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Business Wire
6 days ago
- Sport
- Business Wire
JD Sports and adidas Partner with Aaliyah Edwards of the Washington Mystics on Donation to DC's Simon Elementary School
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JD Sports, adidas, and Washington Mystics forward Aaliyah Edwards will present a $10,000 donation to Simon Elementary School in Washington, D.C., on Friday, June 6. The donation stems from Edwards' March 2025 appearance on Community Voices, a JD Sports social media series that features celebrities, athletes, and activists to amplify and fund underrepresented voices. During the episode, and in honor of Women's History Month, Edwards discussed the women who have inspired her, her WNBA journey, and her passion for giving back. In support of her commitment to community, JD Sports partnered with adidas to contribute funds toward a new media center at Simon Elementary, located in D.C.'s Ward 8. The school, situated near the Mystics training facility, serves many young Mystics fans—most of whom had never met a professional player before. Edwards first visited Simon through a friend's connection, and her ongoing relationship with the students and school staff inspired her to direct the donation there. 'Ultimately, I'm just so grateful to JD Sports and adidas for helping me do this,' said Edwards. 'The school plans to use the donation to build a media center that supports STEAM programming, helping kids learn coding and how to use technology like iPads and laptops. Giving these kids a chance to just be kids with access to great technology means a lot to me.' Edwards and Principal Franchita Eborn will present the donation during a special ceremony at the school on June 6. As part of the celebration, Simon Elementary will receive a Washington Mystics jersey signed by Edwards. MEDIA & CONTENT CAPTURE AVAILABILITY DATE: Friday, June 6 TIME: Media Arrival and Set Up Time - 8:15 - 8:30 AM ET. Event Start Time - 8:45 AM ET. Capture photos and video of the check and signed jersey presentation led by Principal Franchita Eborn on behalf of JD Sports. Principal Eborn and Aaliyah Edwards will also be present and available for interviews. WHERE: Simon Elementary School 401 Mississippi Ave SE, Washington, DC 20032 Media should enter through the front door and will be directed to the gymnasium. ABOUT ADIDAS adidas is a global leader in the sporting goods industry. Headquartered in Herzogenaurach/Germany, the company employs more than 62,000 people across the globe and generated sales of €23.7 billion in 2024. For more information, please visit ABOUT JD SPORTS JD Sports is a pinnacle sports-fashion retailer that offers the latest and greatest footwear and apparel from top brands that deliver performance, style and comfort to fit a global lifestyle. JD Sports operates more than 300 stores throughout the United States. Shop online at and stay up-to-date with all things JD Sports, including store openings, by following the company's Instagram, X, Facebook and YouTube accounts.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
JD Sports and adidas Partner with Aaliyah Edwards of the Washington Mystics on Donation to DC's Simon Elementary School
WASHINGTON, June 02, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JD Sports, adidas, and Washington Mystics forward Aaliyah Edwards will present a $10,000 donation to Simon Elementary School in Washington, D.C., on Friday, June 6. The donation stems from Edwards' March 2025 appearance on Community Voices, a JD Sports social media series that features celebrities, athletes, and activists to amplify and fund underrepresented voices. During the episode, and in honor of Women's History Month, Edwards discussed the women who have inspired her, her WNBA journey, and her passion for giving back. In support of her commitment to community, JD Sports partnered with adidas to contribute funds toward a new media center at Simon Elementary, located in D.C.'s Ward 8. The school, situated near the Mystics training facility, serves many young Mystics fans—most of whom had never met a professional player before. Edwards first visited Simon through a friend's connection, and her ongoing relationship with the students and school staff inspired her to direct the donation there. "Ultimately, I'm just so grateful to JD Sports and adidas for helping me do this," said Edwards. "The school plans to use the donation to build a media center that supports STEAM programming, helping kids learn coding and how to use technology like iPads and laptops. Giving these kids a chance to just be kids with access to great technology means a lot to me." Edwards and Principal Franchita Eborn will present the donation during a special ceremony at the school on June 6. As part of the celebration, Simon Elementary will receive a Washington Mystics jersey signed by Edwards. MEDIA & CONTENT CAPTURE AVAILABILITYDATE: Friday, June 6TIME: Media Arrival and Set Up Time - 8:15 - 8:30 AM ET. Event Start Time - 8:45 AM ET. Capture photos and video of the check and signed jersey presentation led by Principal Franchita Eborn on behalf of JD Sports. Principal Eborn and Aaliyah Edwards will also be present and available for interviews. WHERE: Simon Elementary School 401 Mississippi Ave SE, Washington, DC 20032 Media should enter through the front door and will be directed to the gymnasium. ABOUT ADIDAS adidas is a global leader in the sporting goods industry. Headquartered in Herzogenaurach/Germany, the company employs more than 62,000 people across the globe and generated sales of €23.7 billion in 2024. For more information, please visit ABOUT JD SPORTS JD Sports is a pinnacle sports-fashion retailer that offers the latest and greatest footwear and apparel from top brands that deliver performance, style and comfort to fit a global lifestyle. JD Sports operates more than 300 stores throughout the United States. Shop online at and stay up-to-date with all things JD Sports, including store openings, by following the company's Instagram, X, Facebook and YouTube accounts. View source version on Contacts Media Contact Macaira O'ConnellCommunications219.378.6880 Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
RAPID Celebrates Five Years of Surveys
When the RAPID Survey Project began in April 2020, everyone involved thought it would be a short-lived, ad hoc undertaking collecting information from families around the country to provide a real-time chronicle of what people across the U.S. were living through. RAPID initially was an acronym for 'Rapid Assessment of Pandemic Impacts on Development.' 'Our goal was to bear witness to what households with young children were experiencing during a time when nobody knew what to expect,' says RAPID founder Philip Fisher, faculty director of the Stanford Center on Early Education. 'We developed a plan that allowed us to get data on a very frequent basis from a large number of families around the country, which we felt was necessary to document things that were so volatile at the time.' extreme weatherParents and child care providers report spending less time outside with children and suffering health and economic harm from extreme weather. Parents and child care providers report spending less time outside with children and suffering health and economic harm from extreme weather. Now celebrating its fifth anniversary, RAPID is still chronicling the well-being and needs of families and child care providers throughout the country with surveys that ask parents and providers about their economic resources, stress levels, ability to use healthcare and child care, plus questions on specific areas of interest such as screen time or the effects of extreme weather. So far, RAPID has sent out 169 family surveys, gathering data from 60,000 parents of young children, and 122 workforce surveys that have been completed by more than 13,000 providers. Originally sent weekly, the surveys now go out monthly to participants who respond via smartphone, tablet or computer. In the state of California alone, the survey is available in eight languages. Respondents receive at least $5 for their participation. A parallel national survey that goes to the early care and education workforce has been running for four years, asking additional questions about workplace conditions, workforce compensation and other issues relevant to the early care workforce. In addition to the national surveys, RAPID sends state-based and local surveys called Community Voices. More than 60,000 parents and 15,000 providers have responded to these surveys. The result is one-of-a-kind research that is vetted for accuracy by a research advisory group, then shared in a monthly fact sheet that's available to policymakers, researchers, members of the press and the survey participants themselves. The surveys are posted on RAPID's website, newsletter and social media channels. Academia historically has relied on scientific journals to disseminate information, relying on peer reviews and rounds of editing that can take years. What makes the RAPID surveys unique is the priority of disseminating results quickly in a format that is accessible and usable, so stakeholders have a real-time view of critical issues. Though the pandemic has abated, Fisher says RAPID will continue to monitor the significant issues that affect young children and those who care about them. With many federal early childhood programs threatened with funding cuts, timely, actionable information is more crucial than ever. 'You can expect us to be around for at least a few more years,' Fisher says. 'And unless things turn around soon, the need for what we're doing is just going to increase.'
