KENT, ENGLAND, February 18, 2013 (Press-News.org) Foresters - the international financial services organisation - is celebrating the success of its latest collaboration with Bauer Media's Cash for Kids (CFK) charity, aimed at helping less fortunate children aged 0-18.
The Cash for Kids Mission Christmas Appeal 2012 helped over 250,000 children to have a better Christmas and granted a record breaking GBP5.3m in cash, gifts and toys.
The Appeal, which was delivered in many major cities across the UK, was in aid of local children and young people suffering from neglect and poverty. It was the latest joint campaign between Foresters and CFK. Since 2009, campaigns have included several local projects, two Christmas Toy Appeals, and the creation of the Cash for Kids Family Day in 2011.
Foresters underwrote a substantial promotional campaign in order to let the public know about the Appeal and get people involved, whether by donating a new toy, making a cash donation, or helping with the logistics of toy collections. The campaign used a combination of radio promotion, PR and marketing materials - the latter were distributed across thousands of high street collection points.
Forester members and staff were heavily involved, over 60% of Forester UK Head Office staff helped (some of these activities were carried out during working hours) and 977 Foresters' volunteer members did their bit, collating and wrapping a total of 3949 baby packs.
Steve Dilworth, Managing Director, Member Network UK from Foresters, comments: "The Appeal epitomises everything that Foresters stands for - we believe in enriching the lives of our members, their families and the communities they live in. We're member-based, family-focused, and community spirited.
"Supporting the 2012 Mission Christmas Appeal for Cash For Kids and helping light up the lives of thousands of less fortunate children in the UK fits the Foresters purpose. We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who helped make the Appeal such a success - it is such a fantastic achievement!"
Mr. Dilworth adds: "For 2013, there will be more activities and we will announce them on our website shortly - so please keep checking back for more information".
Sally Aitchison, Managing Director, Bauer Radio's Cash for Kids, says:
"We are so grateful for the support which we receive from Foresters and Forester members. The success of this campaign is enhanced by our partnership."
Please visit www.facebook.com/forestersuk to see pictures of some of the events.
Cash for Kids Website: www.cashforkids.uk.com
ABOUT FORESTERS:
At Foresters we believe in enriching the lives of our members, their families and the communities they live in. We're member-based, family-focused, and community spirited.
Our products benefit both your family and your community. We champion the well-being of families through quality financial products, unique member benefits and inspiring community activities.
We share our financial strength with over one million members across the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. Throughout our 135-year history, our purpose has been to enrich the lives of members, their families and communities. The priorities remain today and will guide our future.
As an example, our work with Cash for Kids in their 2012 Mission Christmas Appeal helped over 250,000 children to have a better Christmas and granted GBP5.3m in cash, gifts and toys to local children.
Forester Life has funds under management of GBP938m* and is part of Foresters, the international financial services organisation.
Internationally, Foresters has over GBP11bn* funds under management and has been assigned an 'A' excellent rating by A.M. Best.**
Safeguarding our members' interests is at the heart of what we do. Being financially strong and responsive, with sound governance and continuing professional service have always helped us to protect our members' benefits.
*As at 30 September 2012
**An 'A' excellent rating is assigned to companies that have a strong ability to meet their ongoing obligations to policyholders and have, on balance, excellent balance sheet strength, operating performance and business profile when compared to the standards established by A.M. Best Company. In assigning Foresters rating A.M. Best stated that Foresters outlook rating is 'stable', which means it is unlikely to change in the near future, assuming Foresters financial strength is maintained and operations grow. A.M. Best assigns rating from A++ to F, A++ being superior and A and A- being excellent ratings. This rating was assigned on 6 July 2012. Our International Head Office is located at 789 Don Mills Road, Toronto, Canada M3C 1T9.
Foresters UK Fundraising Efforts Support Disadvantaged Children
The Cash for Kids Mission Christmas Appeal 2012 helped over 250,000 children to have a better Christmas and granted a record breaking GBP5.3m in cash, gifts and toys.
2013-02-18
ELSE PRESS RELEASES FROM THIS DATE:
Sold Out on Broadway, Musical Book of Mormon Becomes London's Smash Hit, Reports LondonTown.com
2013-02-18
It's not often that a religious satire becomes a capital city's hottest in ticket in town, but the Book of Mormon has done just that. Created by South Park's Trey Parker and Matt Stone, this cheery musical about a pair of Mormon missionaries has successfully breathed a fresh breath of satirical air into London's entertainment business, creating blockbuster impact in the West End. LondonTown.com, as excited as any of the capital's entertainment hubs, advises audiences coming from outside the capital to book into London hotels early to avoid the stampede! For the show, which ...
Costa Bingo Gives Away Entertainments Prize Package in Sunny's Big Picture Game
2013-02-18
Sunny's Big Picture at Costa Bingo
Sunny's Big Picture game plays on Tuesday 26th February at 9pm and one lucky winner will walk away with a superb prize package, including an LG 55" high definition 3DTV, an LG blu-ray home cinema system and a 12 month full Sky TV subscription including Sky Entertainment, Sky Sports and Sky Movies.
Sunny's Big Picture game is a 75 ball bingo game with the winner the first player to bingo on the coverall pattern. Cards can be bought from the Diamond Store until 24th February for 10 Diamonds each and the site is also giving away ...
World's Tallest Domestic Cat, the Savannah Cat, Resembles a Leopard has the Personality of a Dog But Can Chirp Like a Bird?
2013-02-18
Residents in suburban neighborhoods are not accustom to seeing miniature "pet cheetahs" walking around. Calling the local fish and wildlife authorities thinking a bobcat might be on the prowl they are unaware the breed thrives on human interaction and behave, for the most part, like your average domestic cat breed. Michelle Mills, owner of F1Hybrids Savannahs, responded;
"Savannahs have no relation to a Bobcat, Leopard, or Ocelot, nor the body type or pattern of any of those breeds. The greatest differentiation is the temperament of a Savannah compared ...
Quantum devices: Building an innovative future for Canada
2013-02-17
February 17 – Boston, MA – Quantum information processing promises not only breakthroughs for computing, communications and cryptography, but it can also help us devise tools for navigating and controlling the nano-scale world. Sensors that operate according to quantum mechanics may achieve sensitivity, selectivity, precision and robustness far beyond their classical counterparts.
Canada Excellence Research Chair David Cory from the University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing will be in Boston for the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual ...
A new way of looking at drug discovery
2013-02-17
PHILADELPHIA - Garret FitzGerald, MD, FRS, chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Director of the Institute for Translational Medicine & Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has long said the current drug-development system in the United States is in need of change, "representing an unsustainable model."
Even though the number of drugs approved has risen in the last three years, overall, roughly the same number of drugs have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) each year since 1950 while the estimated cost, ...
Brown University scientists to discuss resilience of coastal communities at AAAS
2013-02-17
Hurricane Sandy was a fearsome reminder that coastal communities are highly vulnerable to extreme weather events and environmental variability, and that vulnerability is only expected to increase with climate change. Brown University scientists Heather Leslie and Leila Sievanen, members of an interdisciplinary research team focused on human-environment interactions in coastal regions, will discuss these challenges this month at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston.
Leslie and Sievanen will participate in a symposium ...
Rice University analysis links ozone levels, cardiac arrest
2013-02-17
BOSTON – (Feb. 17, 2013) – Researchers at Rice University in Houston have found a direct correlation between out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and levels of air pollution and ozone. Their work has prompted more CPR training in at-risk communities.
Rice statisticians Katherine Ensor and Loren Raun announced their findings today at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference in Boston.
Their research, based on a massive data set unique to Houston, is due to be published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation.
At the same AAAS ...
Briefing explores associations between air pollution and health outcomes
2013-02-17
ATLANTA- Lance Waller, PhD, chair of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health, will present preliminary work that explores relationships between high-levels of air pollution exposure and health effects at a press briefing hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science on February 17, at 2 p.m. EST, in Boston.
During the briefing, Waller will summarize his joint work with the Southeastern Center for Air Pollution Epidemiology (SCAPE), funded by the Environmental Protection Agency. SCAPE tests air pollution levels ...
In the blink of an eye: X-ray imaging on the attosecond timescale
2013-02-17
In the blink of an eye, more attoseconds have expired than the age of Earth measured in – minutes. A lot more. To be precise, an attosecond is one billionth of a billionth of a second. The attosecond timescale is where you must go to study the electron action that is the starting point of all of chemistry. Not surprisingly, chemists are most eager to explore it with X-rays, the region of the electromagnetic spectrum that can probe the core electrons of atoms, the electrons that uniquely identify atomic species.
Heralded as the science of the 21st century by Science and ...
Thirsty crops and hungry people: Symposium to examine realities of water security
2013-02-17
You may have guzzled a half-liter bottle of water at lunchtime, but your food and clothes drank a lot more. The same half-liter that quenched your thirst also produces only about one square-inch of bread or one square-inch of cotton cloth.
Agriculture is in fact one of the world's most insatiable consumers of water. And yet it's facing growing competition for water from cities, industry, and recreation at a time when demand for food is rising, and water is expected to become increasingly scarce. Take irrigation, for example, says Fred Vocasek, senior lab agronomist with ...
LAST 30 PRESS RELEASES:
Clinical outcomes and in-hospital mortality rate following heart valve replacements at a tertiary-care hospital
Too sick to socialize: How the brain and immune system promote staying in bed
Seal milk more refined than breast milk
Veterans with cardiometabolic conditions face significant risk of dying during extreme heat events
How plants search for nutrients
Prefrontal cortex reaches back into the brain to shape how other regions function
Much-needed new drug approved for deadliest blood cancer
American College of Lifestyle Medicine publishes official position on lifestyle medicine as a framework for delivery of high-value, whole-person care
Hospital infections associated with higher risk of dementia
Thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy may increase autism risk in children
Cross-national willingness to share
Seeing rich people increases support for wealth redistribution
How personalized algorithms lead to a distorted view of reality
Most older drivers aren’t thinking about the road ahead, poll suggests
Earthquakes shake up Yellowstone’s subterranean ecosystems
Pusan National University study reveals a shared responsibility of both humans and AI in AI-caused harm
Nagoya Institute of Technology researchers propose novel BaTiO3-based catalyst for oxidative coupling of methane
AI detects first imaging biomarker of chronic stress
Shape of your behind may signal diabetes
Scientists identify five ages of the human brain over a lifetime
Scientists warn mountain climate change is accelerating faster than predicted, putting billions of people at risk
The ocean is undergoing unprecedented, deep-reaching compound change
Autistic adults have an increased risk of suicidal behaviours, irrespective of trauma
Hospital bug jumps from lungs to gut, raising sepsis risk
Novel discovery reveals how brain protein OTULIN controls tau expression and could transform Alzheimer's treatment
How social risk and “happiness inequality” shape well-being across nations
Uncovering hidden losses in solar cells: A new analysis method reveals the nature of defects
Unveiling an anomalous electronic state opens a pathway to room-temperature superconductivity
Urban natives: Plants evolve to live in cities
Folklore sheds light on ancient Indian savannas
[Press-News.org] Foresters UK Fundraising Efforts Support Disadvantaged ChildrenThe Cash for Kids Mission Christmas Appeal 2012 helped over 250,000 children to have a better Christmas and granted a record breaking GBP5.3m in cash, gifts and toys.