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Parents as Teachers National Center Redesigns Website with Extensive Content for Families, Innovative Scrapbook Feature to Celebrate Children.


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.  -- Robust, Interactive Website Was Developed by Parents as Teachers in Conjunction with the Organization's Technology Partner, Kintera

Families looking for Looking for

In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with.
 extensive parenting resources and child development information need look no further than the redesigned website of Parents as Teachers National Center (PATNC PATNC Parents As Teachers National Center ) at www.parentsasteachers.org. Designed to help parents find information day or night, the robust, interactive website was developed by PATNC in conjunction with the organization's technology partner, Kintera(R), Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
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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 ), the leading provider of software as a service to 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.
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Parents as Teachers is an international early childhood parent education and family support program serving families throughout pregnancy until their child enters kindergarten, usually age five. The program is designed to enhance child development and school achievement through parent education accessible to all families. The organization has been designated as "One of the Best 100 Charities" by Worth Magazine and as one of the "10 Children's Charities That Deserve Your Support" by Parents Magazine.

A popular feature of the Parents as Teachers site is an online scrapbook A Macintosh disk file that holds frequently used text and graphics objects, such as a company letterhead. Contrast with "clipboard," which is reserved memory that holds data only for the current session.  that enables its community members to post photos and information celebrating the lives of their children, grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. , new baby, nieces and nephews, or anyone special. Users simply click on the Create a Scrapbook link at www.parentsasteachers.org/scrapbook to access easy-to-use online templates where they can build custom mini-sites with photos. Then, through the site, users can safely and securely email friends and family to visit their online scrapbook.

"Our redesigned website has allowed us to broaden our reach to families so parents have current, helpful information available at any time," said Maggie Probert, resource development manager at PATNC. "Additionally, our innovative scrapbook feature is an excellent way for families to celebrate their children."

The new website utilizes Kintera's web-based Content Management System (CMS (1) See content management system and color management system.

(2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system.
) tools to enhance each web visitor's unique experience. Kintera's CMS enables Parents as Teachers to easily manage its site to effectively provide the information, support and encouragement parents need to help their children develop optimally during the crucial early years of life. In addition to CMS functionality, the Kintera Sphere(TM) enterprise-grade software system will also provide the organization with contact relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ) and eMarketing tools, among other web-based applications See Web application. .

Using Kintera's innovative online technology, Parents as Teachers also expanded its web presence to include:

--Regular eNewsletters for parents featuring age-appropriate information and ideas;

--The first-ever Parents as Teachers eStore, complete with researched-based curriculum and materials for parent educators and childcare professionals, and consumer gift items ranging from mini-first aid kits to polo shirts;

--An easy-to-use donation link to express support for Parents as Teachers National Center, the nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive.

Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law.
 research base for Parents as Teachers; and

--Advocacy tools for supporting parent education, child welfare and early childhood education legislation.

"Kintera's feature-rich enterprise software allows Parents as Teachers to enhance its online relationship with parents, donors, local Parents as Teachers offices and other supporters by providing personalized per·son·al·ize  
tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es
1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner.

2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify.
 communication," said Kintera's 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. , Harry Gruber, M.D. "We're delighted to play a role in helping this worthy organization reach more families with parenting information."

About Parents As Teachers

Parents as Teachers is an internationally recognized program designed to enhance child development and school achievement through parent education accessible to all families. Of the more than 3,000 Parents as Teachers sites worldwide, more than 568 are located in Missouri, where the organization's headquarters are located. The organization has been designated as "One of the Best 100 Charities" by Worth Magazine and as one of the "10 Children's Charities That Deserve Your Support" by Parents Magazine. It was recently listed on the Better Business Bureau's honor roll honor roll
n.
A list of names of people worthy of honor, especially:
a. A list of students who have earned high grades during a specified period.

b. A list of people who have served in the armed forces.
 of nonprofit organizations. More information is available at www.parentsasteachers.org.

About Kintera, Inc.

Kintera(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:KNTA) provides an online solution to help nonprofit organizations deliver The Giving Experience(TM) to donors -- including giving convenience, financial transparency, feedback about the social impact of their gifts, and a sense of belonging and appreciation. Kintera recently launched The Giving Communities(TM) interactive website at www.kintera.org where consumers can connect with thousands of causes and organizations, and purchase the CharityGift(TM) card to give a unique gift that also supports worthy organizations with a donation to charity.

More than 15,000 accounts in the nonprofit, government and corporate sectors use Kintera's "software as a service" innovations, including the Friends Asking Friends(R) fundraising program and Kintera Sphere(TM), an enterprise-grade software platform that provides a secure, scaleable and reliable system for customer relationship management (CRM), a web content management system (CMS), eMarketing and directed giving applications. Additionally, Kintera FundWare(R) provides award-winning financial management software developed for nonprofit organizations and governments. For more information about Kintera's software and services, visit www.kintera.com.

Kintera, Kintera Sphere, Friends Asking Friends, The Giving Experience, The Giving Communities, CharityGift and FundWare are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Kintera, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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In addition to historical information, this press release contains forward-looking statements (including, without limitation, express or implied statements regarding the adoption of web-based 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 Online fundraising is the use of Internet-based technology, marketing and communication techniques by non-profit organizations to bring in revenue, frequently as donations. ; 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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