Auctionpay Donates Large Sum to Portland’s Shriners Hospital for Children
12/21/2006
Portland, Ore. - December 21, 2006 - Auctionpay, a leader in fundraising software and service solutions for the nonprofit community, selected Portland’s Shriners Hospital for Children as the recipient of its annual holiday giving program. This year’s $5,300 marks the largest donation made by Auctionpay to a charity. Auctionpay employees team together, identify a charity and work to raise money to support the cause as part of its annual holiday celebration. This year Auctionpay held an online auction, using its own software solution.
"We are delighted that Auctionpay is making their holiday donation to Shriners. This donation will support our teen transition program, Camp Spirit, a wonderful program which helps our teenagers learn how to function independently in the world," said Pat Grennan, Director of Community Affairs and Development at Portland’s Shriners Hospital. Grennan was pleased with the donation and accepted the check from Steve Sterba, Auctionpay’s CEO and President.
All of Auctionpay’s employees participated in the online holiday auction, procuring items and inventing creative donations such as auctioning off their own offices or providing catered breakfasts and dinners. Their efforts helped surpass the goal of raising five thousand dollars. The company’s online auction service, Auctionpay Online Auctions, ran the internal auction. It is a comprehensive, easy-to-use online auction service which supplements live events or can be used as a year-round fundraising tool.
About Shriners Hospital for Children
Founded in 1924, Portland's Shriners Hospital for Children relies on the generosity of donors to help continue their mission of providing specialized pediatric care at no charge, conducting innovative research and providing world-class teaching programs for physicians and other health care professionals.
Since 1922, Shriners Hospitals have treated more than 805,000 children from around the world, absolutely free of charge. For more information, visit: http://www.shrinershq.org
About Auctionpay
Auctionpay, headquartered in Portland, Oregon with satellite offices around the country, is dedicated to helping the nonprofit community automate and improve benefit event fundraising. Since 2002, Auctionpay has processed more than $750 million in credit card payments in support of nonprofit causes for nearly 5,500 schools and organizations across the United States. For more information, visit www.auctionpay.com.
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