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The Age
28-05-2025
- The Age
Tableware gets the stamp of approval
'My family arrived in Australia for a three-year-stay in 1956,' writes Simon Dixon of Bolton Point. 'Having been raised alongside Green Shield stamps (C8) in the UK, the rewards concept wasn't new to us and my mother soon discovered that Kellogg's was offering silverware in exchange for tokens from its product. On the menu for the next three years, Corn Flakes and All-Bran featured daily as we raced the clock before our return to England. We succeeded, and the cutlery came back with us, only to return when my father retired and migrated to Australia in 1966. I followed with my family in 1970. Both parents are no longer with us, but the cutlery is still in use, appearing on my table daily. While I still regularly eat All-Bran (because it keeps you regular), I still can't face Corn Flakes.' Malcolm Nicholson from Katoomba writes: 'When I was a kid, Marchant soft drinks used to give away kites if you collected enough bottle tops. I remember sending off the required number and nothing arrived. A letter of complaint followed and one duly arrived, followed by a second one a month late. They were great kites, but they usually ended up in trees.' 'It's elementary, my dear Graeme Finn (C8), you probably just need to check your Hotmail to look out for the missing model number of your Email cooker,' suggests Mary Carde of Parrearra (Qld). 'Or maybe just try turning it off and on again.' Brian Harris of Port Macquarie has an eyewitness account of his letter box theft (C8): 'Thieves had trouble removing our letter box so they took the whole gate. We were watching them but didn't say anything for fear they would take offence.' 'I've never had a letter box stolen, but I've been letter box bombed twice,' reveals Jeff Evans of Cambewarra. 'Once in Greystanes in the 1980s and a second 20 years later in Cambewarra. Caught the first culprit but not the second. The family were amazed that I thought it hilarious. A touch of karma from the Fifties?'
Sydney Morning Herald
28-05-2025
- Sydney Morning Herald
Tableware gets the stamp of approval
'My family arrived in Australia for a three-year-stay in 1956,' writes Simon Dixon of Bolton Point. 'Having been raised alongside Green Shield stamps (C8) in the UK, the rewards concept wasn't new to us and my mother soon discovered that Kellogg's was offering silverware in exchange for tokens from its product. On the menu for the next three years, Corn Flakes and All-Bran featured daily as we raced the clock before our return to England. We succeeded, and the cutlery came back with us, only to return when my father retired and migrated to Australia in 1966. I followed with my family in 1970. Both parents are no longer with us, but the cutlery is still in use, appearing on my table daily. While I still regularly eat All-Bran (because it keeps you regular), I still can't face Corn Flakes.' Malcolm Nicholson from Katoomba writes: 'When I was a kid, Marchant soft drinks used to give away kites if you collected enough bottle tops. I remember sending off the required number and nothing arrived. A letter of complaint followed and one duly arrived, followed by a second one a month late. They were great kites, but they usually ended up in trees.' 'It's elementary, my dear Graeme Finn (C8), you probably just need to check your Hotmail to look out for the missing model number of your Email cooker,' suggests Mary Carde of Parrearra (Qld). 'Or maybe just try turning it off and on again.' Brian Harris of Port Macquarie has an eyewitness account of his letter box theft (C8): 'Thieves had trouble removing our letter box so they took the whole gate. We were watching them but didn't say anything for fear they would take offence.' 'I've never had a letter box stolen, but I've been letter box bombed twice,' reveals Jeff Evans of Cambewarra. 'Once in Greystanes in the 1980s and a second 20 years later in Cambewarra. Caught the first culprit but not the second. The family were amazed that I thought it hilarious. A touch of karma from the Fifties?'
The Age
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Tea drinkers have a ball
John Brown of Kianga 'can remember my brothers getting a Lan-Choo [C8] rugby ball with 450 packet ends. They kept countless people, with 50 packet ends for tea towels, waiting impatiently while they were counted. They collected them from friends and family. There was a rumour that you could get a car if you had enough, but that might've been a story for a gullible 10-year-old.' Or that might've been a Matchbox car. It seems the Brits got better value, as Susan Bradley of Eltham (Vic) can attest: 'Without wishing to one-up Lan-Choo tea rewards, I'm still using a meat mincer redeemed in approximately 1969 from Guards Gift Parade. Guards as in Guards cigarettes. The mincer is as good as new. And I believe the heavy steel ironing board that I still use was redeemed in 1968 with Green Shield stamps. Yes, we even brought the ironing board when we emigrated.' While Deni McKenzie of Armidale says, 'the first time I watched colour TV [C8], I was shocked at Richard Morecroft's choice of tie!', the experience of Col Burns of Lugarno was even more shattering: 'My first colour TV experience was wasted watching St George lose the 1975 Grand Final 38 to nil. To this day, I have only monochrome memories of Graeme Langlands' outrageous (for the era) white boots and a consuming black mood that lasted for days.' 'My grandson, born in the Philippines, was used to TV programs dubbed in Tagalog,' says Barry Riley of Woy Woy. 'Soon after moving to Sydney, he rushed up to his mother, shouting 'Mummy, the Teletubbies can speak English!'' 'In February, 1977, I had my first trip to the UK,' writes John Loveridge of Tewantin (Qld). 'After watching shows like Coronation Street on a black-and-white TV, I fully expected London to look like that. It was winter, it was dreary, and it did.' Judy Finch of Taree really needs 'a 'smart' fridge [C8] which will go just that little bit further and strongly refuse to open by mind-reading my intentions to polish off leftovers late at night (as Nigella is wont to do). I'm hoping that feature isn't too far off.' Spare a thought for our flood-bound friend, Rosemary Seam of Kempsey: 'Cut off by floodwaters, what we're missing most is our Herald delivery. Reading you online is just not the same, especially the crossword. Old habits die hard.'
Sydney Morning Herald
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Tea drinkers have a ball
John Brown of Kianga 'can remember my brothers getting a Lan-Choo [C8] rugby ball with 450 packet ends. They kept countless people, with 50 packet ends for tea towels, waiting impatiently while they were counted. They collected them from friends and family. There was a rumour that you could get a car if you had enough, but that might've been a story for a gullible 10-year-old.' Or that might've been a Matchbox car. It seems the Brits got better value, as Susan Bradley of Eltham (Vic) can attest: 'Without wishing to one-up Lan-Choo tea rewards, I'm still using a meat mincer redeemed in approximately 1969 from Guards Gift Parade. Guards as in Guards cigarettes. The mincer is as good as new. And I believe the heavy steel ironing board that I still use was redeemed in 1968 with Green Shield stamps. Yes, we even brought the ironing board when we emigrated.' While Deni McKenzie of Armidale says, 'the first time I watched colour TV [C8], I was shocked at Richard Morecroft's choice of tie!', the experience of Col Burns of Lugarno was even more shattering: 'My first colour TV experience was wasted watching St George lose the 1975 Grand Final 38 to nil. To this day, I have only monochrome memories of Graeme Langlands' outrageous (for the era) white boots and a consuming black mood that lasted for days.' 'My grandson, born in the Philippines, was used to TV programs dubbed in Tagalog,' says Barry Riley of Woy Woy. 'Soon after moving to Sydney, he rushed up to his mother, shouting 'Mummy, the Teletubbies can speak English!'' 'In February, 1977, I had my first trip to the UK,' writes John Loveridge of Tewantin (Qld). 'After watching shows like Coronation Street on a black-and-white TV, I fully expected London to look like that. It was winter, it was dreary, and it did.' Judy Finch of Taree really needs 'a 'smart' fridge [C8] which will go just that little bit further and strongly refuse to open by mind-reading my intentions to polish off leftovers late at night (as Nigella is wont to do). I'm hoping that feature isn't too far off.' Spare a thought for our flood-bound friend, Rosemary Seam of Kempsey: 'Cut off by floodwaters, what we're missing most is our Herald delivery. Reading you online is just not the same, especially the crossword. Old habits die hard.'
Cision Canada
07-05-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
GreenShield Ventures: Shaping the Future of Healthcare Innovation in Canada Français
TORONTO, May 7, 2025 /CNW/ - GreenShield proudly announces the launch of GreenShield Ventures – an innovation hub dedicated to developing new products and services to revolutionize health outcomes for all Canadians. As Canada's only national non-profit health and benefits company, GreenShield is uniquely positioned to spearhead transformative innovation for the greater good. GreenShield Ventures will harness the ingenuity of its talented developers and intrapreneurs to incubate and build groundbreaking digital solutions in insurance, benefits administration, and healthcare delivery. These forward-thinking solutions will then be embedded and scaled within GreenShield+, Canada's leading integrated health and benefits platform, ensuring a seamless health and benefits experience as new products and services are added. "GreenShield's non-profit social enterprise model – free from shareholder constraints – empowers us to uniquely prioritize the longer-term health and well-being of Canadians," says Zahid Salman, President and CEO, GreenShield. "By leveraging real data insights along with purpose-driven innovation, GreenShield Ventures aims to enhance care, expand access, and break down systemic barriers across Canada's health landscape, furthering our mission of Better Health for All." At the helm of GreenShield Ventures is Luke Vigeant, a visionary Canadian health entrepreneur and product design leader renowned for creating intuitive client experiences. Vigeant is the co-founder and former President of Inkblot Technologies – a mental health platform known for its personalized therapist matching tool and user-centric approach. Vigeant brought his expertise to GreenShield in 2021 when the company acquired Inkblot to become part of GreenShield Health. Vigeant's role was then expanded to oversee the development of a new integrated health and benefits ecosystem, later named GreenShield+. Since then, GreenShield Health has become Canada's fastest-growing digital healthcare providers, integrating mental health, telemedicine, pharmacy and chronic disease management services along with benefits coverage and claims reimbursement into the GreenShield+ ecosystem. "True innovation begins with a deep understanding of patients and plan members," says Luke Vigeant, Senior Vice President, GreenShield Ventures. "GreenShield Ventures places Canadians at the heart of our innovation process – developing and testing solutions within our ecosystem to ensure they meet the evolving needs of those we serve. By validating and then seamlessly integrating our innovations into GreenShield+, we know we are delivering an unparalleled health and benefits experience." Founded in 1957 as a purpose-driven non-profit, GreenShield is committed to reinvesting its excess earnings to directly support the health and well-being of underserved communities. Through GreenShield Cares, the company has committed $75 million to improve the health of over one million Canadians by the end of this year, with a focus on mental health, essential medicines, and chronic disease management. United by a commitment to advancing health equity, GreenShield Ventures will work closely with GreenShield Cares to develop products and services that meet the needs of all Canadians. To learn more about how GreenShield Ventures is leveraging purpose-driven innovation to advance Better Health for All visit GreenShield's website Purpose driven innovation | GreenShield Ventures. About GreenShield As Canada's only national non-profit health and benefits company, GreenShield believes health care is a right, not a privilege. We're dedicated to improving health outcomes, driving systemic change, and building a future where every Canadian can reach their full health and well-being potential. We are revolutionizing the health and benefits experience with coverage and care in one place. Through our unique integrated payer-provider ("payvider") model, we offer insurance, administer benefits and pay claims as a 'payer' while offering health services such as mental health, pharmacy, telemedicine and chronic disease management as a 'provider'. As a non-profit social enterprise without shareholders, we prioritize and reinvest our excess earnings to directly support underserved communities. Through GreenShield Cares, we've committed $75 million to improve the health of over one million Canadians by the end of 2025, focusing on mental health, essential medicines, and chronic disease management. Our scalable initiatives deliver meaningful change in pursuit of Better Health for All. GreenShield is proud to be recognized as one of Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures, a leading Imagine Canada Caring Company, and named on the Fortune's Change the World list.
