Join My Village,’ a click-to-commit social change initiative of General Mills and international humanitarian organization CARE, is launching the second year of its online community with a new partner: American country music singer and songwriter Lee Ann Womack. Individuals will have the power to release up to $500,000 of General Mills’ charitable dollars for economic and educational opportunities for women and girls in Malawi.

The Amway Positivity Project highlighted everyday stories of positivity by encouraging U.S. residents to submit their own stories of positivity. Twenty-five semifinalists were chosen by a panel of five judges. The 10 entries that garnered the most votes online from the general public were named as finalists. Caitlin Boyle received the most votes and was named as the grand prize winner.

London-based creative agency JKR, which for the second year round has been running the blog for branding & marketing industry people—Design Gazette—has recently published its second Anthology called “The Blue Lady’s New Look and Other Curiosities”. It rounds up all the core trends and observations previously appreared online on the blog and adds a lot more new thinking on top.

A unique exhibition is now taking place in Somerset House in London. From now and until January 09 you may see the most opulent and iconic works created by the famous fashion illustrator of the 20th century Rene Gruau, who for 40 years of his life worked with Dior. The exhibition is designed to celebrate this collaboration and show Gruau’s original artwork for the House of Dior, as the visitors may see over seventy original illustrations for Christian Dior sketches, perfumes, magazines and poster ads created by the artist.

Hollywood has some new stars in town and they’re pretty cool cats—literally. On December 9 in LA, Friskies® brand cat food premiered ‘Cat Diaries: The First Ever Movie Filmed by Cats’ and gave viewers a look into their magical world. From apartments to homes, from New York to California, viewers are taken on a tour across the country to see life from a cat’s perspective.

This summer, Cadbury, the official sponsor of the upcoming London Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012, announced a massive campaign entitled ‘Spots v Stripes’ for the UK to promote its involvements into the international sports event. Back then, the company launched a website dedicated to the promotion and announced that it would kick off both online and offline activities. As part of the national movement, the brand released 100 GPS-activated balls in the UK and encouraged participants of the campaign to help the balls travel across the country.