Help Vet Tix win $20,000 by donating to their CrowdRise campaign
Phoenix, AZ/26 May 2016 — Vet Tix has joined the Veterans Charity Challenge 4, a fundraising competition on CrowdRise, the largest crowdfunding platform for good. Organizations benefitting America’s heroes, such as veterans, military families, police, and firefighters will compete to raise the most money with the top teams winning grand prize cash donations Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and craigconnects.org Vet Tix has joined the challenge on CrowdRise in hopes of raising money to support our Military Community and win the $20,000 grand prize.
Vet Tix’s Tickets for Troops Program is dedicated to giving back to the US military community. Our military shoulders unique burdens of stress, sacrifice and time away from family. The majority of our 19 million veterans have served during wartime! Wounds of war, both mental and physical, can stay with our veterans the rest of their lives.
Vet Tix provides event tickets to currently-serving Military, Veterans and their families, including immediate families of those Killed in Action to sporting events, concerts, performing arts and family activities. Attending events reduces stress, strengthens family bonds, builds positive memories and encourages service members to stay engaged with American life and local communities.
“Eight years ago, as I looked around the stadium at a football game, I saw a number of empty seats,” said CEO Michael Focareto. “I wondered at the time of how many veterans were missing out on that ‘All-American’ experience for which they sacrificed. Vet Tix was born that day.”
The Veterans Charity Challenge 4 launched on CrowdRise on May 25th at 12pm ET and runs through July 6th at 1:59:59pm ET. The team that raises the most during the Challenge wins $20,000 and 2nd-5th place prizes can win $1,000-$10,000. Weekly Bonus Challenges enable charities to win up to another $11,500.
CrowdRise Challenges are innovative fundraising competitions for charitable organizations designed to build capacity, create massive engagement and leverage, and use the power of the crowd to provide new meaningful funding streams for organizations in every sector.
To help Vet Tix win the Veterans Charity Challenge 4 head to www.crowdrise.com /veteran-tickets-foundation—tickets-for-troops
About Veteran Tickets Foundation (Vet Tix)
Veteran Tickets Foundation (Vet Tix) is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation supporting our military community. Vet Tix has provided over 2 million free event tickets to currently serving military, veterans and family members of those killed in action to sporting events, concerts, performing arts and family activities. Our military and veterans experience many difficult transitions as they reintegrate into their families, communities, and eventually, into civilian life. Attending events improves morale, strengthens family bonds through shared interests and encourages service members to stay engaged with local communities and American life. In gratitude for their service and to support their reintegration, Vet Tix is dedicated to giving back to those who gave us so much. Donations are eligible for tax deductions. Please visit our web site at www.VetTix.org Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
ABOUT CROWDRISE CrowdRise is the world’s largest and fastest growing online platform dedicated exclusively to charitable fundraising. CrowdRise is used by millions of individuals, tens of thousands of charities, hundreds of companies and many of the most famous artists and athletes in the world to creatively leverage their resources and networks to unlock the power of the crowd and raise hundreds of millions of dollars to support positive social missions.
Founded by actor Edward Norton, film producer Shauna Robertson and Robert and Jeffrey Wolfe, CrowdRise has conceived, implemented and powered campaigns that have raised over $300 million to date. For more information, visit www.CrowdRise.com.
ABOUT CRAIGCONNECTS Launched in March 2011, craigconnects.org is Craig Newmark’s personal, web-based initiative to support philanthropy, public service, and organizations getting results in both areas. The initiative spotlights individuals, organizations and agencies working for veterans and military families, peer-to-peer giving, protection of Americans’ voting rights, trustworthy journalism, and women in tech. craigconnects is a fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives. For more information visit www.craigconnects.org.
