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• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/nba.30430
• Published date: 01 March 2018
• Date: 01 March 2018

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DOI: 10.1002/nba

Ofce Depot Foundation cuts

corporate ties, rebrands

National ofce supply chain The Ofce Depot has

cut ties with the Ofce Depot Foundation, which

served as the company’s primary charitable giving

vehicle for more than two decades. However, the

foundation will not close up shop, but will instead

continue on under a new name—the Listen Learn

Care Foundation. According to Foundation Presi-

dent Mary Wong, the Listen Learn Care Founda-

tion will continue with the mission and activities

that have been the foundation’s hallmark for years,

including:

• The National Backpack Program, which began

in 2001 and has donated more than 4 million back-

packs and sackpacks to deserving children since

that time.

• The Difference Maker! Movement, which seeks

to bolster the capabilities of nonprot organiza-

tions by providing the expertise, resources and

collaboration they need to increase their capacity

while becoming more efcient and effective, among

other things.

• The Difference Makers Leadership Forum,

formerly known as Weekend in Boca, which brings

together nonprot executives, board members and

volunteers each year to gain a deeper understanding

of the roles they play as leaders within their organiza-

tions and the ways in which they can work together

effectively.

For more information, visit http://www.listenlearn-

care.org.

However, it ruled that what happened during the

interim period should be considered by a jury in de-

ciding the amount of the damages to award Shultz.

It explained that an impulsive “You’re red” followed

by an immediate change of heart should result in little

or no damages. However, it noted that the synagogue

did not attempt to rescind the termination until two

weeks had passed, and said Shultz experienced the

dislocation of losing her employment at a particularly

vulnerable time, undertook the effort of retaining

counsel and informed the congregation that she was

going to le suit.

Shultz further argued that she had suffered a hos-

tile work environment after the notice of ter mination

because: (1) she overheard a phone call in which Reiss

disparaged her, (2) her name was removed from a

wall and a newsletter and (3) neither the rabbi nor

the trustee who attended the “termination meeting”

spoke to her again.

Assuming the truth of the alleged uncomfortable

incidents, the court ruled that even when considered

together they were not sufciently pervasive to raise

an issue as to whether she suffered a hostile work

environment.Young v. City of Mobile, et al.

[Shultz v. Congregation Shearith Israel of the City

of New York, et al., U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2d

Circuit, No. 16-3140-cv, 08/10/2017]. ■

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Aviv resigns as CEO of Feeding

America

Diana Aviv has resigned from her role as CEO

of Feeding America for personal reasons, effective

immediately. According to the organization, Keith

Monda, chair of the Feeding America board of

directors, will take a more active role as executive

chairman on an interim basis while the group searches

for Aviv’s replacement.

Aviv joined Feeding America in October 2015,

transitioning from an executive leadership role at the

Independent Sector. Since then, the organization has

implemented innovative strategies to ght hunger

and provide nutritious meals to people in need. In

2017, the organization, through its network, pro-

vided about 4.2 billion meals to more than 46 million

people, prevented 3.3 billion pounds of food from

being wasted and distributed 1.3 billion pounds of

fruits and vegetables—making it the largest hunger-

related nonprot and the third-largest charity in the

United States. ■

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