Celebrating The Lives of People You Love is Simplified by a New Web Site.

Business/Lifestyle/Internet Editors

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 2000

CelebrateSomebody.com Helps Family and Friends Record Their

Feelings Online and Print Them in a Real Gift Book

The process of collecting the good wishes and comments of friends and family for inclusion in a celebratory gift book has been simplified by a new Web site called CelebrateSomebody.com(TM), a free service that makes it easy to create a lasting memento to be cherished by an honoree. The personalized book can be printed from any laser or ink jet printer.

"Preparing a group memory book to celebrate a person's birthday, anniversary or retirement used to be a tedious, time-consuming process that was made even more difficult by geographic limitations," said Joan Breiner, CelebrateSomebody.com's president and co-founder. "CelebrateSomebody.com has changed that by conveniently putting all the elements needed to create such a book on the Web where it can be accessed by the entire group."

The gift book can be created quickly and easily at CelebrateSomebody.com by choosing from page headings, graphics and title pages. The easy-to-follow format also includes examples and phrases that prompt contributions. Group participants access a designated password-protected location to read and enter personal comments, good wishes, congratulations and reminiscences; they can also order gifts for the person being celebrated. When entries are complete, they are graphically configured for printing. The book can then be printed at the desktop or at the nearest quick printer. Decorative acid-free paper and handmade leather and paper bindings can be ordered from the site.

CelebrateSomebody.com, while similar in its ease-of-use to electronic greeting card sites, produces an actual personalized gift book with individual entries and graphics composed and created by participating family members, friends and associates. The book has page headings such as "My birthday wish for you is," and "What I admire most about you is." "The page headings help people think about what to write and lets the person being celebrated know why they are loved and respected," said Ms. Breiner.

The idea for CelebrateSomebody.com came about when co-founder Susyn Reeve decided to celebrate her friend Joan Breiner's birthday with a book featuring personal tributes and messages from family and friends. She spent many hours collecting duplicating, pasting, arranging and assembling the book which she presented to Ms. Breiner at her birthday party. Her friend's reaction was gratifying. "Everyone in the world should have a book like this," she said. "It makes people feel special."

The two friends, realizing that the Internet was ideally suited for bringing people together, designed CelebrateSomebody.com to make group participation as easy as possible. CelebrateSomebody.com is a free service; users can print out as many copies of their commemorative books as they wish. Ms. Breiner and Ms. Reeve anticipate revenues from the sale of album accessories and gifts and partnerships with Internet retailers.

For more information please contact CelebrateSomebody.com: Telephone: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] World Wide Web: http://www.celebratesomebody.com