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Paralyzed Veterans of America Launches Support Community on Gather.com Winner of "A Hero in My Life" Writing Competition to Receive DC Trip
BOSTON, MA—July 9, 2007—Paralyzed Veterans of America, a congressionally chartered veterans service organization founded in 1946, has launched a group called "Support Veterans" (http://veterans.gather.com) on Gather.comª, the leader in social media for adults. The new community is designed to serve as an online forum for veterans, active service members and family and friends to share their experiences and accomplishments.
"Veterans.gather.com is a community for America's heroes," said Tom Gerace, founder and CEO of Gather.com. "We are excited to be able to provide a platform that that allows Paralyzed Veterans of America to build a deeper relationship with its supporters, and provide veterans and their friends and families with a place to discuss issues that matter to them most."
"We work to empower all our disabled veterans with everything they need to excel," said Mark Dowis, associate executive director of Development and Marketing, Paralyzed Veterans of America. "The Support Veterans group on Gather.com will help us to harness the power of social media to unite people and activities toward our single mission: improved quality of life for all people with disabilities."
In order to celebrate the launch of the "Support Veterans" group, Paralyzed Veterans recently sponsored a writing competition called "A Hero in My Life," in which group members were encouraged to submit essays about their heroes. The essays are currently being evaluated by Gather.com members and the grand prize winner of the competition will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, DC, over Veterans Day Weekend, along with VIP passes to a special ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. The grand prize winner will be announced on or before July 16, 2007.
Support Veterans' members also may redeem GatherPointsª, currency received for site participation, to make a tax-deductible donation to the Paralyzed Veterans of America organization. Paralyzed Veterans is a Gather.com redemption partner.
To join the Paralyzed Veterans' mailing list, please visit www.pva.org.
About Paralyzed Veterans of America Paralyzed Veterans of America, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, congressionally chartered veterans service organization dedicated for the benefit and representation of veterans with spinal cord injury or disease, all veterans and people with disabilities. Paralyzed Veterans relies heavily on the generosity of patriotic Americans to make all programs possible, such as vocational employment services, disabled veterans' advocacy, health and benefits counseling, medical research and wheelchair sports. For more information about Paralyzed Veterans, please visit www.SupportVeterans.org; or call 800-555-9140.
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