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Snapchat | November 30, 2016

Snapchat has rapidly become one of the most popular social media apps, surpassing Twitter’s daily users in 2016 and coming in third among millennials behind Instagram and Facebook. Since its launch in 2011, Snapchat has transformed from a simple way to share video clips and pictures with friends to an innovative news source for its mobile users. Stories have become a useful vehicle for relaying news, giving Snapchat users the ability to share their snaps and story posts and submit them int...

FedEx | November 18, 2016

FedEx has awarded a grant to a nonprofit focused on micro-finance to create a digital version of its small business education program in Colombia. With the grant, Accion will augment the logistic giant’s Dialogue on Business (DOB) program, which the company says will make the program cheaper, more flexible, and more easily accessible for by a larger number of the lower-class entrepreneurs it is targeting....

Santander Holdings USA, Inc. | January 15, 2020

Santander US ("Santander") announced a total commitment of more than $14.8 million in charitable giving in 2019 across the United States, including $11.5 million from Santander Bank, N.A., $800,000 through Santander's Universities program, $2.19 million through the Santander Consumer USA Inc. Foundation, and more than $385,000 from Banco Santander Puerto Rico. "Santander continues to invest in the communities we serve through our charitable giving," said Tim Wennes,...

Brighton Twp. | January 14, 2020

Brighton Township employees who wanted to wear jeans to work were able to raise over $500 for a local nonprofit organization doing just that. Earlier this month, township employees completed their yearly fundraiser and raised a total of $530 for Blue Star Service Dogs. Blue Star Service Dogs rescues and trains shelter dogs, and pairs them with veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or Traumatic Brain Injury. Township Clerk Joe Riker, along with Treasurer Rose Drouillard and other staff mem...