINRA and SIPC; the Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company® (NMWMC) (investment advisory and services), federal savings bank; and Northwestern Long Term Care Insurance Company (NLTC) (long-term care insurance). Not all Northwestern Mutual representatives are advisors. Only those representatives with “Advisor” in their title or who otherwise disclose their status as an advisor of NMWMC are credentialed as NMWMC representatives to provide investment advisory.
KINGSPORT, Tenn., March 14, 2024 /3BL/ – Eastman is excited to announce a partnership with Patagonia to address textile waste.
The outdoor apparel company teamed up with Eastman to recycle 8,000 pounds of pre- and post-consumer clothing waste, which Eastman processed through its molecular recycling technology. The process involves breaking down Patagonia’s unusable apparel into molecular building blocks that Eastman can use to make new fibers.
“We know apparel waste is a major problem, and consumers increasingly want better, more sustainable solutions when their most loved clothing reaches the end of its life,” said Natalie Banakis, materials innovation engineer for Patagonia.
“Our collaborations show the world what’s possible when it comes to sustainability,” said Carolina Sister Cohn, global marketing lead for Eastman textiles. “We have the technology to make the textiles industry circular, and we know it requires collaboration with innovative brands to make circular fashion possible. This is only the beginning, and we look forward to more collaborations throughout 2024.”
About Eastman
Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables. As a globally inclusive and diverse company, Eastman employs approximately 14,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2023 revenue of approximately $9.2 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information, visit www.eastman.com.
About Patagonia
We’re in business to save our home planet. Founded by Yvon Chouinard in 1973, Patagonia is an outdoor apparel company based in Ventura, California. As a certified B Corporation and a founding member of 1% for the Planet, the company is recognized internationally for its product quality and environmental activism, as well as its contributions of more than $230 million to environmental organizations. Its unique ownership structure reflects that Earth is its only shareholder: Profits not reinvested back into the business are paid as dividends to protect the planet.
Media contact
Elyse Batista
Eastman Chemical Company
Marketing Communications, U.S.
elysem.batista@eastman.com
Patagonia
Corey Simpson
Communications Manager – Product
corey.simpson@patagonia.com
KINGSPORT, Tenn., March 14, 2024 /3BL/ – Eastman is excited to announce a partnership with Patagonia to address textile waste.
The outdoor apparel company teamed up with Eastman to recycle 8,000 pounds of pre- and post-consumer clothing waste, which Eastman processed through its molecular recycling technology. The process involves breaking down Patagonia’s unusable apparel into molecular building blocks that Eastman can use to make new fibers.
“We know apparel waste is a major problem, and consumers increasingly want better, more sustainable solutions when their most loved clothing reaches the end of its life,” said Natalie Banakis, materials innovation engineer for Patagonia.
“Our collaborations show the world what’s possible when it comes to sustainability,” said Carolina Sister Cohn, global marketing lead for Eastman textiles. “We have the technology to make the textiles industry circular, and we know it requires collaboration with innovative brands to make circular fashion possible. This is only the beginning, and we look forward to more collaborations throughout 2024.”
About Eastman
Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables. As a globally inclusive and diverse company, Eastman employs approximately 14,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2023 revenue of approximately $9.2 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information, visit www.eastman.com.
About Patagonia
We’re in business to save our home planet. Founded by Yvon Chouinard in 1973, Patagonia is an outdoor apparel company based in Ventura, California. As a certified B Corporation and a founding member of 1% for the Planet, the company is recognized internationally for its product quality and environmental activism, as well as its contributions of more than $230 million to environmental organizations. Its unique ownership structure reflects that Earth is its only shareholder: Profits not reinvested back into the business are paid as dividends to protect the planet.
Media contact
Elyse Batista
Eastman Chemical Company
Marketing Communications, U.S.
elysem.batista@eastman.com
Patagonia
Corey Simpson
Communications Manager – Product
corey.simpson@patagonia.com
A palpable buzz of anticipation and excitement swept Philadelphia’s Crane Chinatown Community Center — as row by row of students ranging from preschoolers through teenagers filed into the sprawling gymnasium. Pencil and notebook in hand, the students took their seats at the periwinkle-topped tables, their excitement on display through smiles and laughter.
The students were there for a special opportunity: to take part in an animation masterclass, hosted by Xfinity and taught by DreamWorks Animation co-director Stephanie Ma Stine. Highlights from Stephanie’s resume include working as a storyboard artist for DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and The Adventures of Puss in Boots — and most recently, co-director of the forthcoming DreamWorks film, Kung Fu Panda 4.
As Stephanie took the stage, the kids were ready to follow along — and over the next half-hour, a sea of sketches of Po, the beloved Kung Fu Master in Kung Fu Panda, came to life in notebooks throughout the room.
For Dustin, an 11th grade student, representation served as inspiration: “Seeing Asian-directed movies makes me feel heard and understood. … Asian American directors bring their own unique experiences to the table and create movies that culturally resonate with me.”
Today was really about expanding horizons. To have a superstar like Stephanie Ma Stine come to Chinatown from Hollywood gives our children an idea that they can be anything.
JOHN CHIN
Executive Director of the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation (PCDC)
“What a wonderful role model for the children,” added Carol Wong, Executive Director and Owner of the Chinatown Learning Center, which calls the Crane Community Center home. “Stephanie’s story is so inspirational — our kids can do it, too, if they try. Nothing should stop them.”
The Crane Community Center is a Comcast Lift Zone, and is the heartbeat for many in Philadelphia’s Chinatown community — providing youth programming, food distribution, health and wellness initiatives, and help navigating housing — within walking distance of Comcast’s headquarters campus.
“Every time we come here, it reminds us … what can happen if we join forces together and work together and create a safe community space for all,” reflected Nina Ahmad, Philadelphia City Councilmember At-Large.
First District Councilmember Mark Squilla added, “We were just here celebrating the Lunar New Year last week, and we had over 500 people here. This community center means so much not only to Chinatown, but also to the city of Philadelphia.”
Access to information and resources provided by the Crane and the PCDC are vital — and increasingly, the community is relying on the Internet to stay connected. As the future of the government’s Affordable Connectivity Program is being decided, Kohposh Kuda, SVP of Xfinity Mobile assured families, “Xfinity is committed to supporting all communities.” Recognizing this need, Comcast’s Xfinity team, with the help of a larger-than-life Po costume character, had a final surprise for each of the students — a laptop of their own.
For John Chin, the laptop giveaway is critical as students navigate their educational journeys: “Today’s world is about connecting, using technology, and some of these students come from families that are low income. … It’s necessary in today’s world if they’re going to succeed.”
Stephanie’s visit to Chinatown was the crescendo of a day-long, Symphony effort across Comcast NBCUniversal, Xfinity, and DreamWorks celebrating Kung Fu Panda, including speaking to employees and Philadelphia community leaders at special screenings of the film and visiting the Comcast Center Campus.
For Stephanie, the visit was an exhilarating moment — especially as The Universal Sphere in the Comcast Technology Center featured a special Kung Fu Panda experience. Through March 8, DreamWorks Po’s Awesome Lunar New Year Adventure at The Universal Sphere is a free, special cinematic experience that invites guests to embark on a magical journey to Panda Village and even virtually launch their own sky lanterns, just as Stephanie did.
“I am really hopeful that my visit and my presence here today can open up a lot of eyes as to, wow, we really can do anything,” Stephanie reflected on her visit to the Crane Community Center. “We can choose any path. We can choose an artistic career, we can be creative, we can tell meaningful stories.”
Stephanie brought the magic of DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda 4 to the young — and young at heart — in Comcast’s hometown. And that same magic can be experienced by all, as the film hits theaters nationwide on Friday, March 8.