Place2Give creates Emergency Relief Fund for India Cyclone Phailin 2013

Donations can be designated to support the relief fund directly through Place2Give.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 18, 2013

Calgary, Canada – In response to the massive cyclone that hit India and resulted in mass destruction, Place2Give has created a Cyclone Phailin Relief Fund to assist in the clean-up effort and any other relief efforts needed.

The Place2Give Foundation’s Cyclone Phailin Relief Fund will be supporting the following charities:

• World Vision Canada
• Save the Children Canada
• Doctors Without Borders Canada

Donors can designate their donations to a specific charity by clicking on that charity's donate button or select the ‘Place2Give Fund’ for our team to direct the donation to areas of greatest need. A credit card processing fee of 3.9% will be applied to all transactions. The Place2Give Fund is managed by First Calgary Financial and tax receipts will be issued directly upon donation.

To donate the Place2Give Foundation’s Emergency Relief Fund for India Cyclone Phailin, please visit: http://www.place2give.com/CyclonePhailin.aspx

Thank you to the organizations who are helping out with this initiative and supporting those organizations who are working on the front lines. If you would like to make a corporate donation please contact Gena Rotstein at 1-866-936-GIVE (4483).

About Place2Give: Place2Give is a Canada’s largest charity search engine. It provides donors with the tools they need to: search, evaluate and give to the charities that align with their passions.

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Contact:

Karine Aviv                                                                                                                        
Dexterity Ventures Inc.                                                                                                
+1 (866) 936-GIVE or +1 (403) 909-8235                                                 
kshoham-aviv at place2give dot ca

Meghan Somers
The Agency
+1 (587) 899 0615
meghan at theagencyinc dot ca

Notes to Editors:

Dexterity Ventures Inc.
Place2Give was developed by Dexterity Ventures Inc. Dexterity Ventures Inc. focuses on creating leading edge technologies that support the philanthropic and social visions of individuals, families and businesses supporting North America's charitable sector. Dexterity Ventures operates Dexterity Consulting, Canada’s first philanthropic brokerage firm, and Place2Give.

Place2Give is a donor-centered charity search engine. It provides donors with the tools they need to search, evaluate and give to Canadian and American charities that align with their passions. Place2Give is tackling a number of goals: to integrate big data for the North American charitable sector using our algorithms and prescriptive data analysis; to provide a valued resource for donor decision making; to improve financial advisors’ workflow pertaining to their clients’ philanthropic investments; to help charities articulate their Key Performance Indicators; and to provide third parties aggregated data on the charitable sector.

Place2Give Foundation is registered charity 833678840RR0001 in Canada. The Place2Give Foundation has partnered with Tides Foundation in the US to process donations from American donors.