Exclusive American Idols LIVE! 2007 Tour Charitable Sale
Hosted by Tickets-for-Charity.com ™ to Benefit America’s Second Harvest & Artists Against Hunger & Poverty: A Program of WHY
Boston, MA, Chicago, IL and New York, NY -- July 11, 2007 -- Tickets-for-Charity.com today announced an exclusive Charitable Sale of tickets for AEG’s American Idols LIVE! 2007 Tour to benefit America’s Second Harvest – The Nation’s Food Bank Network and Artists Against Hunger & Poverty: A Program of WHY (World Hunger Year), two organizations dedicated to fighting hunger in America. The official Charitable Sale kicks off with an allotment of premium seats that have been made available for performances on the 50-city tour, including Houston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C.
“As one of the beneficiaries of the recent “Idol Gives Back” live fundraiser, we are extremely fortunate to have another opportunity to be involved with American Idol through our Charitable Sale partner Tickets-for-Charity,” said Vicki Escarra, President and Chief Executive Officer of America’s Second Harvest. “The funds we receive from this exclusive Charitable Sale will help our efforts to provide essential food and grocery products to children and families throughout America.”
“We are thrilled to have been selected as a beneficiary of the upcoming American Idols LIVE! Tour,” said Noreen Springstead, Director of Fundraising & Marketing for WHY. “This is a great way for Idol fans to contribute to our important work combating hunger and poverty in America.”
An exclusive allotment of premium seats including some of the best seats in the house, are now available at www.tickets-for-charity.com. Seats are available at face value plus a pre-determined donation amount that benefits America’s Second Harvest – The Nation’s Food Bank Network, Artists Against Hunger & Poverty: A Program of WHY and other Tickets-for-Charity partner charities as selected by customers.
“This is a wonderful opportunity to harness the popularity and powerful reach of American Idol to generate awareness for America’s hunger crisis,” said Jord Poster, founder of Tickets-for-Charity™. “Fans will not only get access to some of the best seats in the house to see their favorite Idol performers on tour, they’ll also enjoy the satisfaction of knowing they’ve helped these great organizations in their important work addressing hunger and poverty in America.”
Tickets-for-Charity offers fans an easy way to support important charitable causes while gaining access to premium seats at their favorite sports and music events. Tickets-for-Charity has already raised millions of dollars for highly respected national charities through Charitable Sales for sports and music events, including The Rolling Stones’ A Bigger Bang Tour, Lionel Richie’s Coming Home Tour and The Boston Red Sox 2006 & 2007 Seasons.
Fans can visit www.tickets-for-charity.com to find exclusive seats for American Idols LIVE! Tour dates across the country.
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About Charity Partners, LLC and Tickets-for-Charity™
Charity Partners, a mission-based for-profit company dedicated to developing high-impact fundraising platforms for respected non-profit organizations throughout the U.S. and the world, was founded by Jord Poster (a co-founder of Priceline.com). The Company formed Tickets-for-Charity™ in 2005 to give sports and music fans a convenient way to support important causes while gaining access to high demand sports and entertainment events across the country. In addition to America’s Second Harvest – The Nation’s Food Bank Network and Artists Against Hunger & Poverty: A Program of WHY, Charity Partners currently partners with more than 20 highly respected charities nationwide, including Autism Speaks, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, CARE, Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, City Year, CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation, Jumpstart for Young Children, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, The Leary Firefighters Foundation, Malaria No More, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, The National Children's Cancer Society, National Federation of the Blind, Outward Bound, Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Peace Games and United Way of America. For more on Tickets-for-Charity, please visit www.tickets-for-charity.com.
About America’s Second Harvest – The Nation’s Food Bank Network
America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank Network is the largest charitable domestic hunger-relief organization in the country with a Network of more than 200 Member food banks and food-rescue organizations serving all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The America's Second Harvest Network secures and distributes more than 2 billion pounds of donated food and grocery products annually; and supports approximately 50,000 local charitable agencies operating more than 94,000 programs including food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, after-school programs and Kids Cafes. Each year, the America's Second Harvest Network provides food assistance to more than 25 million hungry people in the United States, including more than 9 million children and nearly 3 million seniors. For more on the America's Second Harvest Network, please visit www.secondharvest.org.
About Artists Against Hunger & Poverty: A Program of WHY
Artists Against Hunger & Poverty is a program of WHY (World Hunger Year) that enlists performing artists to raise awareness and funds for the fight against hunger and poverty. WHY is helping thousands of America’s hungry connect to food pantries, soup kitchens, shelter, and government programs in their neighborhoods by providing immediate help via the National Hunger Hotline 1-866-3-HUNGRY. WHY also supports the work of more than 8,750 community-based organizations working on the frontlines to help poor and hungry Americans move out of poverty, more specifically helping them tap their own power to be self-reliant through job training, life skills, urban farming, after school programs, affordable housing, entrepreneurial businesses, and much more. WHY is a leading advocate for innovative, community-based solutions to hunger and poverty, and challenges society to confront these problems by advancing models that create self-reliance, economic justice, and equal access to nutritious and affordable food. For more information, please visit www.worldhungeryear.org.
Contact:
Ross Fraser
Media Relations Manager
America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank Network
312-641-6422
rfraser@secondharvest.org
Lisa Batitto
Communications Director
World Hunger Year
212-629-8850 x22
lisa@worldhungeryear.org
