What’s New: In Brief (January 27, 2010)

The Ontario chapter of the Women in Insurance Cancer Crusade (WICC) has launched the 2010 edition of its WICC C4C [Change for Change] Ontario Insurance Industry Challenge.
For 12 months, participants will be challenged to raise as much money as possible using the C4C donation boxes. All funds donated will go directly to the Canadian Cancer Society.
The Top 3 companies with the most funds raised by the end of April, July and October in 2010, will have their logos featured in one-page advertisements in Canadian Underwriter.
The company raising the most funds by the end of December 2010 will receive our Grand Prize of a full one-page advertisement profiling the company in the January 2011 issue of Canadian Underwriter, as well as recognition at the WICC Ontario 2011 Gala Dinner.
To learn more about the contest, or to register for the WICC C4C Insurance Industry Challenge, contact:
Adrian Hall (416-276-9255) or Barb Reddick (416-816-3615)
Email: wicc-changeforchange@hotmail.com
Purchase your Change for Change Coin Collection Box by visiting http://www.wicc.ca/changeforchange.asp

Toronto’s Northern Secondary School has been selected to represent Canada in the 2009-2010, Project Ignition program at an international conference in San Jose, California.
State Farm sponsors Project Ignition (PI) (www.sfprojectignition.com), which calls on students in Grades 9-12 to develop public awareness campaigns focusing on teen driver safety that target their peers.
Northern’s safe driving campaign, Be Aware, Drive Sober, focuses on automobile accidents, which killed 350 Canadian teens aged 15-19 years in 2007.
The campaign targets the dangers of driving while under the influence of alcohol and drugs, as well as factors associated with distracted driving like using cell phones, texting, and exhaustion.