Kintera Inc. Launches Parkinson's Disease Online Fundraising Event; Thousands of San Diego Parkinson's Patients to Benefit.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2001 Kintera Inc. (www.kintera.com), the leader in Internet fundraising solutions for nonprofit organizations Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. , recently launched the first total event management solution that will support the American Parkinson's Disease Parkinson's disease or Parkinsonism, degenerative brain disorder first described by the English surgeon James Parkinson in 1817. When there is no known cause, the disease usually appears after age 40 and is referred to as Parkinson's disease. Association's (APDA APDA American Parkinson's Disease Association APDA Alaska Public Defender Agency APDA American Parliamentary Debate Association APDA Afghan Peace and Democracy Act APDA Apple Programmers and Developers Association APDA Association of Peyronie's Disease Advocates ) 15th Annual Parkinson's Disease Walk and Fun Run. This new technology has been designed to facilitate an increase in participation for non-profit fundraising events. The Association will use the money raised from the web site to underwrite the costs of scientific research into the cause and cure of Parkinson's disease. Thanks to the new 15th Annual Parkinson's Disease Walk and Fun Run interactive Web site, www.pdwalk@kintera.org, the local chapter will, for the first time, be able to tap expansive audiences and donations via the Internet. The new event Web site takes the traditional aspects of fundraising and event management online. Participants can register for the event and set-up their own personalized Web page to send to their friends and family for collecting donations. Other unique components to this new technology include the opportunity for the nonprofit staff and participants to track contributions for the event in real-time. Parkinson's disease is a progressive disorder of the central nervous system affecting over one million people 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. . The APDA's primary efforts have been grassroots organizing Grassroots organizing is a political practice to create social change. Grassroots organizing is based on the power of the people to take collective action on their own behalf. of information and referral centers, chapters and support groups. Currently, their grassroots structure is what separates them from other Parkinson's disease organizations. Through utilizing Kintera's online event management solution, the APDA aims to increase both participation and donations. The 15th Annual Parkinson's Disease Walk and Fun Run event will be held May 19 at De Anza Cove at Mission Bay Park in 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. . For more information about the event visit the Web site at www.pdwalk@kintera.org. About Kintera Kintera is a marketing infrastructure service provider offering advanced Internet fundraising solutions to charitable, educational and political organizations. Kintera's solutions leverage the power of the Internet to enrich user experiences when interacting with non-profit organizations, thereby enhancing donor recruitment, cultivation and stewardship programs. Kintera's end-to-end Internet services meld traditional fundraising with online Knowledge Interaction (KI) based marketing solutions to augment overall fundraising activities. Kintera was founded in 1999 and stands for Knowledge Interaction, the company's core technology. For information regarding employment opportunities contact jobs@kintera.com. The release contains information about future expectations, plans and prospects of Kintera Inc. and constitutes forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. for purposes of the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. 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