Subject: Clinton Foundation News & Guidance
From: Clinton Foundation Press Office <[email-masked]>
To: Clinton Foundation Press Office <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 23:17:54 +0000

Hi all - As we're just two days away from the 5th Annual Health Matters Activation Summit<https://www.clintonfoundation.org/our-work/clinton-health-matters-initiative/programs/health-matters-summit>, we wanted to give you some updates on recent events, Foundation work, and announcements in the news this week.

A sneak peek at the 5th Annual Health Matters Activation Summit
This Sunday kicks off the Fifth Annual Health Matters Activation Summit in Indian Wells, CA. We hope you'll tune in to the livestream at www.clintonfoundation.org/healthmatters2016<http://www.clintonfoundation.org/healthmatters2016> and join the conversation on Twitter using #HealthMatters2016.

In their continuing coverage of the Summit, The Desert Sun today wrote<http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/health/2016/01/22/clinton-summit-returns-tackle-health-issues/79123008/?from=global&sessionKey=gBiIQzXvXUJesRP5DSZNPazSyFzMpByA-18x2dMieaoUhBOiD9tgCccdb8owx3Dx3D9655OtIWpo9WbwGhstmZwAx3Dx3D-7OiaAuMyZ0DZnpDlwH5hggx3Dx3D-BSbDHxx3VpNx2BzSS4fs9Qckgx3Dx3D&autologin=SEho7AtggpAyxxxxCDPx2Bx2FPLE2QiOafb9ncsEUe4unUXpuvm11C5JE4kiWSDj58njeu> about how the various sessions aim to tackle some of America's most pressing health challenges.

La Quinta Mayor Linda Evans, who is participating in a panel on encouraging health innovations at the community level led by Clinton Foundation President Donna Shalala, explains, "We still have a population that has needs. The panel is a chance for sharin g our successes in what we've learned over the years and what the Coachella Valley can gain from having the Clinton Foundation and the health summit in our community."

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Also read about this year's Coachella Valley Day of Action<http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/health/2016/01/20/chelsea-clinton-day-of-action-la-quinta/78711028/>. Established and led by Chelsea Clinton, the Clinton Foundation Day of Action program has brought thousands of people together for volunteer projects across the country and world to help make a meaningful difference in the communities where we work, visit, and live.

"The Day of Action helps launch the summit. This year, Clinton and volunteers, including around 70 students, will work at La Quinta High School on Sunday building a greenhouse and community garden to be used by the school's culinary program. They'll also prepare around 150 meals for the Meals on Wheels program at the Joslyn Center in Palm Desert."

"We're looking for projects that are sustainable," said Rain Henderson, CEO of the Clinton Health Matters Initiative. "The Day of Action is a way to engage directly with communities, using service to kind of bridge the different focus areas of the Clinton Foundation."

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Clinton Health Matters Initiative (CHMI) expands its Community Health Transformation efforts
An article today reports that CHMI will expand its Community Health Transformation efforts<http://www.galesburg.com/article/20160121/NEWS/160129920> to include Knox County, Illinois. CHMI works in target communities to specifically tailor "Blueprints for Action" that make tangible, positive changes for community health. Other communities include the Coachella Valley; Central Arkansas; Houston; Northeast Florida; and Adams County, Mississippi.

"The Clinton Foundation has selected Galesburg and Knox County to be the sixth participant in its "Health Matters" initiative. Mayor John Pritchard said Thursday the foundation, established by former President Bill Clinton, will announce that Knox County will be the next region selected for the initiative."

McDonalds offers healthier options through a CGI Commitment with Alliance for a Healthier Generation
On Tuesday, USA Today wrote about McDonald's progress on their CGI commitment<http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/01/19/mcdonalds-nears-sale-2-billion-servings-fruit-yogurt/79018448/> with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. McDonald's has reached almost two billion sales of fruit and yogurt sides in its Happy Meals.

"In 2013, McDonald's also made a formal commitment with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative to take a series of steps to improve access of fruits and vegetables at its restaurants and help families make more informed choices about what they're ordering."

"Howell Wechsler, CEO of the Alliance, said reaching the 2 billion sales of fruit and yogurt to children is a significant milestone for the fast-food chain...'It's a tremendous opportunity to get kids, particularly low-income kids, used to whole fruits that perhaps they haven't been exposed to enough,' Wechsler said. 'We need to make lot more progress at getting kids eating whole fruits.'"

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Eight Hult Prize entrepreneurs named to Forbes' "30 under 30" list
Each year, the CGI Annual Meeting hosts the final round of The Hult Prize, which challenges students around the world to develop startups that aim to solve some of the planet's greatest challenges. This year, Forbes named eight Hult Prize entrepreneurs to their annual "30 under 30" list. Read a Huffington Post piece<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amanda-boyek/post_10894_b_9006554.html> about the prize and its recent milestones.

"Annual themed-challenges are set by President Bill Clinton, who this year has asked millennials to come up with innovative enterprises that double the income of ten million residents of crowded urban spaces."

'The Hult Prize is a wonderful example of the creative cooperation needed to build a world with shared opportunity, shared responsibility, and shared prosperity, and each year I look forward to seeing the many outstanding ideas the competition produces,' said Clinton, who hosts the final round of the Hult Prize at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, where the winning enterprise receives one million dollars in seed capital."

CGI U students develop bike business focused on social good
Through their Commitment to Action, former CGI U students and current social entrepreneurs Matthew Wilkins and Christopher Deschenes have developed a bamboo bicycle business<http://www.metro.us/new-york/group-raises-funds-to-pedal-forward-with-new-york-city-made-bamboo-bicycles/zsJpat---OAYV06GJpSKA/>, and a percentage of the proceeds from each bike's sale goes to purchase bicycles from independent dealers in developing countries. Those bikes are then given to partners who would then distribute them to specific groups in need.

"From there Deschenes encouraged Wilkins to take part in the Clinton Global Initiative University conference and submit the project. By March 2012, the team was voted winner of the CGI U Commitment Bracket and got to meet former President Bill Clinton and presenter Jon Stewart."

In Case You Missed It:

*         The Natchez Democrat published a story<http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2016/01/10/new-programs-being-developed-to-make-city-healthier/> on CHMI's work in Adams County, Mississippi, where we've brought stakeholders together to address the unique health needs of the community.

*         The Washington Post<https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/six-months-seven-mountains-two-poles--and-the-pursuit-of-one-record/2016/01/11/f7e04fde-b813-11e5-85cd-5ad59bc19432_story.html> wrote a story about how pro endurance athlete Colin O'Brady is working to raise $1 million to combat childhood obesity in partnership with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.

*         Clinton Global Initiative CEO Bob Harrison authored a piece for Quartz<http://qz.com/584662/five-things-we-learned-in-2015-about-the-future-of-philanthropy/> that outlines what CGI and its members learned about philanthropy in 2015, including the importance of working together across sectors, being inclusive, inspiring impact with technology, empowering millennials to become social entrepreneurs, and challenging others to raise the bar.

*         The Huffington Post published an op-ed<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cynthia-marshall/a-call-for-all-global-com_b_8885324.html> by Cynthia Marshall, AT&T's Chief Diversity Officer, which highlights two LGBT-related 2015 CGI Commitments to Action made by the Brunswick Group and Human Rights Campaign.