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BBB Mobile Giving Foundation Offers Easy Way to Help Texas Tornado Victims Through Mobile Giving to Habitat for Humanity
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BBB Mobile Giving Foundation (News - Alert):
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The quickest way to donate to organizations helping those affected
by last week's tornado in Texas is mobile giving. By texting a
keyword to a designated short code via a mobile phone, you can make
a donation of $10 to aid the Habitat for Humanity neighborhood
devastated by this disaster. 100% of your donation goes to the
nonprofit and the donation appears as a charge on your carrier bill
(standard rates may apply).
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Who:
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Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit group that organizes volunteers
to build homes for those in need of affordable housing, had worked
with residents to construct 60 houses in the Rancho Brazos
neighborhood that was battered by the twister in Granbury, Texas.
Habitat for Humanity International is responding to this urgent
need with mobile giving efforts, including the following short
code which meets the BBB Wise Giving Alliance standards:
Text TEXAS to 25383 to donate $10
On behalf of Habitat for Humanity - Texas Rebuild
The BBB Mobile Giving Foundation works with North American
cellular phone operators who enable this mobile giving service on
a no cost basis. Your entire donation goes to the recipient
nonprofit for their use in responding to this disaster and meeting
their mission. For more information on these various campaigns and
how mobile giving works, visit BBB
Mobile Giving Foundation, a non-profit organization
dedicated to helping other non-profits raise funds through mobile.
Jim Manis (News - Alert), founder and president of BBB MGF, is available for
media interviews and to provide an overview of the mobile giving
process.
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When:
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Please contribute now.
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Reminder:
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The BBB Mobile Giving Foundation urges caution when responding to
emergency situations to ensure charities to which you are donating
are, in fact, responding with transparency and accountability to
the immediate issue. Go to give.org
for guidance provided by BBB Wise Giving Alliance.
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Contact:
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Valerie Christopherson/Allison Gregg
Global Results Comms, (GRC)
+1 (949) 608-0276
[email protected]
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About BBB Mobile Giving Foundation
The Mobile Giving Foundation was founded in 2007 to create a "mobile
giving channel" that empowers non-profit organizations and donors.
Working with North America's top mobile carriers, the Foundation enables
the mobile channel for charitable giving by providing the organizational
layer, operational guidelines and technical infrastructure for
non-profit organizations and donors to use the incredible power and
convenience of mobile technology. The Foundation is merging with the
Council of Better Business Bureaus and adopting BBB Wise Giving Alliance
standards to grow the mobile-giving channel, strengthen mobile-giving
industry standards and accountability, assure donor confidence, and
reinforce nonprofit acceptance of the mobile-giving medium. For more
information, visit the Foundation website at mobilegiving.org
and the BBB Wise Giving Alliance website at give.org.
ABOUT BBB: For more than 100 years, Better Business Bureau has
been helping consumers find businesses, brands and charities they can
trust. In 2012, consumers turned to BBB 124 million times for Business
Reviews on more than 4.5 million companies and Charity Reports on 11,000
charities, all available for free at bbb.org.
The Council of Better Business Bureaus is the umbrella organization for
113 local, independent BBBs across the United States and Canada, as well
as home to its national programs on dispute resolution and industry
self-regulation.
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