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Move For Hunger topples 12,952 cereal boxes like dominoes [Video]

DETROIT (WXYZ) — The fight against hunger set a mark recognized by the Guinness World Records in Detroit Thursday night.

Tony the Tiger set it all in motion at the Henry Ford Detroit Pistons Performance Center, and it was great!

The nonprofit Move For Hunger set out to topple a record number of cereal boxes like dominoes. The old record was nearly 6,400.

The record was shattered Thursday in Detroit with 12,952 boxes of cereal.

“We’ve been doing this since 10 a.m. today, so thanks for sticking around. We just set a world record. More importantly, we’re providing about a half a million meals to those in Michigan and across the United States,” Adam Lowy with Move For Hunger said in a Facebook Live of the event.

To top it all off, the cereal donated by Kellogg’s and Kroger will now be delivered to Forgotten Harvest and Gleaner’s Community Food …

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Charities webinar - Contract exposure: managing risks in legally binding agreements [Video]

On Wednesday 11 May, Edward Bouckley delivered the next webinar in our charities bite size series. In the webinar Edward looked at some of the key aspects of managing risk when entering into commercial contracts. He discussed:• What risk management is.• What risk is and why properly managing it is so important to charities.• Some of the ways risks can be managed in contacts.Edward also looked at some of the steps that you can take to better protect your charity when entering into contractual arrangements.Here are the timestamps to help guide you through this webinar:0:52 Birketts at a glance1:18 What we will cover today2:09 What is risk management?3:07 What is risk and why is it important?3:59 Contractual risk5:58 Identifying risk10:05 Written contracts11:34 Assessing Risk13:10 The danger of "pre-contractual" agreements14:27 A cautionary tale16:21 Rights and obligations17:51 Risk - allocating and controlling18:48 Transferring risk: indemnities20:00 Controlling risk: limitation of liability21:29 Practical tips23:18 QuestionsThe webinar ended with a Q&A. Disclaimer: The content of this webinar is for general information only. It is not, and should not be taken as, legal advice. If you require any further information in relation to this webinar please contact us in the first instance. Law covered as at May 2022. Meet our expert, Edward Bouckley: https://www.birketts.co.uk/our-lawyers/norwich/edward-bouckleyContact us at: https://www.birketts.co.uk/contact-usSign up to future webinars: https://www.birketts.co.uk/events​​​​ To ensure that you are invited to future webinars and receive our newsletters please opt in to our mailing lists and select the appropriate areas of interest. https://www.birketts.co.uk/register