After-School All-Stars Seeks Donations by December 31 to Maximize Matching Gift to Encourage Kids to Reach for the Stars.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- With Technology Provided by Kintera, After-School All-Stars - Founded by Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] - Can Take Donations Securely Online at www.afterschoolallstars.org/reach Kids who have no place to go end up going nowhere. Kids with some place to go end up going places. Today, thousands of middle school youngsters have found hope and encouragement in programs sponsored by After-School All-Stars, founded by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1993. Kids like 12-Year-old Matthias Montez, who captured a USA Judo USA Judo is a non-profit organization which represents from all areas of U.S. judo practicers, including athletes, coaches, referees and others. The organization is managed by a staff of six at the USA Judo National Office which is located at the U.S. gold medal gold medal traditional first prize. [Western Cult: Misc.] See : Prize in the 2004 Pan American Games Pan American (Sports) Games Quadrennial sports festival. The games, conceived in 1940 as an event for the nations of the Western Hemisphere, were first held in 1951. , are grateful for these after-school programs that help them become more focused and disciplined in their schoolwork and extra-curricular activities. Currently provided free of charge to students in 15 cities throughout the U.S., After-School All-Stars offers homework assistance, computer training, literacy programs and electives such as sports, performing arts, crafts and more. Every day in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. as many as 15 million children leave school with no place to go. In the next five years, After-School All-Stars hopes to bring its comprehensive out-of-school programs to many more cities. The nonprofit is depending on generous donors to help make that happen. An anonymous donor will match all funds contributed by December 31, 2004 to the organization's "Reach for the Stars" campaign (www.afterschoolallstars.org/reach) to raise $100,000. Nearly 90 cents of every dollar donated to After-School All-Stars funds desperately needed programming for our nation's youth. To enable the After-School All-Stars organization to be more efficient and effective in achieving its mission of involving middle-school children in activities that increase confidence and encourage success, the nonprofit turned to technology provider Kintera(R) Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :KNTA KNTA Korean National Tuberculosis Association ). Kintera's web-based tools helped the nonprofit create a more engaging web presence at www.afterschoolallstars.org, including content designed to educate and inform web visitors and an area where supporters can donate easily and securely online. After-School All-Stars grew out of Inner-City Games, an initiative founded in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. in 1991 to positively influence and inspire at-risk children and youth. In 1993, Arnold Schwarzenegger founded the Inner-City Games Foundation to expand the program nationwide. The name was changed to After-School All-Stars in July 2003. "Providing after-school programs for all children by the year 2010 continues to be one of my most important priorities," said Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. "I am pleased to see that the After-School All-Stars Foundation I created continues to supply quality programs for so many young people." About After-School All-Stars The mission of After-School All-Stars is to provide comprehensive out-of-school programs that keep children safe and help them achieve in school and in life. To this end, After-School All-Stars engages middle-school children in activities and ongoing relationships that increase confidence and encourage success. After-School All-Stars programs combine sports and recreation, educational programs, technology training, arts and culture, and life skills and service learning. For more information, please visit www.afterschoolallstars.org. After-School All-Stars currently has programs in 15 U.S. cities: Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Los Angeles, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Orlando, Philadelphia, San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. , San Diego, San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. and South Florida. HUMMER and the Todd Wagner Todd R. Wagner (born August 2, 1960 in Gary, Indiana) is an American billionaire entrepreneur who co-founded Broadcast.com and now co-owns 2929 Entertainment with Mark Cuban, along with other entertainment properties and has also founded the Todd Wagner Foundation. Foundation are the generous national sponsors of After-School All-Stars. Additional funding is provided by the Arcadia, Avant!, C.S. Mott Foundations and SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. . About Kintera Inc. Kintera(R) Inc. (NASDAQ:KNTA) is an innovative provider of software as a service that helps nonprofit organizations foster a powerful sense of community to achieve their mission. Kintera's Knowledge Interaction(TM) technology strengthens an organization's community by providing volunteers, members, donors and staff web-based tools to efficiently fulfill their tasks and share real-time data and information. The company's Internet innovations include its Friends Asking Friends(R) solicitation program and Kintera Sphere(TM), an enterprise-grade software system that provides content management, contact management, communication tools, commerce applications, community-building features and reporting functions. Kintera's technology is built on a unified database and payment processing engine. A web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. is all that is needed to use Kintera Sphere to help increase donations, reduce fundraising costs and build awareness and affinity for a cause. For more information, visit Kintera at www.kintera.com. Kintera, Kintera Sphere, Friends Asking Friends and Knowledge Interaction are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Kintera, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries Forward-Looking Statements In addition to historical information, this press release contains forward-looking statements (including, without limitation, express or implied statements regarding the adoption of Internet software by nonprofit organizations) that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date hereof. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation: our limited operating history; our history of losses; our dependence on increased acceptance by nonprofit organizations of online fundraising; lengthy sales cycles for major customers; our need to manage growth; risks associated with accounting for and processing large amounts of donations; the rapidly changing technologies and market demands; and other risks identified in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. |
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