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Whirlpool Corporation recently held the 21st annual Whirlpool Community Charity Golf Event, raising $3.2 million for local youth in their headquarters community. Across two decades the event has raised more than $34 million for Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Southwest Michigan, First Tee of Benton Harbor, the local public school foundations of Benton Harbor, Lakeshore and St. Joseph, Mich. positively impacting 10,000 youth.

“Each year we are grateful to the many volunteers, participants and sponsors who help create an event that enables us to consistently support these important youth programs in our community. This is the single largest fundraiser for each of these organizations, and we know the important role it plays in their ability to serve area youth,” said Pam Klyn, executive vice president of corporate relations and sustainability for Whirlpool Corporation. “An investment in the young people of this community is an investment in our future, and the support provided from the charity golf event has had an amazing impact on youth programs for over two decades.”

More than 800 people came to play across six local golf courses during the two day event. Participants were also invited to a silent auction and a fireside chat with NFL Hall of Famer Charles Woodson and Jay Haas, a highly decorated PGA Champions Tour player.

About Whirlpool Corporation

Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is a leading kitchen and laundry appliance company, in constant pursuit of improving life at home and inspiring generations with our brands. The company is driving meaningful innovation to meet the evolving needs of consumers through its iconic brand portfolio, including Whirlpool, KitchenAid, JennAir, Maytag, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, and InSinkErator. In 2023, the company reported approximately $19 billion in annual sales, 59,000 employees, and 55 manufacturing and technology research centers.  Additional information about the company can be found at WhirlpoolCorp.com.

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Four statewide organizations each received a $10,000 grant to commemorate the anniversary

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., August 20, 2024 /3BL/ – The Duke Energy Foundation is celebrating its 40-year anniversary by awarding $40,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations serving Florida. Four organizations will each receive a $10,000 grant to support their work, helping strengthen and uplift communities across the Sunshine State.

“For four decades, the Duke Energy Foundation has proudly helped fund many important initiatives in Florida,” said Melissa Seixas, Duke Energy Florida state president. “It’s only appropriate to commemorate this significant milestone with grants to deserving nonprofit organizations that are helping make a real, lasting difference in the lives of our family, friends and neighbors.”

Grants were awarded to the following organizations:

Feeding Florida – $10,000Florida State Park Foundation – $10,000American Red Cross – $10,000Prospera (Hispanic Business Initiative Fund) – $10,000

Feeding Florida’s nine member food banks support more than 2,400 local charitable agencies that provide food directly to individuals and families in need to ensure a hunger-free Florida.

“The Duke Energy Foundation shares our mission to uplift Florida’s communities. We are honored to be selected as a grantee as part of their 40th anniversary celebration,” said Robin Safley, Feeding Florida executive director. “Duke Energy continues to place focus on the importance of increasing access to nutritious food, and their support will allow our food banks to serve even more Florida families.”

Through its Hispanic Business Initiative Fund, Prospera specializes in economic development and provides bilingual assistance to Hispanic entrepreneurs trying to establish or expand their businesses.

“Being selected by Duke Energy as a special anniversary grant recipient in Florida is an honor, evidence of the trust developed during our long-standing collaboration, and another example of their generous support of small businesses and the Hispanic community,” said Augusto Sanabria, Prospera president and CEO. “We congratulate the Duke Energy Foundation on its 40th anniversary and remain committed to being diligent stewards of their investments in our mission to help start, sustain and grow Hispanic-owned businesses to achieve community prosperity.”

For more information about the Duke Energy Foundation, please visit duke-energy.com/community/duke-energy-foundation/Florida.

To learn more about Duke Energy Florida’s assistance programs, customers can visit duke-energy.com/HereToHelp or call the Customer Care number listed on their utility bills.

Duke Energy Foundation

The Duke Energy Foundation provides more than $30 million annually in philanthropic support to meet the needs of communities where Duke Energy customers live and work. The Foundation is funded by Duke Energy shareholders.

Duke Energy Florida

Duke Energy Florida, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, owns 10,500 megawatts of energy capacity, supplying electricity to 1.9 million residential, commercial and industrial customers across a 13,000-square-mile service area in Florida.

Media contact: Audrey Stasko 
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Four statewide organizations each received a $10,000 grant to commemorate the anniversary

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., August 20, 2024 /3BL/ – The Duke Energy Foundation is celebrating its 40-year anniversary by awarding $40,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations serving Florida. Four organizations will each receive a $10,000 grant to support their work, helping strengthen and uplift communities across the Sunshine State.

“For four decades, the Duke Energy Foundation has proudly helped fund many important initiatives in Florida,” said Melissa Seixas, Duke Energy Florida state president. “It’s only appropriate to commemorate this significant milestone with grants to deserving nonprofit organizations that are helping make a real, lasting difference in the lives of our family, friends and neighbors.”

Grants were awarded to the following organizations:

Feeding Florida – $10,000Florida State Park Foundation – $10,000American Red Cross – $10,000Prospera (Hispanic Business Initiative Fund) – $10,000

Feeding Florida’s nine member food banks support more than 2,400 local charitable agencies that provide food directly to individuals and families in need to ensure a hunger-free Florida.

“The Duke Energy Foundation shares our mission to uplift Florida’s communities. We are honored to be selected as a grantee as part of their 40th anniversary celebration,” said Robin Safley, Feeding Florida executive director. “Duke Energy continues to place focus on the importance of increasing access to nutritious food, and their support will allow our food banks to serve even more Florida families.”

Through its Hispanic Business Initiative Fund, Prospera specializes in economic development and provides bilingual assistance to Hispanic entrepreneurs trying to establish or expand their businesses.

“Being selected by Duke Energy as a special anniversary grant recipient in Florida is an honor, evidence of the trust developed during our long-standing collaboration, and another example of their generous support of small businesses and the Hispanic community,” said Augusto Sanabria, Prospera president and CEO. “We congratulate the Duke Energy Foundation on its 40th anniversary and remain committed to being diligent stewards of their investments in our mission to help start, sustain and grow Hispanic-owned businesses to achieve community prosperity.”

For more information about the Duke Energy Foundation, please visit duke-energy.com/community/duke-energy-foundation/Florida.

To learn more about Duke Energy Florida’s assistance programs, customers can visit duke-energy.com/HereToHelp or call the Customer Care number listed on their utility bills.

Duke Energy Foundation

The Duke Energy Foundation provides more than $30 million annually in philanthropic support to meet the needs of communities where Duke Energy customers live and work. The Foundation is funded by Duke Energy shareholders.

Duke Energy Florida

Duke Energy Florida, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, owns 10,500 megawatts of energy capacity, supplying electricity to 1.9 million residential, commercial and industrial customers across a 13,000-square-mile service area in Florida.

Media contact: Audrey Stasko 
Media line: 800.559.3853 
Twitter: @DE_AudreyS

For the third year in a row, Forbes has recognized Gilead as one of America’s Best Employers For Women. At Gilead, we champion a culture where women can make a direct and meaningful impact and we offer an inclusive workplace and competitive benefits centered around wellbeing. Together, we drive innovation and further our mission to create a healthier world for all people.

About Gilead Sciences:

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. The company strives to transform and simplify care for people with life-threatening illnesses around the world. Gilead has operations in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California. 

Originally published by Gilead Sciences

For the third year in a row, Forbes has recognized Gilead as one of America’s Best Employers For Women. At Gilead, we champion a culture where women can make a direct and meaningful impact and we offer an inclusive workplace and competitive benefits centered around wellbeing. Together, we drive innovation and further our mission to create a healthier world for all people.

About Gilead Sciences:

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. The company strives to transform and simplify care for people with life-threatening illnesses around the world. Gilead has operations in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California. 

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In 2023, alongside Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited, the Ontario Soil & Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA), and the Sustainable Food Lab, we launched an innovative pilot program to promote regenerative agriculture in wheat farming. This initiative aims to enhance land stewardship and encourage best management practices among farmers, boosting their resilience and productivity.

Focusing on practices like no-tillage, cover crops, and split nitrogen application, the program also provides technical assistance, network building, financial support, and data collection for farmers embarking on regenerative agriculture. This initiative highlights our commitment to sustainability and responsible sourcing, being an enabler to promote regenerative agriculture in our supply chain.

We look forward to applying the learnings from this wheat pilot to additional farmers in this growing region and creating new regenerative projects for other crops.

Our Sustainability Journey
At Griffith Foods, we are committed to driving positive impact through a regenerative mindset. Sustainability is connected to everything we do as a business, and by 2030, we are dedicated to significantly improving the future with a singular sustainable business strategy that we call our 2030 Aspirations. To learn more about Griffith Foods and its current sustainability efforts, visit them online and download the 2023 Sustainability Report.

About Griffith Foods
At Griffith Foods, our purpose defines who we are, what we do, and why we exist, highlighting what makes us distinct and authentic in the marketplace. We help our partners meet the evolving needs and desires of consumers in ways that respect and sustain the planet. Our care and creativity mean we’ll find the right mix of global reach and local impact to serve the earth and nourish all of us who call it home.

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In 2023, alongside Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited, the Ontario Soil & Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA), and the Sustainable Food Lab, we launched an innovative pilot program to promote regenerative agriculture in wheat farming. This initiative aims to enhance land stewardship and encourage best management practices among farmers, boosting their resilience and productivity.

Focusing on practices like no-tillage, cover crops, and split nitrogen application, the program also provides technical assistance, network building, financial support, and data collection for farmers embarking on regenerative agriculture. This initiative highlights our commitment to sustainability and responsible sourcing, being an enabler to promote regenerative agriculture in our supply chain.

We look forward to applying the learnings from this wheat pilot to additional farmers in this growing region and creating new regenerative projects for other crops.

Our Sustainability Journey
At Griffith Foods, we are committed to driving positive impact through a regenerative mindset. Sustainability is connected to everything we do as a business, and by 2030, we are dedicated to significantly improving the future with a singular sustainable business strategy that we call our 2030 Aspirations. To learn more about Griffith Foods and its current sustainability efforts, visit them online and download the 2023 Sustainability Report.

About Griffith Foods
At Griffith Foods, our purpose defines who we are, what we do, and why we exist, highlighting what makes us distinct and authentic in the marketplace. We help our partners meet the evolving needs and desires of consumers in ways that respect and sustain the planet. Our care and creativity mean we’ll find the right mix of global reach and local impact to serve the earth and nourish all of us who call it home.

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Dr. Summer Sitima is one of 24 siblings born to a Kenyan family in the 90s at the height of the HIV epidemic in Sub Saharan Africa. She vividly remembers the day in 1997 that she first learned one of her older sisters was living with HIV.

Still a child at the time, Summer recalls her sister’s husband pounding on the front door. In his arms, he held the frail body of her sister. She was suffering from advanced and untreated HIV that she acquired through her marriage as a teenager. Summer and her family cared for her until she passed away six weeks later.

“It forever changed my life and something shifted in my mind,” says Summer. “From that point on I became very interested in what healthcare looks like and how it can have an impact on people’s lives.”

Summer went on to become the first of her family’s 13 daughters to finish high school, and she then achieved another first when she graduated from college. She defied more odds as she remained unmarried throughout her teenage years and enrolled in medical school.

Today Summer is Gilead’s Commercial Operations Lead in South Africa, where 50% of new HIV diagnoses are in the adolescent population. In resource-limited countries in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 25.6 million people are living with HIV and 91 million people are living with hepatitis B or C.

She credits her team’s commitment and resilience to helping erode societal and structural obstacles to reach those in the greatest need of care in the region.

“1990s era policies in parts of Africa, built upon fear-mongering and inaccurate information, means many born since 2000 have inadequate awareness of how HIV is acquired and how to access care,” Summer explains.

Gilead works with various partners to meet people where they are for testing and treatment and to raise awareness of transmission and reduce stigma. One such initiative in Nairobi trains barbers and hairdressers to become HIV educators.

“This is a space where people can find a path to care,” explains Summer, adding that “Barbershops and salons are places where conversations naturally occur, and people feel like they can trust who is speaking with them.” 

Gilead also sponsors a charity run in Nairobi where the proceeds help students with the cost of medical school at the University of Nairobi. There, medical students learn about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in a fun way: As part of their education they host game nights with quizzes and also post social media messages to raise awareness about STIs. “It creates a boomerang effect as the info is more widely shared among their peers and then in turn it helps educate the community,” explains Summer.

Another innovative program centers around the simple act of tree planting. During times of extreme drought or flooding, people often can’t get to health services, making any sort of testing and treatment difficult. Summer explains how providing vegetation helps with water drainage and improves the ecosystem so people can gain better access to care services and students can get to school. “Girls are most at risk of dropping out during these periods and often become pregnant before finishing their schooling,” she says.

It’s been more than 25 years since her sister passed away, and Summer recognizes that women like her sister now have better information and access to care, in part because of the work of organizations like Gilead.

“I’m motivated every day to create new possibilities for women, like my sister,” explains Summer. “We are changing the stories of mothers, daughters, sisters, wives and young people in Africa, and around the world.”

Originally published by Gilead Sciences

Dr. Summer Sitima is one of 24 siblings born to a Kenyan family in the 90s at the height of the HIV epidemic in Sub Saharan Africa. She vividly remembers the day in 1997 that she first learned one of her older sisters was living with HIV.

Still a child at the time, Summer recalls her sister’s husband pounding on the front door. In his arms, he held the frail body of her sister. She was suffering from advanced and untreated HIV that she acquired through her marriage as a teenager. Summer and her family cared for her until she passed away six weeks later.

“It forever changed my life and something shifted in my mind,” says Summer. “From that point on I became very interested in what healthcare looks like and how it can have an impact on people’s lives.”

Summer went on to become the first of her family’s 13 daughters to finish high school, and she then achieved another first when she graduated from college. She defied more odds as she remained unmarried throughout her teenage years and enrolled in medical school.

Today Summer is Gilead’s Commercial Operations Lead in South Africa, where 50% of new HIV diagnoses are in the adolescent population. In resource-limited countries in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 25.6 million people are living with HIV and 91 million people are living with hepatitis B or C.

She credits her team’s commitment and resilience to helping erode societal and structural obstacles to reach those in the greatest need of care in the region.

“1990s era policies in parts of Africa, built upon fear-mongering and inaccurate information, means many born since 2000 have inadequate awareness of how HIV is acquired and how to access care,” Summer explains.

Gilead works with various partners to meet people where they are for testing and treatment and to raise awareness of transmission and reduce stigma. One such initiative in Nairobi trains barbers and hairdressers to become HIV educators.

“This is a space where people can find a path to care,” explains Summer, adding that “Barbershops and salons are places where conversations naturally occur, and people feel like they can trust who is speaking with them.” 

Gilead also sponsors a charity run in Nairobi where the proceeds help students with the cost of medical school at the University of Nairobi. There, medical students learn about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in a fun way: As part of their education they host game nights with quizzes and also post social media messages to raise awareness about STIs. “It creates a boomerang effect as the info is more widely shared among their peers and then in turn it helps educate the community,” explains Summer.

Another innovative program centers around the simple act of tree planting. During times of extreme drought or flooding, people often can’t get to health services, making any sort of testing and treatment difficult. Summer explains how providing vegetation helps with water drainage and improves the ecosystem so people can gain better access to care services and students can get to school. “Girls are most at risk of dropping out during these periods and often become pregnant before finishing their schooling,” she says.

It’s been more than 25 years since her sister passed away, and Summer recognizes that women like her sister now have better information and access to care, in part because of the work of organizations like Gilead.

“I’m motivated every day to create new possibilities for women, like my sister,” explains Summer. “We are changing the stories of mothers, daughters, sisters, wives and young people in Africa, and around the world.”

Originally published by Gilead Sciences

The very definition of what a lawn can be is changing, and we believe that caring for it responsibly is essential. It’s possible to have a great outdoor space to enjoy while being mindful and conscientious about natural resources.

That’s why Scotts is here to provide helpful information, advice and guidance to care for your lawn no matter where you live and what environmental factors you are experiencing.

Learn more: https://scottsmiraclegro.com/lawns-positive/

About ScottsMiracle-Gro
With approximately $3.6 billion in sales, the Company is the world’s largest marketer of branded consumer products for lawn and garden care. The Company’s brands are among the most recognized in the industry. The Company’s Scotts®, Miracle-Gro®, and Ortho® brands are market-leading in their categories. The Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, The Hawthorne Gardening Company, is a leading provider of nutrients, lighting, and other materials used in the indoor and hydroponic growing segment. For additional information, visit us at www.scottsmiraclegro.com. 

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