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Daily SF NewsAugust 26, 2023

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A roundup of the week’s most newsworthy policy and public interest press releases from PR Newswire, including a new Army campaign and projects to combat food insecurity.

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Aug. 25, 2023

/PRNewswire/ — With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the policy and public interest industries stay on top of the week’s most newsworthy and popular releases, here’s a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn’t be missed.

The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.

Governor Green: Visitors Should Avoid West Maui For Now, Travelers Welcome Elsewhere On Maui and Other Hawaiian Islands

In alignment with Governor Green, the Hawai’i Tourism Authority urges visitors to refrain from going to

West Maui

(including

Lahaina

, Nāpili, Kāʻanapali, and

Kapalua

) as a means of respect to the people and places that have been lost in

Lahaina

during this devastating tragedy.
New Jersey Pharmacist Wins Toastmasters’ 2023 World Championship of Public Speaking

Tyson’s winning speech was titled, “Have You Been There?” and told the story of her overcoming a variety of obstacles to complete a triathlon in 2021. While she struggled mightily at times during the challenging race, listening to her inner go-getter led Tyson to triumph and enabled her to cross the accomplishment off her bucket list.
New Army campaign inspires youth to take the first step to “Be All You Can Be”

“First Steps” is the Army’s most authentic portrayal of what it means to be a Soldier, offering an up-close, personal, and unfiltered look at Soldiers embarking on some of the most powerful experiences in their Army journey.
United Pledges

$1.25 Million

in Support of Aviation and STEM Projects Across The Country This Back-to-School Season

United will donate

$1.25 million

to DonorsChoose.Org to fund aviation, and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) projects across classrooms in the airline’s seven Hub markets:

Chicago

,

Denver

,

Washington, D.C.

,

New York

,

Houston

,

San Francisco

, and

Los Angeles

, as well as in

Phoenix

and across

Hawaii

.
This Back-to-School Season, No Kid Hungry Celebrates School Heroes Who Connect Kids to the Most Important School Supply: Food

“It’s going to take all of us working together to make childhood hunger in America a thing of the past,” said

Allison Shuffield

, managing director of corporate partnerships at Share Our Strength, the organization behind the No Kid Hungry campaign.
Carhartt Continues Support of Skilled Trades with Labor Day Donation Benefitting Team Rubicon’s Veteran-Led Skilled Job Training Program

Expected to continue developing over the next five years, Team Rubicon’s TRades Academy seeks to train military veterans transitioning to civilian life – as well as other workers – in disaster-standard licensed contracting skills like carpentry, electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilation and air conditioning so they can help rebuild homes in the communities that need it most.
The 2023 “Moms’ Agenda” Is Released

Mom Congress announced the bills included in its 2023 Moms’ Agenda – a series of bills to address the urgent challenges mothers face because of woefully inadequate infrastructure to support pregnancy, birth, and early parenting in the U.S.
MGM Resorts Foundation Awards More Than

$2.7 Million

to Local Nonprofit Organizations

The organizations provide services around affordable housing, economic opportunity and workforce development, K-12 education, family services, food insecurity, health and wellness, homelessness, services for seniors and services for veterans and military families.
The Bob Woodruff Foundation Publishes Understanding the PACT Act to Address Confusion Surrounding Eligibility and Benefits Under the Law

When it comes to the PACT Act – one of the largest expansions of health care for veterans in US – misinformation about eligibility and filing claims exists. This misinformation continues to confuse veterans or their survivors, and, as a result, some who may be eligible for expanded benefits are not receiving them.
This Hunger Action Month, Two Good® and Busy Philipps Are Asking People to #GetHangryForGood to Help Get Food to Those In Need

While “hangry” traditionally embodies the bad-temper or irritability that comes from being hungry, Two Good believes that hanger should instead be channeled into a force for good to help the 1 in 10 households that are experiencing food insecurity.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated Takes The Fight For Black Maternal Health To The Nation’s Capitol This September

On

September 20, 2023

, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. will host its annual Zeta Day on the Hill social action programmatic initiative where members of the organization convene together for education and to advocate for policy changes that directly impact communities of color across

the United States

.