For Every Good Wish Posted On Special Holiday Blog imbee.com Will Donate a Toy
For The Toys For Tots Program
OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ --
CORE NEWS FACTS
-- imbee.com, the first parent-approved social networking and blogging
destination specifically designed for kids from ages 8 to 14 today
announced the launch of its second annual toy drive in Cyberspace,
proceeds of which will go to the Toys For Tots Program.
-- The Toys for Tots program was developed by the U.S. Marine Corps
Reserve. The mission of the program is to collect new, unwrapped toys
during October, November and December each year, and distribute those
toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community in which the
campaign is conducted.
-- In order to facilitate the toy drive online, imbee.com created a
special holiday blog and then invited its growing community of kids and
tweens to post their good wishes for this holiday season. For every
child that makes a post, the tween social network will donate a new toy
to the Toys for Tots program. At the completion of the toy drive,
delivery of all toys will take place at the program's collection center
located in Orinda, California.
-- The objectives of Toys for Tots are to help needy children throughout
the United States experience the joy of Christmas; to play an active
role in the development of one of our nation's most valuable natural
resources -- our children; to unite all members of local communities in
a common cause for three months each year during the annual toy
collection and distribution campaign; and to contribute to better
communities in the future.
-- imbee.com is a tween destination that provides a highly controlled,
security-based interactive environment where kids can have fun creating
or sharing exclusive content with their friends, fellow students and
family members.
-- imbee.com is the only social network for kids and tweens to offer the
most comprehensive suite of security, insight and control tools;
providing parents, teachers and trusted-adults with the ability to set
age-appropriate parameters related to their child's online
communications, content development and community based activities.
-- All imbee.com subscribers receive an unparalleled level of protection
including user authentication, content privacy, controlled scope of
publishing and built-in a parental dashboard for insight and control.
COMMENTARY
-- Tim Donovan, Founder and Vice President of Marketing, Industrious Kid
-- "The spirit of giving comes naturally to kids and tweens, especially
during this time of the year. With that in mind, we invited our
community to help with our cyber toy drive for Toys For Tots, a
wonderful program continues to make the holiday seasons bright for
children around the country. Our goal is to translate as many good
wishes in to real toys as we can. Knowing our active community, we
should help to make the holiday seasons fun for kids in need."
MULTIMEDIA SUPPORT
-- Toys For Tots http://toysfortots2007.com
-- What is imbee.com: www.imbee.com
-- Industrious Kid www.industriouskid.com
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Key Words Tweens, social media, social
networking, Toys for Tots, online safety, user
generated content, virtual learning, new media
About Industrious Kid, Inc.
Industrious Kid is the first company to a social networking destination
and platform specifically designed for the rapidly expanding population of
kids and tweens now accessing and using the Internet. The company's age-
appropriate solutions strike a unique balance between the fun and stimulation
that children desire and the highly controllable, security-based environment
that their parents demand. Industrious Kid's first product is imbee.com, a
dynamic social networking and blogging destination designed specifically for
kids ages 8 to 14. The company is headquartered in Oakland, Calif. For more
information about Industrious Kid and imbee.com, please visit
www.industriouskid.com.
SOURCE Industrious Kid, Inc.
Tim Donovan, Vice President, Marketing - Public Relations, +1-510-725-4104,
tim@industriouskid.com, or Carol Rooney, Partner Program Manager,
+1-510-984-1976, crooney@industriouskid.com, both of Industrious Kid, Inc.; or
Alison Rhodes, +1-203-273-2141, alison@momcentral.com, for Industrious Kid,
Inc.
