ATLANTA, GA -- 04/29/08 --
Delta Air Lines March for Babies Team and the
March of Dimes Georgia Chapter have partnered with Game for Charity to
launch the first-annual online game tournament. For an online donation,
participants play a five-minute online puzzle game, with the winner and
runners-up receiving 25,000 SkyMiles and $250 in prizes.
The tournament is open to the public, including all Delta Air Lines
employees, subsidiaries, and affiliates. To donate and play:
-- Go to www.GameforCharity.com/MoD/Delta.
-- Make a 100 percent tax deductible donation and play. Donor scores
will appear on the Leaderboard and donors may play and donate as often as
they like through May 23.
100 percent of all proceeds go to the March of Dimes Georgia Chapter.
"Delta's March for Babies Team is proud to partner with the March of Dimes
for this unique online game event designed to raise awareness and support
for an organization that works tirelessly to improve the health of babies
by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality," says
Paul Jacobson, SVP & Treasurer at Delta Air Lines.
"The Internet has become a major source of contributions by individuals,"
says March of Dimes Georgia State Director Mark Gibson. "We are excited to
be a leader in ePhilanthropy and working with Game for Charity on this
first-ever online game tournament. Utilizing the Internet to raise funds
reduces costs and allows more of each dollar donated to go directly to the
organization."
"It is a pleasure and honor to partner with the March of Dimes," says
Andrew Wells, CEO and co-founder of Game for Charity. Americans gave more
than $6 billion online to charitable organizations in 2006 and it's growing
by 51 percent a year, according to the ePhilanthropy Foundation. "We are
providing innovative charitable organizations and corporations with the
tools to facilitate online giving with the most popular activity on the
web, online games." More than one-third, or 34 percent of Internet users
in the U.S. play games on the Internet at least once per week, according to
Parks Associates, a research & analysis firm.
About Game for Charity:
Game for Charity is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlanta-based Rezilio.
Game for Charity's patent-pending method and technology allows
not-for-profit organizations and corporations the ability to utilize casual
games in a skilled tournament fashion over the Internet to raise funds.
For more information visit www.GameforCharity.com.
About March of Dimes - Georgia Chapter:
The March of Dimes is the leading nonprofit organization for pregnancy and
baby health. With chapters nationwide and its premier event, March for
Babies, the March of Dimes works to improve the health of babies by
preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. For the
latest resources and information, visit www.marchofdimes.com or
www.nacersano.org.
About Delta Air Lines:
Delta Air Lines operates service to more worldwide destinations than any
airline with Delta and Delta Connection flights to 306 destinations in 58
countries. Delta has added more international capacity than any major U.S.
airline during the last two years and is the leader across the Atlantic
with flights to 37 trans-Atlantic markets. To Latin America and the
Caribbean, Delta offers more than 500 weekly flights to 57 destinations.
Delta's marketing alliances also allow customers to earn and redeem
SkyMiles on nearly 16,409 flights offered by SkyTeam and other partners.
Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance that
provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations, flights and
services. Including its SkyTeam and worldwide codeshare partners, Delta
offers flights to 841 worldwide destinations in 162 countries. Customers
can check in for flights, print boarding passes and check flight status at
www.delta.com
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