Community Engagement

Macao – October 11, 2026 -- Sands China and NBA Cares closed their five-day Community Impact Week with a basketball carnival that drew about 200 participants to NBA HOUSE at Cotai Expo, The Venetian Macao, on the final day of the NBA China Games 2026.

Sports figures and Sands executives join the closing carnival

NBA legend Chris Bosh, a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and two-time NBA champion, attended alongside Sands Global Ambassador Sir David Beckham. Chinese women's national team player Zhang Ziyu and short track speed skating Olympic gold medalist Wang Meng also took part, as did Las Vegas Sands and Sands China executives, Sands Cares Ambassadors and members of Macau Special Olympics.

Macao – October 07, 2026 -- Sands China Ltd. (HKEx: 1928) kicked off a five-day "NBA Cares x Sands Cares Community Impact Week 2026" on Oct. 7, expanding its youth basketball initiative beyond Macao to include 50 players from Hong Kong and mainland Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) cities for the first time.

The program, running Oct. 7-11 alongside The NBA China Games 2026, drew 300 total participants to the Macao East Asian Games Dome on its opening Youth Day, combining 150 players aged 11-14 from eight Macao schools with the GBA contingent.

Waxahachie, Texas – October 06, 2026 -- More than 200 volunteers from Foresters Financial, PHP Agency and KABOOM! completed the 180th playground built under their 20-year partnership in a single day at the Waxahachie Family YMCA, as a new industry report finds children spend up to 7.5 hours daily on screens outside school.

KABOOM!'s 2026 report links shrinking outdoor access to youth mental health strain

The build coincided with the release of KABOOM!'s 2026 State of Our Kids Report: Addressing the Youth Mental Health Crisis, which found unstructured play and physical activity declining as screen use rises, with quality outdoor spaces unevenly distributed across communities. 'The State of Our Kids Report shows why places like this still matter,' said Lysa Ratliff, CEO of KABOOM!.

Houston – October 06, 2026 -- Logisnext Americas hosted a wish-reveal event on Sept. 30 at its newly built Customer Experience Center in Houston, surprising six-year-old Elena, who lives with leukemia, with news that her family vacation wish will be granted this fall.

Logisnext Americas extends second-year sponsorship of Make-A-Wish Texas Gulf Coast and Louisiana

The material handling and automation manufacturer is continuing as a corporate sponsor of the regional Make-A-Wish chapter for a second consecutive year, funding wish experiences for children in the communities where its employees work.

Florham Park, N.J. – October 05, 2026 -- Reworld employees collected 84 bags of garbage during a September cleanup of Newark, New Jersey streets, earning the company first place and the Gold Broom Award at the city's Slam Dunk the Junk community event.

Reworld deploys employees across six U.S. regions for World Cleanup Day

The waste management company organized volunteer efforts in Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania in September to mark World Cleanup Day. In Derwood and Dickerson, Maryland, and Alexandria, Virginia, staff joined the Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail to clear trash and invasive vegetation at Gravelly Point. Rahway, New Jersey employees worked at Rahway Riverfront Park, while the Newark team cleared litter from the facility's access road in addition to its award-winning citywide effort.

Nashville, Tenn. – October 02, 2026 -- INSBANK marked the 10th anniversary of its INSBY Awards on September 30, naming four Middle Tennessee businesses for entrepreneurial achievement at a ceremony held at Belle Meade Historic Site & Winery.

Four client firms receive 2026 recognition

Infinity Hospitality, a Nashville event planning company serving weddings and corporate events, led this year's honorees. Worley Sound, a premium live sound reinforcement and audio consulting firm, and TMP, a Nashville-based architecture and interior design practice, were also recognized. Venture Express, a carrier specializing in high-volume, time-sensitive freight shipping available 24/7, rounded out the 2026 class.

Atlanta – October 02, 2026 -- RCX Sports, the official operator of NFL FLAG, and U.S. Bank have signed a new sponsorship covering 10 NFL FLAG Regional Tournaments running from fall 2026 through spring 2027.

Deal expands U.S. Bank's existing NFL sponsorship into grassroots flag football

The agreement builds on U.S. Bank's role as an Official Bank and Wealth Management sponsor of the NFL, extending the relationship down to the regional tournament level operated through RCX Sports. U.S. Bank separately committed $250,000 to national nonprofit GENYOUth, in collaboration with the NFL, to distribute NFL FLAG-In-School kits to 400 schools nationwide.

HOLMDEL, N.J. – October 01, 2026 -- HYLAN, a full-service communications and electrical infrastructure provider, raised $75,000 for pediatric cancer nonprofit Liv Like a Unicorn at its eighth annual golf tournament, pushing the company's total charitable contributions past $500,000.

HYLAN's golf tournament nets $75,000 for Freehold-based pediatric cancer charity

The September 28 event at Metedeconk National Golf Club in Jackson, New Jersey, gathered HYLAN's partner network to support Liv Like a Unicorn, a 501(c)(3) organization based in Freehold that funds research into pediatric brain and spinal cord tumors and assists families during treatment.

Eight years of fundraising push HYLAN's total giving above $500,000

This year's $75,000 contribution brings HYLAN's cumulative charitable donations to more than half a million dollars since the tournament's inception, according to the company.

Post Falls, Idaho – October 01, 2026 -- A StanCraft-led investor group will close the 40-year-old Templin's on the River hotel on October 01, 2026, while it evaluates remodeling or redevelopment options for the Post Falls, Idaho waterfront property.

StanCraft acquired the hotel, bar and marina in 2024 and has since invested in amenities, food and beverage offerings and grounds upgrades.

The hotel closure follows what the company describes as a comprehensive assessment of the property's potential, with the ownership group prioritizing repositioning over continued operation in its current form.

Bridgeport, W. Va. – September 30, 2026 -- Pressley Ridge convened more than 50 community partners, advocates, and child welfare experts at the Bridgeport Conference Center from September 15 to 18 for the B~Hope Conference and Summit, focused on advancing kinship care and family-centered support across West Virginia.

Conference spotlights two family-support frameworks

Sessions centered on the Family Centered Treatment Foundation® (FCT) model alongside the newly introduced Pressley Ridge B~Hope Embracing Kinship Caregivers curriculum, both aimed at equipping caregivers and families with practical resources to sustain kinship placements.