Over 1000 Sports Leagues Now Using RainedOut for Text Message Alerts

Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:22am EDT
 
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League organizers use free service to broadcast real-time alerts to players,
coaches, parents, referees and others



LEESBURG, Va., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnilert(R), LLC, maker of  RainedOut,
the first text message service for sports leagues and clubs, today announced
that over 1000 sports leagues across the country are now using RainedOut to
broadcast real-time messages to players, coaches, parents, referees,
spectators and others.

Ben Hull, Recreation Supervisor of Athletics at Isle of Palms Recreation
Department in South Carolina, said, "RainedOut.com has made it much easier to
communicate to others about cancellations. It helps make my job easier."

RainedOut, as the name implies, was originally created in 2004 to notify
parents of games cancelled due to bad weather. Use of the service quickly
spread to include alerts for field changes, schedule changes, tournament
updates, call for volunteers, parking directions, registration reminders, and
more. 

RainedOut is accessible from smartphones, so alerts can be initiated on the go
or from the field the moment a decision is made. Alerts can be sent to an
entire league, sport or division, or to smaller groups such as a single team
or age group.

Loudoun Soccer in Leesburg, Va. was the first league to use the service back
in 2004. Margie Brien, the Office Manager at Loudoun Soccer, said,
"RainedOut.com has allowed Loudoun Soccer to easily communicate with its over
7,000 players and their parents about the status of fields. They provide
notices in a timely manner to allow coaches, players and parents to make
practice and game decisions."

Eric J. Westendorf, Public Relations Director at Lernerville Speedway in Pa.,
said, "On behalf of Lernerville Speedway and the entire World Racing Group
organization, we love the RainedOut website and service. It saves our office
literally hundreds, if not thousands of phone calls on questionable race
nights! The fans have also expressed their appreciation of the service en
masse. It has been a very successful program for us!"

RainedOut is a Web-based service, so there is no traditional software to
install, no hardware to buy and no additional phone lines needed. Registration
is fast and easy. The service is free. Standard text messaging fees apply.

About RainedOut
Established in 2004 and used by more than 1000 organizations, RainedOut is the
first text message service for sports leagues and clubs. This web-based
service enables non-technical people to administer and send custom or
predefined messages instantly to the entire league for improved communication.
It is used to cancel games, give directions, recruit volunteers, and much
more. Messages can initiate from a net-connected PC, from a conventional phone
call, or from the field using a net-connected cell phone. Through one simple
interface, RainedOut instantly and simultaneously broadcasts messages to
subscribers' mobile phones (via SMS text message) and e-mail accounts, and to
the leagues' own Web pages, RainedOut page, Facebook page, and Twitter
account. To learn more, visit http://www.RainedOut.com.

About Omnilert
Omnilert, LLC is the leading provider of unified mass notification systems for
better business continuity, emergency management, and routine communication.
The easy-to-use, self-service, Web-based system enables a single person to
communicate timely information to thousands of people anywhere, anytime, on
any device or service. The company's 1,750 clients include the U.S. Army, GE,
Harvard University, Tennessee Titans, UNICEF, Sanofi-aventis, and the National
Institutes of Health. Omnilert solutions are sold under the brand names
e2Campus, Amerilert, and RainedOut. The privately held company is
headquartered in Leesburg, Va., and at http://www.omnilert.com online.


SOURCE  Omnilert, LLC

Bryan Crum of Omnilert, LLC, +1-800-936-3525 ext. 703, bcrum@omnilert.com

 

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