TeePee Games supports leading AIDS charity with Freddid For A Day

Aug. 31, 2011 - PRLog -- London, UK – 31st August 2011 – TeePee Games, the rapidly growing discovery platform for social, smartphone and online Flash Games, is delighted to announce that it is supporting the Freddie for a Day campaign and its annual fundraising activity to raise money for The Mercury Phoenix Trust. Individuals can help raise money for the AIDS charity through TeePee Games simply by playing games for free at www.teepeegames.com, or via the Facebook app http://apps.facebook.com/teepeegames on Monday 5th September, Freddie’s 65th birthday!

Freddie For A Day is a celebration of Freddie Mercury’s life and music and it asks people to get sponsored to dress up as the great Freddie Mercury for just one day. It’s an annual fundraising event, in aid of The Mercury Phoenix Trust, and falls on or around the 5th September, Freddie Mercury’s birthday. The work of the Trust is principally HIV and AIDS education and awareness. Since 1992 the Mercury Phoenix Trust has been responsible for donating more than $15 million towards the fight against AIDS, and making over 750 grants to charities worldwide.

Between the hours of 00:00 - 23.59 BST on 5th September 2011, TeePee Games will donate 20% of all its profits to The Mercury Phoenix Trust. Individuals are encouraged to play as many games as they can throughout the day as the more games that are played the more money is raised for the charity. To further support the campaign, TeePee Games has asked its lovable mascot Gerry the Gopher to don his very own Freddy Mercury outfit, the famous yellow jacket and bright white trousers.

Tony Pearce, CEO at TeePee Games comments, “We’re all huge Queen fans in the office so when we heard about Freddie For A Day we thought it would be a great opportunity to pay tribute to Freddie Mercury while, at the same time, also helping out a great cause.”

Individuals can support TeePee Games’ fundraising efforts for Freddie For a Day and The Mercury Phoenix Trust by playing games for free on the TeePee Games website or through the Facebook app on Monday 5th September 2011.


URL:
TeePee Games: www.teepeegames.com
TeePee Games Facebook app: http://apps.facebook.com/teepeegames
Freddie for a Day: www.freddieforaday.com
The Mercury Phoenix Trust: www.mercuryphoenixtrust.com


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For more information please contact:

COMMERCIAL ENQUIRIES
Tony Pearce, CEO
Tel: +44 (0)7775 500847
Email: tony.pearce@teepeegames.com

CONTENT ENQUIRIES
Darren Newnham, Head of Content
Tel:  +44 (0)7919 891451
Email: darren.newnham@teepeegames.com

MEDIA
Quoc Truong, Peppermint P
Tel: +44 (0)207 240 2645
Email: teepeegames@peppermintp.com

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About TeePee Games
TeePee Games is a game player’s discovery platform for smartphone, social and Flash games located at www.teepeegames.com.  The service allows casual game players access to the games best suited to their profile, cutting through the noise of app stores and top-ten lists.  TeePee Games combines a huge array of social features provided by established services Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and contains them in one place online. The company was founded in 2010 and is funded by private equity.  TeePee Games is headquartered in London, United Kingdom and the company website is located at: www.teepeegames.com.

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