SendSavings™ Brings New “Green” to Charities and Nonprofits

April 29, 2010 - PRLog -- SendSavings™, a new fundraising partnership program launched in Tampa Bay, plans to raise $1 million for charity in its inaugural year by facilitating a collaboration between advertisers, charities and their supporters.

According to SendSavings™ founder and CEO, Dan Stewart, “SendSavings is ready to revolutionize the way people think about charitable giving.”

“We’ve incorporated every positive element we could think of – it’s free, it’s fun, it’s green and it rewards supporters for giving,” Stewart said. “Every charity in America should be using this program. And guess what? They can!”

The program innovatively leverages the power of mobile marketing by sending money-saving text message coupons to charitable supporters. The supporters save money and their favorite charities receive a donation. Neither charities nor supporters pay to opt-in and participate in the program.

And, SendSavings™ is “green” in its online functionality, every step of the way. No paper to sign up. No printed coupons. No unnecessary waste.  

It didn’t take long for Richard Lilliston, CEO of HARC, Hillsborough Achievement and Resource Centers, to realize that he needed to enlist HARC as a SendSavings™ charity as soon as possible.

“I’ve been raising money for non-profits for a long time,” Lilliston said, “and SendSavings is so easy for us and our supporters – why would I ever say no? Plus, HARC is very keen on ‘greening up’ our communications and fundraising efforts – and SendSavings gives us the ability to do just that.”

HARC was one of the first charities in Tampa to join SendSavings™, and they were quickly joined by Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo. Both charities quickly alerted their supporters – donors, volunteers, board members and staff – to the fact that they could support their respective organizations by receiving up to two text message coupons per week on their cell phones.

“SendSavings is a gift to all charities and non-profits,” said Tony LaForgia, corporate development officer at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo. “Starting the program was simple and required very little effort and no payment at all on our part,” he said.

HARC donor, Loni Jones, said, “I always wish I could give just a little bit more to HARC, and now, through SendSavings, I am able to show my support in a very simple way, and the thanks that I receive through the discounts and coupons actually helps me, too.”

To join SendSavings™ in its mission to raise $1 million in 2010 as a charity, supporter or advertiser (provider of discounts and coupons), visit www.sendsavings.com or email info@sendsavings.com.

About SendSavings™
SendSavings™ is the result of a very good question.  In the summer of 2009, realizing that charities, non-profits and schools aren't raising the funds they need to continue offering services, a team of award winning entrepreneurs asked themselves what they could do to help.  SendSavingsTM is the answer.

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