Cause Marketing

Nonprofit group Health & Disability Advocates launched a national ad campaign this week promoting the hiring of people with disabilities. The ads, which are running online, on TV, in print and on billboards, drive consumers to www.thinkbeyondthelabel.com, where they can find information and opt in for a quarterly newsletter.

Tamika and Friends, a nonprofit that raises awareness of cervical cancer and its link to the human papilomavirus (HPV), is managing an integrated campaign urging women to take a pledge to get screened for the disease. The effort includes a microsite — www.PearlofWisdom.us/Pledge — a Twitter feed, Facebook fan and cause pages and e-mail elements.

We TV has launched its "Pledge 24 in 2010" campaign with Goodwill as a partner. The effort targets women and encourages them to pledge 24 hours of volunteer work in the coming year.

MTV launched "A Thin Line," an integrated campaign to stop the spread of digital abuse, which is defined by the network as "sexting," cyberbullying and digital dating abuse. The campaign, launched December 3, consists of PSAs, interactive tools and a contest called the "Redraw the Line Challenge."

'Cosmopolitan' launched the Cosmo Karma Project, a social media initiative sponsored by Estee Lauder, to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, on October 26. The magazine also seeks to grow its subscriber base with the initiative.