Every year on April 22, people celebrate Earth Day. The first Earth Day took place in 1970, and today, more than 1 billion people across more than 190 countries participate in Earth Day observances and activities, according to earthday.org. An Earth Day activity is the perfect time to take action to improve our planet! What […]
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If you’re wondering what’s happening in MATTERnation these days, wonder no more. It’s time for another MATTER Project Update! Ukraine Medical Relief As the war continues to rage on in Ukraine, MATTER is continuing our efforts to provide medical relief supplies to the people in that beleaguered country. In collaboration with our partners, Chalice of
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MATTER would like to welcome Jacob Ross to the team! Jacob is our new Vice-President of MATTER Pro. He is joining an experienced team of dedicated individuals empowering athletes to discover and activate their purpose by designing a brand platform unique to each athlete and developing a multifaceted strategy that will be implemented through MATTER
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National Volunteer Month, which takes place in April in the United States, provides a focused time of the year for volunteerism, as well as gives employee volunteers a special opportunity to support nonprofits important to them and their organizations. In this post, we’ll discuss how you can engage your employees in volunteering during National Volunteer
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Our next You Matter Giveaway winner is Babatunde Ayilola! A dentist in Nigeria, Babatunde is very active in his community. With the $250 funds, Babatunde will put together 200 dental kits for children at a local orphanage. Each kit will contain a toothbrush, toothpaste and floss. He’ll personally deliver the kits and teach the children
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The healthcare industry in the U.S. is one of the best in the world. Yet it creates non-hazardous medical waste in excess of an estimated 5 million tons every year. That’s tons of hospital beds, gurneys, wheelchairs, x-ray machines, incubators, as well as syringes, tubing, gauze, masks and so much more being sent to landfills to
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With our partner Chalice of Mercy and Allina Health, we sent an emergency first shipment of medical supplies and relief to communities in Ukraine affected by the war. These medical supplies include urgently needed items for wound care, orthopedic supplies, catheters, masks, gowns, gloves, and 80,000 needles donated by Allina Health. Traveling through Poland and
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Recycling medical equipment and medical supplies helps work toward solving the tremendous problem of reducing medical waste. Taking medical surplus here in the United States and turning it into treasure in another part of the world not only saves lives, it’s good for the environment given the tons of waste generated. MATTER 360, a social
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MATTER INNOVATION HUB UPDATE Welcome to the first MATTER Innovation Hub (MIH) quarterly update! Here you will find the latest MIH news, stories and impact numbers, plus discover what’s ahead for this exciting and growing MATTER initiative. The MIH program has a radical goal of creating customized education paths for each child. Self-directed, self-paced learning
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Last month, we launched the first episode in a monthly series entitled You Matter Stories. Today is Episode 2: A Second Life to Save Lives Five-year-old Teleson lives in a remote village in Haiti with his family. Last year, a violent windstorm swept Teleson into the air and sent him hurtling to the ground and
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