Dot Coms Team Up to Save Lives; Egreetings Network, Inc. Partners with Blood Centers of the Pacific to Sponsor First Multi-Company Internet Blood Drive.Business/Technology Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2000 Egreetings Network, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGRT), a rich-media email services provider and leading online card site at www.egreetings.com, and Blood Centers of the Pacific (BCP BCP Best Current Practice(s) BCP Business Continuity Planning BCP Business Continuity Plan BCP Book of Common Prayer BCP Banco Comercial Português BCP Bureau of Consumer Protection (US Federal Trade Commission) ), a nonprofit, community-based blood center, are teaming up to sponsor the first collaborative Internet blood drive, SFblooddrive.com, to help alleviate the Bay Area's blood shortage. On Tuesday, August 29th and Wednesday, August 30th, Egreetings Network will host SFblooddrive.com at its headquarters in SoMa, San Francisco's Internet hub. Organizers hope to collect more than 180 pints of blood during the two-day blood drive, which features an online sign-up board that allows Internet employees to sign up as a group with their companies or as individuals. Free goodie good·ie n. Variant of goody1. bags will include gift certificates to Pasta Pomodoro For the American chain of casual dining restaurants, see . Pasta Pomodoro is an Italian food typically prepared with angel hair pasta, olive oil, fresh tomatoes, basil, and other fresh ingredients that may vary. It is intended to be a quick light dish, rather than a dish in a heavy sauce. , Reflect.com, Looksmart.com, and chocolate from Takira.com. In addition, donors will have the opportunity to win prizes including dinner at MoMo's and concert tickets to Ben Harper Benjamin Chase "Ben" Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American musician. Biography Harper was born in Claremont, California, U.S. (in California's Pomona Valley). He began playing guitar as a child in Claremont. . "Egreetings Network has taken the lead in using its powerful communication tool--customized, animated online cards--to bring Internet companies together to donate blood for the Bay Area," said Dr. Nora Hirschler, president of Blood Centers of the Pacific. "The blood donations brought in during SFblooddrive.com will significantly bolster the Bay Area's blood supply." "Egreetings Network takes its responsibility to the community seriously," said Gordon Tucker Gordon Tucker is a prominent rabbi, with a reputation as both a political and a theological liberal in Conservative Judaism. He currently has a position as senior rabbi of Temple Israel Center in White Plains, New York. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Egreetings Network. "Our rich-media email products have extraordinary communications value, and we wanted to leverage that to mobilize Internet companies toward a positive cause." To learn more about SFblooddrive.com, visit www.sfblooddrive.com or www.bloodcenters.org. Donors must be at least 17 years of age, weigh 110 pounds or more and not be at risk for HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. or hepatitis. About Blood Centers of the Pacific Blood Centers of the Pacific, a nonprofit, community-based blood center, supplies blood to 37 hospitals and thousands of patients throughout Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern . About Egreetings Network, Inc. Egreetings Network is a rich-media email services provider and operates a leading online card site at www.egreetings.com. Its business offerings include a content-leveraged Application Service Provider (ASP) platform and multi-media communications tools for customer acquisition, retention and revenue generation. Egreetings Network's Web site, www.egreetings.com offers thousands of online cards for all occasions and sentiments featuring rich graphics, animations and music that can be personalized to make messages memorable and unique. E-greetings is a registered trademark and Egreetings is a trademark of Egreetings Network, Inc. |
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