Tickets-for-Charity(R) Announces National Launch of Groundbreaking New Platform for...

Tickets-for-Charity(R) Announces National Launch of Groundbreaking New
Platform for Music Fans to Access Great Seats While Supporting Leading
Charities

Platform Has Already Raised $3 Million for Charity and Kicks off National
Launch With Star-Studded Summer Tours: James Taylor, Billy Joel & Elton John,
Brad Paisley, Coldplay, Carlos Santana, Dane Cook, Diana Krall, Kenny Chesney,
Sugarland & More

Nation's First Socially-Positive Alternative to Thousands of Unauthorized
Ticket Brokers & Scalpers: Get Great Seats to High-Demand Events by Supporting
the Causes You Care About

BOSTON, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Tickets-for-Charity(R) kicks off its national
launch with some of the biggest names in entertainment and high-demand seats
to an exciting summer tour line-up of fan favorites, including: Elton John &
Billy Joel, James Taylor, Brad Paisley, Coldplay, Carlos Santana, Kenny
Chesney, Sugarland, Creed, Diana Krall, the Allman Brothers Band, Dane Cook,
REO Speedwagon, Styx and Boston Symphony Orchestra. To date,
Tickets-for-Charity has generated more than $3 million in donations for over
30 leading non-profit organizations.

With the national launch of its innovative fundraising platform at
www.ticketsforcharity.com, Tickets-for-Charity works with artists to offer
music fans a convenient way to purchase seats to high-demand events while
supporting some of the world's most respected charities. Founded to help
increase critically-needed funding to leading charities, Tickets-for-Charity
offers music fans the first socially-positive alternative to unauthorized
ticket resellers in the multi-billion dollar U.S. ticket industry.
Tickets-for-Charity provides fans with an easy way to access seats at often
the same or better price they pay elsewhere, while supporting important causes
from children's cancer to hunger relief. As charities face dramatically
declining donations in today's economy, Tickets-for-Charity harnesses the
unique power of effortless giving and joins an emerging group of social
enterprises engaging the private sector to help solve some of today's most
pressing social issues.

James Taylor, legendary singer-songwriter who is a five-time Grammy Award
winner with over 40 gold, platinum and multi-platinum records, is at the
forefront of artists stepping forward to partner with and support
Tickets-for-Charity. "I am deeply impressed by the enterprise.
Tickets-for-Charity gives fans the opportunity to support charity in a unique
way by letting them combine their passion for music with a desire to help
causes that we all care about," said James Taylor. Taylor also urged fellow
music artists and management to seize the opportunity to "join forces with
this visionary organization with minimal effort to make a real difference."

Tickets-for-Charity raised more than $300,000 during James Taylor's recent
tours for worthy organizations like Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
By purchasing tickets at www.ticketsforcharity.com, James Taylor fans accessed
prime seats to often sold-out shows while supporting NRDC and other admired
non-profit organizations.

"We are honored to work with amazing artists like James Taylor who have such a
strong commitment to their fans, the music industry and philanthropy," said
Jord Poster, CEO of Tickets-for-Charity. "The beauty of our platform is that
it raises millions of dollars for charity without asking anyone to "give" to
charity. At Tickets-for-Charity, donations are captured from the ticket
premiums that consumers are currently paying ticket brokers and scalpers, but
given the option would much rather direct to charity," Poster added.

Tickets-for-Charity makes prime seats available at original face value plus a
separate donation that directly benefits participating partner charities
selected by artists and fans. It costs nothing for artists or charities to
participate; Tickets-for-Charity administers the donations on behalf of
beneficiary charities and remits the face value for each seat sold back to the
participating tour.

Enabling people to feel good about their entertainment purchases,
Tickets-for-Charity connects fans and artists through the music they love -
and the vital organizations they support - to improve the lives of millions in
communities across America and around the world.

Tickets-for-Charity Background
Prior to its national launch, Tickets-for-Charity raised more than $3 million
for leading charities through Charitable Sale programs with high-profile
artists and events including The Rolling Stones, The Police, Barbra Streisand,
James Taylor, Lionel Richie, Farm Aid, John Mayer, Usher, and Live Earth. With
its national launch, the company expects to quickly generate tens of millions
of dollars more to support the important work of its partner charities,
including some of the world's most highly respected non-profit organizations:
The Actors Fund, Artists Against Hunger & Poverty: A Program of WHY, Autism
Speaks, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Boys & Girls Clubs of America,
Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, CARE, Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, City
Year, Communities In Schools, CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation,
Farm Aid, Feeding America, The GRAMMY(R) Foundation, Habitat for Humanity
International, The Humane Society of the United States, Jack & Jill Late Stage
Cancer Foundation, Jumpstart for Young Children, Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation International, The Leary Firefighters Foundation, Malaria No More,
MusiCares(R) Foundation, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, The
National Children's Cancer Society, National Federation of the Blind, Natural
Resources Defense Council, Outward Bound, Oxfam America, The Partnership for a
Drug-Free America, Peace Games, Rainforest Foundation, Team 25, United Way of
America, Urban Farming, Wildlife Conservation Society and YouthBuild. For more
information, please visit www.ticketsforcharity.com.

MEDIA CONTACT: Rogers & Cowan
Holly Taylor
hetaylor@rogersandcowan.com
310-854-8115

SOURCE Tickets-for-Charity

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