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Esurance Announces Winners Of 2009 Charitable Giving Grant Program |
Partners with YourCause.com to Add Social Web Aspect to Giving
Esurance, the direct-to-customer online auto insurance company, announced the winners of its annual grant program for charitable causes. For the past two years, Esurance associates in each of Esurance’s office locations nationwide have helped select worthy organizations the company supports for its cause marketing efforts. In 2009, to streamline the submission process and help connect its charitably-minded associates across the U.S., Esurance partnered with leading charity-focused social Web platform, YourCause.com.
For the grant program, Esurance associates submit their favorite community causes for review and voting, with winning organizations in each location receiving a $5,000 grant and volunteer support from Esurance. The organizations selected as this year’s Esurance Grant Program winners represent a wide range of causes, from Children’s Hospital in Denver, to Habitat for Humanity in Phoenix, to Sacramento’s local SPCA. |
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YourCause.com Launches Volunteer Program |
‘The Most Caring Online Community’ Enhances Functionality for Members and Corporations
DALLAS (July 29, 2009) – YourCause.com, a cause-focused social networking site, launched their inclusive volunteer platform to enhance the member’s cause experience. The YourCause.com volunteer program includes: volunteer search options, volunteer hour tracking and the ability to post volunteer opportunities. Not only can the general user access and utilize volunteer capabilities on YourCause.com, but the new module also enhances the YourCause.com corporate Private Label, also known as the employee giving and philanthropy platform.
“We are very excited to be able to add a volunteer component to our existing cause platform, making our total offering far more robust,” says site-founder Matt Combs. “Since launch, we have noticed an increasing demand for volunteer solutions and we hope that the YourCause platform will play an active role in fulfilling the needs of corporations and organizations alike. |
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Celebrities Lend Star Power to Motivate Social Change! |
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Morgan Freeman, Carmen Electra, Christina Milian, Joe and Gavin Maloof, and NFL Great Leonard Marshall Lend Star Power to Motivate Social Change!
YourCause.com Launches Online Celebrity Portal for Hollywood Elite to Champion Their Causes
DALLAS (May 20, 2008) –YourCause.com, a newly launched, cause-focused, socialnetworking site dedicated to “Empowering Millions to Raise Billons,” announced today the official launch of their celebrity pages. To date, the site has raised over $20,000 for more than 600 passionate advocates for change. |
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YourCause.com Seeks to Empower Millions to Raise Billions |
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Unprecedented Website Launches, Bringing Enhanced, Cause-Related Social
Networking to the Web DALLAS (April 30, 2008) – Blastoff Ventures, a Dallas based business incubator, officially announced the launch of niche social networking site, YourCause.com, today. YourCause.com seeks to build ‘the largest community of caring people of the planet’ by providing an assortment of tools and online functionality. The sites allows users to quickly and easily establish an organized web presence to promote their cause and actively raise funds for their preferred charity – any IRS qualified and registered 501(c)3. To date, the newly launched site has raised over $20,000 for over 550 initial members. |
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