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Assignment Manager March 11, 2024
Learn more about this week’s stories including The 2024 Great Cut where The Longhairs are rallying all ages and genders to clip and contribute their locks to help create wigs for children with hair loss. We also have interviews available with Samantha Banerjee, Executive Director of PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy is calling on all states to grant paid leave following stillbirth, and Dr. Niteesh Bharara, regenerative medicine expert as basketball injuries become prevalent. Also speak with Cecilia Conrad, CEO of Lever for Change, and the program director for Hope Has a Home, the first DC medical respite program for women.
Assignment Manager March 4, 2024
March is Women’s History Month. Contact us to coordinate your story or book interviews with women who are making, breaking and changing history including Director Shannon Cohn whose film shines a light on the inequities of women’s healthcare through the lens of endometriosis. Also speak with Cecilia Conrad, CEO of Lever for Change, and Samantha Banerjee, Executive Director of PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy.
Assignment Manager Feb. 27, 2024
Learn more about this week’s stories including The 2024 Great Cut where The Longhairs are rallying all ages and genders to clip and contribute their locks to help create wigs for children with hair loss AND to break their own World Record. Also new this week is a brand new children’s book to inspire Black children to pursue careers in medicine. We also have interviews available with Dr. Niteesh Bharara, regenerative medicine expert as basketball injuries become prevalent and also with a Texas Mom on the relentless pursuit to train doctors on a special procedure after her daughter’s rare disease experience.
Assignment Manager Feb. 5, 2024
Learn more about this week’s stories including The 2024 Great Cut event in San Diego on March 16, 2024 where men, women, and kids snip their hair for a heartwarming cause. We also have interviews available for Black History Month with Dr. Cecilia Conrad, the dynamic Black female CEO of Lever for Change, a non-profit behind a revolution in philanthropy. Also speak with Lazarex Cancer Foundation, a cancer care advocacy organization working to create culturally sensitive cancer resources to support patients of color.
Assignment Manager Jan. 18, 2024
Learn more about this week’s stories including the new Medical Passports to help chronically ill children, Aaliyah in Action’s work to break the silence and stigma surrounding infant loss, and walking pads - health hazard or fitness solution? Read more about these stories and how to get in touch with our experts for interviews.
Assignment Manager Jan. 9, 2024
Learn more about this week’s stories including what the Lazarex Cancer Foundation is doing about black cancer patients being more likely to die, what Volunteers of America is doing to help the rising number of homeless veterans, how to prevent dog walking-related injuries this winter season, and healthy and cozy meal ideas from Limani.
Assignment Manager Dec. 11, 2023
Learn more about this week’s stories including how the Lazarex Cancer Foundation is helping patients access cancer care, how to prevent dog walking-related injuries this winter season, the national initiative to convert shipping containers into veteran homes, and DC’s hottest new Greek restaurant, Limani, brings a touch of Greece to your holiday table.
Assignment Manager Nov. 21, 2023
Need content for the Holiday Season? Here are story ideas for Giving Tuesday and beyond - Vending Machines Become “Giving Machines” | Home for the Holidays: Shipping Containers become Veteran Homes | Support the Gift of Love After Loss | Cancer Patients get the Gift of Hope | Holiday Cheer for Pediatric Patients
Paving a New Philanthropic Path
Chicago non-profit, Lever for Change, is making charitable giving bigger and better.
Gifts that Give Back
How an alpaca can appear live on your TV show and why that’s good for those in need.
Greater Need Than Ever
Post-pandemic, charitable organizations need help now more than ever.