Good News Corporation, est. 2002, founded by veteran TV Executive, formerly, from CBS & PBS TV Paul Sladkus and team have created Peace Day Party. (website www.peacedayparty.org). GNC peace initiative continues, even though it was postponed from our Times Square Event, where we create the largest human peace sign in Times Square. Our Virtual Broadcast will share our Peace Day efforts and also focus this year on, Water and Peace. Participants and messages will be from: i.e. Ringo Starr, Leonardo DiCaprio, Paul McCartney, Michael Douglas, Dr. Jane Goodall, Shakira, Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick, Dr. Mahmet Oz, Ed Asner, Dr. Deepak Chopra, World Peace Orchestra, Annie, Kayla Peale, Sharon Abreu, Claire Diab, Kemp Harris, Dr. Bob Lee/9/11 Children, Oprah Winfrey, Pete Seeger, Eco-Logic, Children from California, Katya Grineva, Giorgia Fumanti, Chloe Temtchine, Reid Stowe, NY State Governor Huchul, Borough Presidents of Manhattan/Brewer & Brooklyn/Adams, Ms. Ma in China, Family Film Awards in LA., Woodstock Forever/Richie Havens, Upper Westside Hero Bell Ringers. Good Corporate Citizens from Edelman Trust Barometer, Sarabeth, Luke’s Lobsters 1-800FLOWERS/Smile Farms, Hugo Boss/Sam Waxman Cancer Research, Quinnipiac University, Dr. Harmon, Playa Betty, Sikling Farms, Miss America Chair, Italian Government Tourist Board and more.

Broadcast and PR – The Virtual Video Broadcast/Podcast will be shown to the world starting at 7PM est. on September 21, 2021, Peace Day. Broadcasters include: www.peacedayparty.org, www.goodnewsplanet.TV, on VIMEO, the Peace Day Global Broadcast, YouTube, Linked In, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social networks. In addition Special Broadcasts will appear on MNN TV in Metro New York and in China and other worldwide broadcasters.

Please take 4.46 minutes to watch our PEACE SIZZLE

Incorporated and integral to the Special Peace Show over the years

are educational Peace Video Segments from our founders:

§ Peter Yarrow/Operation Respect/Child Bullying

§ David Lynch Foundation/Children’s Meditation

§ Media for Humanity/Child

§ SeniorNet/Communication Digital Divide

§ Pratt Institute/Peace

§ Meera Gandhi/Giving Back Foundation

§ Fathering Forum/Better Parenting

§ Actors Temple/Jewish Children

§ ASMA/Muslim Children

§ St. Francis Food Pantries & Shelters/Feeding Families/Faith Hope Consolo

§ WE The World/Peace Communications/Desmond Tutu Video

§ Universal Peace/Peace Museum

§ Peace Parrots/Children Animals

§ WWRF/Water and Children

§ Hugg-a-Planets/Peace Toys

§ Clearwater NYC/Children and Peace

§ Vigil for International Peace and Ecology/Peace Event

§ Kalarhythems/Children

§ Better World/Wayne Dyer

§ Achilles Kids/Challenged Children

§ Cancer Care/Helping Kids

§ Beacon Paint/Guide Dogs/Schools

§ Captain Planet/Educating Children/Captain Planet was at the show

§ Temple Grandin/Autism Today/ Autism/Asperger

§ National Meningitis Association/Infectious Disease

§ Intrepid Sea

§ Air and Space Museum/Educating Children

§ Montauk Playhouse/Educating Children

§ Quinnipiac University/Medical School

§ Apollo Theater/Children’s Programs

§ Peace One Day/Paul McCartney/Ringo Starr

§ UN Foundation/ Peacekeepers

§ Harlem Globetrotters/“ABCs of Bullying Prevention”

§ St. Damien Hospital in Haiti/Saving Children

§ Why Do I Exist/ Rwandan Genocide Orphans

§ Nigil Barker

§ Dr. Mamet Oz

§ Dr. Daniel Amen

§ Joey Reynolds/Mother Teresa note

§ Tirlok Malik/India

§ Andrew Kaen/Planet Heart

§ UN Foundation/Peacekeepers

§ Arts Olympus/Tarumi Violinist Reilly Amera/Poem for Syrian Children

§ Rotary International

§ Ronald McDonald House

§ IHeartMedia

§ Brooklyn Nets

§ Clare Diab, American Yoga Academy

§ Copacabana

§ peaceday.tv

§ Steve Madden

§ Shack Shack

§ Juniors

§ Lush Cosmetics

§ 39 Steps

§ Peace Prayer Society Deborah Muldow

§ Urban Zen

§ Borough President of Manhattan and Brooklyn

· UNESCO

§ Annie/Broadway Show

· World Peace Orchestra/134 International Musicians/50 countries/Sinatra Choir/Kevin Spacey

§ Susan Lucci

§ Orange is the New Black Cast

§ Montel Williams

§ Deepak Chopra

§ Tommy Tune

§ Rita Cosby

§ Tomaczek Bednarek

§ Scott Noppe-Brandon

§ Tony Lo Bianco

§ Rosanna Scotto

§ Jonny Orsini

§ Phylicia Rashād/Marjorie DeLewis

§ Kathleen Turner

§ Lacey Dunn

§ Peace Thoughts and More Peace Statements from Paul McCartney

§ Ringo Starr

§ Michael Douglas

§ Dr. Jane Goodall

§ Marianne Williamson

§ Ed Asner

§ Diane Ladd

§ Michelle Phillips

§ Edward James Olmos

§ Lou Ferrigno

§ Jerry Rubin

§ Wangari Maathai

§ Olympian Marilyn King

§ Additionally, South spokespeople Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer of Antigua and Barbuda

§ Ambassador John Ashe’s Wife

§ Anilla Cherian

§ Prime Minister of Fiji

§ Frank Bainimarama

§ H. E. Ambassador Francis Lorenzo

§ Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin

§ Erin Brady/Miss USA

§ David Paich

§ Naomi Campbell

§ Yvonne Chaka Chaka… and Zindzi Mandela/Josina Machel who accepted an award for their father Nelson Mandela whose Power of Words are in the show. We also share Peaceful words from Martin Luther King, Jr. (I Had a Dream Speech)

· Albert Maysles and Mahatma Gandhi

· We share a poem by Dorothy Law Nolte

· Children Learn What They Live

§ Sarabeth

§ KIND Snacks

§ Laura Norman Wellness

§ Orpheus Luxury Cruise

§ Pope Francis Message

§ United States Institute of Peace & NY City Schools TBD

“All we are is what we are with each other.” Zeal

With respect and for information:

Paul Sladkus

Founder

www.goodnewsplanet.TV

www.peacedayparty.org

212 647 1212

917 687 1790 cell

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Smile Farms at CP Unlimited will host its ribbon cutting ceremony, opening the 9th Smile Farms campus in the New York City metro region.
Smile Farms is a not-for-profit that develops partnerships with other NFPs to create jobs for people with developmental disabilities. Smile Farms at CP Unlimited will create 22 such opportunities for Staten Islanders, teaching them to grow produce (hot and sweet peppers to be used to make hot sauce!, among other things), providing them with marketable skills, independence, and mental wellness benefits. They will also support “Good Neighbor Organics” grown nearby and distribute it in local SI neighborhoods identified as “food deserts.” Smile Farms was founded by Long Islander and 1-800-FLOWERS.com Founder/Executive Chairman Jim McCann, inspired by his brother who has developmental disabilities.
Fun Facts: Since its founding in 2015, Smile Farms has:
– employed more than 200+ people with different abilities in the NY metro area
– harvested 629+ lbs. of peppers (and counting!) that have been made into 1,773 bottles of “BurnAbility” hot sauce ??????
– delivered produce to nearly 600 food insecure customers
– farmed produce for 55 group homes, feeding 400 residents
– wholesaled 62,000 planted pots of annuals and perennials
– provided produce for celeb Chef Tom Colicchio’s newest restaurant, Small Batch, and much more.
This is SUCH a feel-good story. If you’d like to interview James Cuomo, (a Smile Farmer at CP Unlimited), Jim McCann (Founder/Chairman Smile Farms, Founder/Exec Chairman of 1-800-Flowers) or Susan Constantino, (President and CEO of CP Unlimited), I’d be glad to arrange it for you. I’ve attached a media advisory for you and a flyer about Smile Farms.

Jim McCann – Bio

As a child, McCann grew up in Ozone Park, Queens, and is the oldest of five siblings in an Irish-American family; McCann is a third-generation American.[1][2] For college, McCann attended the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan, and graduated in 1974 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.[1]

McCann first entered the flower business in the 1970s, when he purchased flower shops in New York City.[1][3] He had previously worked as a social worker and as a part-time bartender in the Queens and Manhattan, respectively.[1][4]

According to his autobiography, “Stop and Sell the Roses”, he came up with the idea of building a nationwide flower service while “listening to the radio as he was shaving”. In 1986, he bought a nearly bankrupt company in Texas which owned the phone number 1-800-Flowers.[3] McCann changed the name of his chain accordingly.

In 1992 and 1994, McCann established deals with online pioneers CompuServe and AOL, making his company one of the first retailers to establish an online presence.[3] In 1995, McCann established the website www.1800flowers.com, becoming one of the first retailers to establish a web presence. The company went public when it filed its IPO in 1999 under stock ticker FLWS.[1][5][6]

As of 2016, McCann stepped down as Chief Executive Officer of 1-800-Flowers in favor of his brother Christopher G. McCann.[1] McCann owns 40% of the company.

McCann serves as a director for Winthrop-University Hospital, a trustee for Hofstra University, a trustee for the Cancer Research Institute, Inc. and Children’s Progress Inc.[6][7] He is often sought after to speak on topics of entrepreneurship, marketing and the Internet. He also serves on various corporate boards.[6]

#produce #purpose #staten #island #smile #farms #jim #mccann #smilefarms #disabilities #1-800-flowers #1800flowers #skills #independence #mental #wellness #benefits #neighbor #organics #neighborhoods

find out what Jim McCann thinks about Peace, go to http://goodnewsplanet.com/what-does-peace-mean-to-jim-mccann/

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to find out more about Jim McCann, go to http://goodnewsplanet.com/growing-produce-with-a-purpose-on-staten-island-we-speak-to-good-samaritan-and-founder-of-smile-farms-jim-mccann/

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