Briggs & Stratton Corporation has donated nearly 250 Storm Responder 5500-watt, portable generators to grassroots organizations, including clinics, schools and churches, and a number of government agencies in Haiti. The generators will be put to use as electrical services are slowly restored. The generators will also serve as reserve power as hurricane season officially began in the region on June 1.
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Avon Products Inc (NYSE: AVP) today announced the launch of a global environmental mobilization in more than 65 countries and a $1 million contribution to The Nature Conservancy to launch the new Hello Green Tomorrow initiative, a unique globally coordinated grassroots effort. The mission of Hello Green Tomorrow is to empower a women’s environmental movement, launching initially with Avon’s donation to replant 1 million trees in the Atlantic Rainforest in South America and global fundraising to further restore this vital ecosystem at just $1.00 per tree.
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Singing sensation Justin Bieber is speaking out as a huge fan – and has just been named a spokesperson – of Proactiv®, America’s #1 acne system. Bieber will talk to teens about being proactive about acne and skin care to prevent breakouts as part of the brand’s unique Be Proactiv® marketing campaign.
For more information, go to http://www.multivu.com/players/English/45556-Justin-Bieber-Proactiv-Spokesperson/
The Irish will welcome over 50 majestic Tall Ships from 12 countries, some 1,400 sail trainees and an anticipated 500,000 maritime, music and festival fans to the quays of Waterford City this weekend for the biggest party of 2011.
The Tall Ships Races, which first visited the Viking city in 2005, return this year from 30 June to 3 July with a world-class festival programme capturing the very best of Irish and international acts, street theatre, fireworks, music and food.
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Me playing my own arrangement of "Time on my hands" on the Stockport town hall Wurlitzer organ. The day before I listened to a recording I made playing this very piece on the Southampton Guildhall Compton organ and was amazed at how similar I made two very different instruments sound particularly between 0:46 and 1:00.
Laura Cabrera is a longtime registered Adopt-A-Classroom teacher and has received over $1,000 for her classroom. In this short clip, she describes how she spreads the word about her participation in the Adopt-A-Classroom program in order to get her classroom adopted.
Kevin gets his anniversary present at a really bad time and misses out on the World for $1 opportunity.
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The Pepsi Refresh Project is giving America the power to decide how to fund good ideas, big and small, that help refresh our world. Only four months in, the Pepsi Refresh Project has funded over 100 projects and injected more than $5 million back into local communities. With 32 new grants and $1.3 million awarded each month, the impact of the Project is growing exponentially, reaching cities and towns in more than 30 states so far.
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Today actress and star of the hit TV show Desperate Housewives Eva Longoria surprised lucky New Yorkers with a first taste of new Pepsi NEXT, the first cola to deliver real cola taste with 60% less sugar than Pepsi-Cola. To continue fueling the “Drink it to Believe it” excitement, actress and star of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Paula Patton will bring Pepsi NEXT to Los Angeles fans on Monday, April 9th at The Grove at 1:30 PM PDT.
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Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is expanding the First Class cabin on more than 60 percent of its mainline domestic fleet – approximately 350 aircraft – as it responds to business customers’ requests for more premium cabin seating.
By summer 2013, Delta will add more than 1,200 First Class seats to its domestic MD-88, MD-90, Boeing 757-200 and Boeing 767-300 aircraft as it retrofits and upgrades the aircraft interiors. The initiative, which follows the addition of First Class cabins to all Delta Connection regional jets with more than 60 seats, does not impact Delta’s previously announced capacity guidance.
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