Category: social responsibility

newsXpress received a wonderful note from Annette Sym, author of the Symply Too Good cookbooks, thanking us for our support of her efforts to raise money for breast cancer reseatch.

Here is what Annette had to say:

Thank you and NewsXpress so much for providing us with your fabulous NewsXpress black enviro bags, caps and water bottles for our Symply Food, Symply Fit, Symply Pink breast cancer fundraising event on the 22nd June 2010. The first 100 people who booked to attend our event received their wonderful gift bags on the night, which contained a fantastic array of donated goodies including your caps and water bottles, and we could see that everyone was absolutely thrilled to receive them. We were also able to auction one of the gift bags on the night, which generated further fundraising. Thank you for being so generous and helping to make it such a special night – we greatly appreciate it – and a big thank you from Annette for all your support.

Please find attached our Sponsor’s Thank You page which was given to all 200 attendees, as well as being shown on our large presentation screen during the night.

We are absolutely delighted to announce that the fundraising goal set out in December 2009 has officially been reached! Due to all the amazing people who volunteered their help, time and resources we have raised over $10,000 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. As you are aware our first event, held in February 2010, was the Train Like a Girl Breast Cancer Challenge and then last week, Symply Food, Symply Fit, Symply Pink! The two events combined have raised a total of:

$10, 510.50 !!!

Without the spirit and generosity of our community, this goal would never have been achieved.

Finally, on behalf of Jen’s sister Michelle and family – THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!

Thank you for helping us to make a difference

newsXpress is proud to be the exclusive newsagency channel partner for Red Nose Day again this year.  A excellent range of high profile retailers support Red Nose Day including Big W, Target, Blockbuster, Mobil, Dick Smith, Spotlight and Priceline.

newsXpress stores are offering a range of Red Nose Day merchandise in support of fundraising for this important cause.

newsXpress received heartfelt appreciation from the Lighthouse Foundation last week for the funds we raised in our Father’s Day campaign last year.  In a newsXpress exclusive promotion, every pack of Dad’s Nuts bags from Morish Nuts raised funds for Lighthouse.  This is another part of our commitment to social responsibility – connecting newsXpress and member businesses with community organisations.

newsXpress thanks all members for participating in this promotion and helping to make a difference to the work Lighthouse dows in the community.

newsXpress is proud to proactively support the Cartridge Rescue ^TM service which recycles used printer cartridges.

Each of our stores has a Cartridge Rescue ^TM box into which customers can drop used cartridges.  They are reused and not chipped for landfill.  This is a great story for the environment.

The folks behind Cartridge Rescue ^TM used funds raised from the program to financially support the Royal Flying Doctor Service.  This is a great story for social responsibility.

newsXpress is proud to have been connected with this service for years and is please to help the community recycle used printer cartridges.

newsXpress radio today has been taking time, Remembrance day 2009, to honour soldiers who have fallen in battle protecting Australia.  We are pleased to have a growing network of stores offering newsXpress radio and thereby connecting our in-store retail experience with important days and events.

newsXpress has launched a re-usable fashion black bag that will sit comfortably alongside similar items at major retailers. This bag can be used for items commonly sold in newsXpress locations: newspapers, magazines, ink, cards, gifts.  The quality bag is versatile and fashionable.  We are certain customers will use the new bag in everyday situations, increasing newsXpress branding in the community.  It is an excellent branding investment.  This new bag will supersede the red bag currently in the newsXpress range.

newsXpress is in fine company in its support for the RSPCA’s Happy Tails campaign this year.  Check out the list of corporate sponsors at the Happy tails website.

We are supporting Happy Tails with in-store fund raising and promoting awareness for the event.  We are happy to contribute as part of our commitment to social responsibility. We feel good about contributing, our customers feel good and the RSPCA benefits.

Our support for Happy Tails is another way newsXpress is promoting its brand away from the more traditional newsagency offer.

newsXpress has partnered with the RSPCA to support their national charity this October. Happy Tails Day is one of the RSPCA’s major fund raising events for the year and we are proud that this national organisation has aligned themselves with newsXpress exclusively as a newsagent partner. In addition to selling fund raising product, newsXpress is participating through several initiatives to raise the profice of the work of the RSPCA.  A Happy Tails Day banner also features on our newsXpress website and marketing collateral.

newsXpress has negotiated favourable terms with a leading boxed card designer and manufacturer to provide access to a unique and successful range of Christmas cards.  The range will set newsXpress stores apart from other major boxed Christmas card retailers, provide excellent margin and also raise much needed funds for medical research.

The newsXpress terms deliver to our members excellent opportunities for the lucrative Christmas card season.

newsXpress has developed additional marketing collateral for Father’s Day.  The new collateral will support our exclusive link with Morish Nuts and the Lighthouse Foundation to raise money for their important work with youth.  The Dad’s Nuts Bag is a product exclusive to newsXpress members.

The poster is an excellent example of newsXpress combining social responsibility, business and retail fun in one campaign.  $1.00 from every bag sold will go to the work of the Lighthouse Foundation.

The collateral shows off the newsXpress commitment to professional marketing.

newsXpress is proud to support the important work of the The Lighthouse Foundation with an exclusive Father’s Day promotion in partnership with our friends at Morish.

The Lighthouse Foundation was established in 1991 with the mission to reduce youth homelessness. They continue to work with the vision that every child will live in a family environment, within a community that fosters trust and love, and supports young people to grow and develop holistically. Their website has more details on their work and includes opportunities for others to become involved.

newsXpress is proud to be supporting the RSPCA Happy Tails Day campaign. Happy Tails Day is a celebration of the animals that make our lives better.  As the RSPCA web says:

All money raised from Happy Tails Day helps the RSPCA care for animals just like Rusty. You can help by purchasing your Happy Tails Day merchandise during September and October either online or from one of our retail partners: BigW, newsXpress, Hill’s Vets, Bendigo Bank and Peter Alexander.

newsXpress is the only newsagency brand supporting this fundraising event.