Halo Awards

Day of Inclusion: Tim Hortons and Special Olympics Canada

Tim Hortons is a multinational restaurant chain and is Canada’s largest quick-service restaurant chain with more than 4,800 restaurants in 14 countries around the world. Tim Hortons sponsors a number of national sports properties in Canada as well as supports community-based initiatives including the Timbits Minor Sports Program that provides…

WE Teachers: Walgreens and WE

Since 2014, Walgreens and WE have partnered to drive positive impact in the United States and internationally in Kenya through various programs, ranging from retail activations to WE Day youth celebrations and WE Schools, an innovative series of experiential service-learning programs. With a shared mission around empowering youth, WE and…

Face Your Fierce: Abercrombie & Fitch and The Trevor Project

Since 1892, Abercrombie & Fitch has been a specialty retailer of quality apparel outerwear and fragrance designed to inspire global customers to be confident and feel comfortable. A staunch supporter of the LGBTQ community for years, A&F’s parent company A&F Co. has been recognized for 14 consecutive years with a…

Girls4Tech: Mastercard

Global payments company Mastercard uses science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) every day to help connect their payment network in 150 currencies across more than 210 countries and territories.  Eighty percent of jobs in the next decade need some combination of STEM, yet only 30% of the STEM workforce…

The Power of One: Vivint Smart Home and Vivint Gives Back

Founded in 1999, Vivint provides smart home products including smart locks, lighting, cameras, thermostats and smart sensor and related services for the broad consumer market. Vivint has installed more than 30 million devices in homes throughout North America and its cloud-based smart home platform processes more than 1.3 billion events…

DSW Gives and Soles4Souls

Leading branded footwear and accessories retailer Designer Shoe Warehouse (DSW) has partnered with nonprofit Soles4Souls for ten years. In 2019, the partnership kicked into high gear and grew into a more robust customer engagement effort under the DSW Gives platform. The program originated with DSW turning to Soles4Souls to help…

Poptivism: PopSockets

David Barnett invented the earliest iteration of today’s PopGrip in 2010 to prevent his earbuds from tangling. Launched from his garage, PopSockets grew exponentially over the next seven years. Popsockets’ core products include phone grips, mounts and wallets, with wireless charging devices and on-the-go beauty products following close behind. The…

Creating Grief Ambassadors: New York Life and First Book

Recognizing the critical need to provide greater support to grieving children and their families, the New York Life Foundation established childhood bereavement as a funding focus area in 2008 and has invested nearly $50 million to bereavement organizations across the nation. The Foundation has served not only as a funder…

Don’t Feed the Landfills Initiative: Subaru and National Parks Conservation Association

America’s national parks are its treasures—with stunning scenery and unspoiled nature right there for everyone’s enjoyment. But the parks’ popularity ironically threatens their very existence, as 330 million visitors annually leave behind more than 70 million pounds of waste. Could that waste be recycled, composted, or avoided altogether? The National…

Birds In Focus: Canon and the National Audubon Society

Canon U.S.A. is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions. Given the rising ubiquity of sophisticated cameras in smartphones and other everyday tech devices, in order to remain competitive and relevant Canon has intentionally extended its reach in unexpected, engaging ways. With the goal of developing…