Friends of the Children Partners with Nulo to Support Youth and Care for Their Pets
PORTLAND, OR, February 13, 2025 (EZ Newswire) -- Friends of the Children and premium pet food brand Nulo are teaming up to make a difference—both for kids and their beloved pets—in a new campaign initiative, Paws-For-A-Cause. This year, from February 15 to March 31, Nulo will donate 10% of sales from any Nulo products purchased at participating pet retail stores in the states of Oregon and Washington to support youth and their pets in the Friends of the Children network. For a list of participating retail locations, visit nulo.com/fotc.
As a longtime advocate for children and supporter of family pets, Friends of the Children and Nulo ambassador Simone Biles is proud to support Nulo's Paws-For-A-Cause initiative.
'I know firsthand the impact that unconditional love and support can have on a child's life,' Biles said. 'For so many of the incredible kids involved with Friends of the Children, pets are a dependable source of comfort and companionship. I'm thrilled to support the Paws-For-A-Cause collaboration that celebrates Friends of the Children youth and their pets to help make sure their pets receive the nutrition and care they deserve in return for the support they offer their families.'
Friends of the Children was founded in 1993 and employs full-time, paid professional mentors—called Friends—who commit to each child for 12+ years, no matter what. What began as a small organization in Portland, Ore. has now reached over 16,000 children and family members in 42 locations nationwide. Many of the youth in the program rely on their pets for emotional support, and this collaboration ensures that both the children and their furry friends receive the love and care they need.
'Thanks to Nulo's generous commitment, every pet food purchase becomes an opportunity to uplift a child and their pet,' said Terri Sorensen, National CEO of Friends of the Children. 'We are so grateful for this partnership and for Simone's continued advocacy.'
Nulo, known for its high-quality, protein-rich pet food, has long been devoted to prioritizing premium nutrition in support of pet health and wellness. This initiative furthers Nulo's mission to Fuel Incredible—whether in athletes, kids or pets.
According to Nulo's founder and CEO, Michael Landa, 'Our pets play such a key part in our mental health and overall support system. When a child is at risk, the love and companionship of a pet can make all the difference. We are so pleased to be partnering with Simone in support of such an amazing organization, doing such great work for children, and in a way that is so aligned with our brand purpose.'
Nulo is taking a unique approach to charitable giving by allocating the total program donation through individual gift certificates to children in the program who have pets. Redeemable at participating retailers for Nulo products and essential pet accessories, these certificates will ensure the children and their pets receive what they need, while creating a meaningful experience for the children with their Friends.
For more information on how to support Friends of the Children and this initiative, visit friendsofthechildren.org or nulo.com/fotc.
About Friends of the Children
Friends of the Children is a national nonprofit dedicated to breaking the cycle of generational poverty by empowering youth who face the greatest obstacles. Through long-term, salaried, professional mentoring—12+ years, no matter what—we create lasting impact for children and families. Operating in 42 locations across the country, our innovative model has earned national recognition and been featured in The New York Times, Associated Press, People.com, CNN, USA Today and The L.A. Times. Visit friendsofthechildren.org to learn more, and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
About Nulo
Nulo is on a mission to fuel the inner athlete in every pet. With a wide range of ultra-premium food formats available in more than 6,500 pet specialty retailers nationwide, Nulo ensures pets enjoy the best in digestive and immune health, skin and coat care, mobility, and weight management. Recognized as one of Forbes Magazine's "Most Innovative Brands at Retail," Nulo's offerings are rich in animal-based proteins and low in carbs, crafted to keep pets thriving alongside their human companions. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Austin, TX, Nulo continues to inspire pet parents and athletes alike. For more information, visit www.nulo.com.
Media Contact
###
SOURCE: Friends of the Children
See release on EZ Newswire
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Telegraph
2 days ago
- Telegraph
Don't go to A&E, walking wounded told
The walking wounded will be told to stay away from A&E in the biggest shake-up since the NHS was founded. Wes Streeting said a raft of changes would bring the health service 'out of the dark ages', promising more care closer to home. The urgent and emergency care plan was first promised in January, when ministers came under fire over 'catastrophically' long trolley waits. On Friday, health officials will promise to create a network of around 40 same-day emergency care and urgent treatment centres to deal with all but the most serious crises. The rapid rollout this year will see millions of patients encouraged to visit the centres instead of A&E. Health chiefs said the measures, which would cost £450 million, would 'resuscitate' the system. The units aim to focus on cases that are not life-threatening, with treatment and discharge of patients the same day, to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. The network is likely to include units sited next to A&Es. They will be able to carry out a raft of tests, dealing with deteriorations in chronic illnesses, and problems such as wound infections. Officials said the plans would mean 800,000 fewer patients each year waiting more than four hours at A&E. At least one in five people who attended A&E did not need urgent or emergency care at all, officials said, while a still larger number could fare better with help elsewhere. Mr Streeting has been inspired by a visit to Australia, where he saw same-day centres in action. He said far too many people were ending up in A&E for want of GP appointments, comparing the average £400 cost of an A&E visit with the £40 cost of a GP slot. New mental health centres and ambulances The plan will also include the rollout of up to 15 mental health crisis assessment centres, to divert such patients away from casualty units to specialist support. In addition, 500 new ambulances will be promised. The plan will also set out new ways of working, so paramedics can give the right help sooner after accessing patient data 'on the spot'. Currently, many ambulance crews are unable to find out the most basic details of patients' medical history, other than what they are told at the call-out. As a result, thousands of patients are automatically taken to hospital when, with the right information, they could be better treated elsewhere. Under a system of 'connected care records', paramedics will be able to access patients' treatment histories on smartphones, laptops and other devices. Mr Streeting said the plan would take the NHS 'out of the dark ages'. He told The Telegraph: 'Many patients who end up in A&E don't need to be there and could get better treatment elsewhere. 'By giving paramedics access to the latest technology on the go, they'll be able to make better decisions and deliver better outcomes for patients.' The Health Secretary said too many patients had ended up stuck on trolleys or facing 'unacceptably long waiting times' for ambulances, for want of care elsewhere. He said: 'Far too many patients are ending up in A&E who don't need or want to be there, because there isn't anywhere else available. Because patients can't get a GP appointment, which costs the NHS £40, they end up in A&E, which costs around £400; worse for patients and more expensive for the taxpayer.' He added that the plan would tackle ambulance handover delays and corridor care. Mr Streeting said: 'No patient should ever be left waiting for hours in hospital corridors or for an ambulance which ought to arrive in minutes. 'We can't fix more than a decade of underinvestment and neglect overnight. But through the measures we're setting out today, we will deliver faster and more convenient care for patients in emergencies,' he said. Sir Jim Mackey, the NHS chief executive, promised a 'radical change in approach'. He said: 'This major plan sets out how we will work together to resuscitate NHS urgent and emergency care, with a focus on getting patients out of corridors, keeping more ambulances on the road, and enabling those ready to leave hospital to do so as soon as possible.' A&E waiting time standards have not been met for more than a decade, while the 18-minute target for category 2 ambulance calls has never been hit outside the pandemic. The document sets out plans for 'making progress towards eliminating corridor care', amid growing concerns that patients are being treated in unsafe environments. It will say the number facing trolley waits of more than 12 hours should be slashed, so that fewer than 10 per cent of patients face such delays. Around 1.7 million attendances at A&E every year currently exceed this time frame. However, the language appears to have been watered down from an earlier draft of NHS plans, which promised 'elimination'. The plan will also aim to reduce ambulance handovers to less than 45 minutes. Officials said league tables would be used to drive improvements. Dr Adrian Boyle, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said the plan acknowledged the 'shameful situation' facing A&E patients. But he said the aim to cut trolley waits 'lacks ambition'. The senior A&E doctor expressed concern that introducing a maximum 45-minute ambulance handover could end up with more patients piled up in casualty departments. Mr Streeting is already at loggerheads with the British Medical Association, with resident doctors (previously known as junior doctors) threatening to strike, despite being awarded the highest pay rise of all public sector workers. The plan aims to drive up A&E performance to 78 per cent, up from 75 per cent this year, meaning 'over 800,000 people a month will receive more timely care'. It follows a relentless rise in pressures on services, with ambulance usage up by 61 per cent since 2010-11. Rachel Power, chief executive of the Patients Association, said the investment was welcome, but said the plans risked 'missing the point' that so many people end up at A&E units because they could not get a GP appointment. She said: 'The system is broken, and this plan addresses the symptoms of a struggling system without tackling the root causes. It accepts that people are turning to A&E because they can't get GP appointments, but without imminently expanding access to timely support closer to home, there's a real risk of simply shifting the pressure elsewhere in the system.'
Reuters
2 days ago
- Reuters
Breakingviews - RPT BREAKINGVIEWS Toyota is Japan Inc's ultimate value contrarian
HONG KONG, June 5 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Japan's efficiency push has a new and conflicted flag bearer in the form of its largest listed company. Toyota Motor's (7203.T), opens new tab resistance to the official drive to streamline corporate structures in pursuit of higher shareholder returns gave way this week to support for a $33 billion buyout of its supplier Toyota Industries (6201.T), opens new tab. The decision is controversial. The move, on its face, lends the weight of the $250 billion automaker to a broadening wave of overhauls championed by the government, bourse operator Japan Exchange and others. They want conglomerates to unwind cross-shareholdings, estimated by Goldman Sachs to be worth up to 100 trillion yen ($700 billion), and winnow down the 200-odd subsidiaries or so-called 'child' listings, among other measures. The goal is to reduce conflicts of interest and ensure capital is employed productively so that Japan's $4 trillion economy can grow even as its population shrinks. If M&A activity is any measure of Japan's future metabolic activity, there is hope: the value take private deals from 2020-2024 totalled $66 billion, per Dealogic, compared to just $10 billion over the previous half decade. However, much like the shakeup at Seven & i (3382.T), opens new tab, where streamlining only began in earnest after Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard launched takeover bid for the $40 billion 7-Eleven owner in August, Toyota Group's restructuring is defensive, even if it isn't reacting to a particular suitor. The rejig, announced on Tuesday, reflects a broader desire among large, listed companies to get out ahead of both tightening regulations in Japan intended to protect minority shareholders and growing institutional momentum empowering activist owners. Through a complicated and multi-stage deal, Toyota Motor will unwind its nearly 25% stake in Toyota Industries and replace it with illiquid non-voting preference shares in a new privately held company that will wholly own the supplier. The new structure will keep Akio Toyoda, chair of Toyota Motor and grandson of the group's founder, near the top of the Toyota Industries' ownership structure with a miniscule equity stake. That chafes because shareholders gave him less than 72% of their vote at Toyota Motor's annual meeting in 2024, his lowest level of shareholder support on record. Most crucially, the deal will keep Toyota Industries out of the potential reach of pushy activists now circling Japan's many listed companies. Instead of allowing market forces to unlock the value of Toyota Industries obscured by its 9% stake in Toyota Motor, Toyota Motor will provide the bulk of equity to fund a related real estate company launch a tender offer for Toyota Industries at 16,300 yen a share – an 11% discount to the stock's closing price on Monday. "Toyota is a blue chip — supposed to lead in governance — and here they present a value lacking transparency. The actual transaction is substantively different, with significant financial effects, and they say nothing about that', said Travis Lundy, an analyst who writes for SmartKarma. While Toyota Group has made some progress in recent years in unwinding crossholdings, its web of ownership remains a tangled skein compared to slimmed down peers like Sony (6758.T), opens new tab and Hitachi (6501.T), opens new tab. For instance, 80% of Toyota Fudosan, the real estate company behind the new take-private offer, is owned by five other Toyota Group businesses including Toyota Industries. 'Nothing much has changed in terms of governance at both companies in this horribly underpriced deal, except that public shareholders aren't going to be in Toyota Industries' hair and pushing them around anymore,' said Nicholas Benes, CEO of The Board Director Training Institute of Japan. 'Moreover, the company's minority holders are getting shafted.' Toyota Motor in its deal filings says it believes that the delisting of Toyota Industries is expected to "accelerate the growth of the Toyota Group as a mobility company" and demonstrate "a clearer path toward enhancing the corporate value". In sum, the dealings underscore how Japan's value push is strong enough to force companies to change but sufficiently weak to allow them to act in self-interest rather than shareholders'. In the automaker's case, the pressure to unwind cross shareholdings is simply spurring the creation of new protective structures. Tokyo's problem is that it continues to rely on slow consensus building rather than sharp-toothed rules to bring about change. The fair M&A guidelines introduced in 2023, for example, are just that —guidelines. The Toyota Industries buyout is moving forward just as a set of guidelines from the stock exchange take effect next month calling for better protection of minority investors during take-private transactions. These propose that companies on the receiving end of buyout proposals could consider requiring the approval of majority of minority shareholders but stop short of mandating it. Debate over amendments to Japan's companies act has mostly eschewed these more substantial considerations. If anything, the actions of Japan's largest company highlight the reluctance of large listed groups to fully open the door to outsiders. Toyota Motor was until recently also a key holdout in publishing a plan to enhance shareholder value in line with exchange guidelines, while concerns over its board's independence were sufficient to spur a governance campaign from Glass Lewis in 2023. Of course, critics of the automaker have been quieted more than once by its strong performance. The firm's annualised total shareholder returns of 18% over the past five years safely outstrip Japan's benchmark Topix by 4 percentage points. Impressive but nothing compared to Hitachi whose serious streamlining drive has helped deliver annualized returns of 44 per cent to shareholders over the same period. Ultimately, those expecting Tokyo to fully embrace U.S.-style shareholder capitalism may be disappointed. Toyota Motor is in an exceptional position by virtue of its position at the heart of the country's signature automotive sector, and its sheer size in terms of market capitalization. If Japan allows it to throw its weight around so easily, others will too. Follow Hudson Lockett on Bluesky, opens new tab and X, opens new tab.
Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Daily Mirror
Home Bargains brings back 'world's biggest' supersize sweet for £5
The budget store has just the thing for shoppers who love traditional sweets Home Bargains has restocked a £5 product that is sure to delight sweet lovers. As seen on social media, the discount retailer is selling what it is calling the "world's biggest Werther's Original". Showcasing the supersized product online, Home Bargains displayed the product on its shelves, revealing just how large the £4.99 Star Buy is. Home Bargains' Facebook post said: "The world's biggest Werther's Original (we think) is back in stock!" It received hundreds of likes and plenty of comments. Responding to the post, one shopper said: "Excellent, my little girl bought this for Grandad last year and I so wanted one myself." Another excited viewer wrote: "Omg." Someone else tagged their friends, writing: "Look at the size of this beast." In return, the friends replied "unreal" and "class". Others thought the newly restocked product would be ideal for Father's Day gifting. Unfortunately, some commenters were disappointed to learn that the product is a novelty tin, which holds traditional sweets inside, not a supersized sweet. One such response read: "It's a tub of them not a big one." A similar reply read: "The thing is it's a plastic container that only has 2 bags inside!!!" The product description on Home Bargains' website states: "Werther's Original Butter Candy novelty shaped tin in traditional sweet wrapper. Filled with 2x 135g bags of Werther's Original butter candies." In more Home Bargains news, the retailer recently introduced Chick-fil-A sauce as a Star Buy, much to the delight of shoppers. A popular video shared by TikTok user Chloé-Ann (@kmaesthetics_) read: "Omg yes!!! Home Bargains giving us the Chick Fil-A sauce". The video was posted on Tuesday (May 27), and it has received more than 880k views and hundreds of comments. The fast food chain is famous for its chicken sandwiches and its own line of sauces that customers can buy in bulk bottles to take home. According to the American website, the classic Chick-fil-A sauce is "a classic dipping sauce with notes of mustard and a smoky tang." Customers couldn't wait to try the dipping sauce, which was priced at £4.79. Replying to the video, someone said: "I'm running." Another fan replied: "Oh my god !!!! Ours from NYC just ran out ………. Best news all week." A keen shopper wrote: "Omg!!!!! What a bargain. Running there tomorrow." A similar comment read: "Yooo I'm running." Someone else wrote: "I GASPED." Meanwhile, a fan said: "Omg just came back from the US with this I could've saved my suitcase space. It's $3.70 there." While it looks like Home Bargains only has the original variety of the fast food sauce in stock, the brand offers four more versions. These include Barbecue, Honey Mustard, Polynesian, and Garden Ranch.
