FMA Foundation launches cell phone text-to-give program.
Press Release Summary:
Nuts, Bolts, and Thingamajigs, The Foundation of FMA, has launched program that allows people to donate to organizations by texting 123 to number 90999 from cell phone. Supporters are prompted to confirm their gift by replying with YES, and will then receive confirmation. Message generates $5.00 donation charged directly to caller's cell phone bill. Service is active with all major phone carriers through Mobile Giving Foundation.
Original Press Release:
Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs Foundation Launches Cell Phone Text-To-Give Program
Simply Text 123 to 90999 to Make a $5 Donation
ROCKFORD, ILL., March 24, 2009 -- Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs, The Foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. (NBT), has launched a text-to-give program that allows people to donate to the organization by simply texting "123" to the number "90999" from their cell phone. Supporters will be prompted to confirm their gift by replying with the word YES. After replying with YES, they will receive a confirmation and the message generates a five dollar donation charged directly to the caller's cell phone bill.
"This innovative technology allows anyone who can send a text message to donate to the Foundation," said Terrence Egan, director of NBT, an organization dedicated to inspiring America's youth to consider careers in manufacturing. "In today's current economic climate, we feel it's important to make it easier for people to make small gifts."
The service is active with all major phone carriers through the Mobile Giving Foundation, which was created to allow non-profit organizations to use the power of text messages to raise money.
NBT seeks to revitalize the future of manufacturing in America by offering grants to not-for-profit organizations and educational institutions introducing young people to metal forming and fabricating careers in manufacturing, providing funding to organizations starting or expanding manufacturing camps for youth, and issuing scholarships to students at colleges and trade schools pursuing careers in manufacturing.
"We must inform today's youth that working a skilled job with your hands can be rewarding financially and fulfilling personally," said actor, director and producer John Ratzenberger, who serves on the governing board and leads the Foundation's national public policy and media campaigns. "The focus is on inspiring young people to ultimately explore the manufacturing career path by getting them to tinker, fix and make stuff, and dream about inventing things. With each child who attends one of our camps or receives one of our scholarships, we are rebuilding America's foundation one tinkerer at a time."
More information on NBT is available by visiting www.NutsAndBoltsFoundation.org.
Based in Rockford, Ill., the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International, is a professional organization with more than 2,300 members working together to improve the metal forming and fabricating industry.
