LexisNexis, a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow
solutions, today announced the launch of the "Get
Connected for a Cause” campaign designed to raise money for The
Smile Train, a nonprofit organization that provides free cleft
surgeries for needy children in the world’s poorest countries. Between
November 16 and December 31, LexisNexis will donate $5 to The Smile
Train for each in-house counsel who joins Martindale-Hubbell®
Connected — the premier global online network for legal
professionals. The company will donate an additional dollar for each
connection made within the online network by any in-house counsel member
during this period. There is no cost to join Martindale-Hubbell
Connected.
"Martindale-Hubbell Connected has grown by leaps and bounds since its
launch earlier this year,” said John Lipsey, vice president, corporate
counsel services at LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell®.
"Our goal is to provide the corporate counsel community with an
opportunity to join a valuable professional network designed to meet
their needs and contribute to a great cause this holiday season by
helping us raise money for The Smile Train.”
Martindale-Hubbell Connected is a global online community designed
specifically for the needs of corporate counsel attorneys, law firm
lawyers and other legal professionals that enables them to connect,
network, communicate and collaborate in a trusted and authenticated
environment. Launched in March 2009 with 3,000 members, the network has
grown to more than 22,000 members.
"The ‘Get Connected for a Cause’ campaign will help put smiles on the
faces of poor children around the world born with unrepaired clefts,”
Smile Train Co-Founder and President Brian Mullaney said. "Donations
from LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell can have a tremendous impact as cleft
surgeries cost as little as $250, take as little as 45 minutes to
perform, and change a child’s life forever.”
About LexisNexis
LexisNexis® (www.lexisnexis.com)
is a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions
designed specifically for professionals in the legal, risk management,
corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets.
LexisNexis originally pioneered online information with its Lexis®
and Nexis® services. A member of Reed Elsevier (NYSE: ENL)
(NYSE: RUK) (www.reedelsevier.com),
LexisNexis serves customers in more than 100 countries with 18,000
employees worldwide.
About The Smile Train
The Smile Train is the world’s leading cleft charity with thousands of
partners and programs in 76 of the world’s poorest countries. Our
mission is to help the more than 4.7 million children in developing
countries who are suffering with unrepaired clefts. We provide free
cleft surgery to children from poor families that give children not just
a new smile, but a new life. Now in its tenth year, The Smile Train will
help its 500,000th child this year.
