-- - HAYWARD, Calif., October 1, 2001Starwire Corporation, provider of Web content management solutions for networked communities, today announced that it has donated OnlineGiving services to the Salvation Army Relief Network (http://www.salvationarmyreliefnetwork.org) and the Todd Beamer Memorial Foundation (http://www.beamerfoundation.org) in order to help these organizations raise funds online for national relief efforts related to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
The Salvation Army Relief Network (http://www.salvationarmyreliefnetwork.org) is a special Web site set up to acquire donations for the Salvation Armys national headquarters in order to provide shelter, food, and clothing for relief workers in New York and Washington, D.C. This network is affiliated with the official Salvation Army USA Web site, http://www.salvationarmyusa.org, which runs on Starwire Interlink.
The Todd Beamer Memorial Foundation (http://www.beamerfoundation.org), founded by Todds wife, Lisa Beamer, is dedicated to assisting youth, promoting Christian athletics, supporting the concept of family, and providing support for families of fellow victims of the terrorist attacks. Todd Beamer was one of the men who heroically organized the diversion of the fourth hijacked airliner, United Flight 93, from reaching its intended destination on September 11, 2001.
Starwire mourns with families who have lost loved ones and wishes to help by providing relief organizations with the tools to raise funds online, said Dave Jaworski, President and CEO of Starwire Corporation. We hope to empower and serve by providing ways to help charitable organizations use the Internet to their advantage at this critical time.
About OnlineGiving Services
OnlineGiving (http://www.onlinegiving.com) is a customized service that allows nonprofit organizations to accept donor contributions online, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Starwire OnlineGiving makes the donation process more effective by gathering donor information, providing multiple ways for organizations to process donations, and by providing tracking tools for recording the success of an online campaign. Starwire OnlineGiving serves foremost nonprofit organizations such as American Leprosy Mission (http://www.leprosy.org), Angel Tree (http://www.angeltree.org), and the Los Angeles Mission (http://www.losangelesmission.org).
About Starwire Corporation
Starwire (http://www.starwire.com) is a software service company that delivers Web content management tools to organizations over the Internet. Starwire has two core products: Starwire Interlink, which enables users to create, maintain, syndicate, and exchange content across sites within Web-based networks, and OnlineGiving, which enables organizations to take donations via their Web site.
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