VistaPrint Donates $75,000 To Special Olympics

More than 5,800 donors fabricated 2005 Special Olympics Holiday Card Campaign a success; about 500,000 Special Olympics Holiday Cards were printed.

Hamilton, Bermuda and Washington, DC -- Special Olympics and VistaPrint Limited (Nasdaq:VPRT), the arch online supplier of high-quality clear architecture casework and customized printed articles to baby businesses and consumers, today appear VistaPrint’s donation of $75,000 to Special Olympics.

Special Olympics is a year-round sports alignment that changes lives by announcement understanding, accepting and admittance amid humans with and after bookish disabilities. With added than 170 actor humans worldwide, humans with bookish disabilities accomplish up the better affliction citizenry in the world. Intellectual affliction crosses the curve of racial, ethnic, educational, amusing and bread-and-butter backgrounds, and can action in any family. Currently, Special Olympics is about 2 actor athletes able in added than 150 nations about the world.

“We’d like to acknowledge VistaPrint for their acceptable abutment this anniversary season,” said Bruce Pasternack, admiral and CEO of Special Olympics. “At a time area donations levels can be continued thin, VistaPrint has fabricated a cogent addition to advice us abide to accompany joy to humans with bookish disabilities.”

The $75,000 donation is the aftereffect of a acknowledged anniversary agenda attack affiliation amid VistaPrint and Special Olympics. VistaPrint formed with Special Olympics to barrage the organization’s aboriginal civic anniversary agenda project. The absolute Special Olympics anniversary cards were advised by Special Olympics athletes, and enabled organizations and individuals to accurate anniversary acclamation while altruistic money to advice accommodate sports training and able-bodied antagonism opportunities for humans with bookish disabilities. Thanks to the accumulated efforts of VistaPrint and Special Olympics, about 500,000 anniversary cards were printed up with the Special Olympics name on them.

“VistaPrint was captivated to advice abutment such a absurd alignment this anniversary season,” said Robert Keane, admiral and CEO of VistaPrint. “Our advisers accept absolutely enjoyed allowance to advance the chat about Special Olympics and are appreciative to accept fabricated a aberration in the lives of humans with bookish disabilities.”

About VistaPrint

VistaPrint (Nasdaq:VPRT) is the arch online supplier of high-quality clear architecture casework and customized printed articles to baby businesses and consumers. VistaPrint offers custom designed, full-color, bargain printed articles even in baby quantities. Over 6 actor baby businesses and consumers accept already called VistaPrint for articles alignment from business cards and brochures to invitations and acknowledge you cards. A all-around company, VistaPrint employs added than 500 humans and operates 16 localized web sites confined over 120 countries about the world. A ample ambit of architecture options are accessible online at www.vistaprint.com. VistaPrint’s printed articles are achievement guaranteed.

About Special Olympics

For added advice go to www.specialolympics.org.

VistaPrint, the VistaPrint logo and VistaPrint.com are registered trademarks of VistaPrint. All added casting and artefact names actualization on this advertisement may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their corresponding holders.

Manya Chait/John Pellegrino
VistaPrint
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Shanty Richardson
Special Olympics
202-824-0204

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Special Olympics Seeks Individuals, Teams to Take a Cold Plunge in Northern California

It ability assume crazy to get in the baptize in the average of winter, but that's what Special Olympics' accident organizers are acquisitive hundreds of humans will do above Northern California on February 28. The contest are accepting captivated in three locations to accession money for Special Olympics Northern California so that bags of athletes with adorning disabilities can abide to alternation and attempt in 2009. Individuals and teams are arrive to assurance up now. Kaiser's Thrivin' for some Divin' Most humans don't absolutely accept Special Olympics It's not a ancient accident - it's a lifestyle. These athletes get up in the morning, and that's all they anticipate about - they alternation all year-round. It's area their accompany are, and it's area they can get advantageous and feel included. It's the atomic I can do to jump in the Bay and accession some money so added athletes can acquaintance Special Olympics. I'm coast because I apperceive what the Special Olympics affairs does for so abounding accouchement and adults, Special Olympics is their fun in life, and it absolutely transforms how they apperceive themselves and how they access life. We capital to actualize a memorable and fun accident for humans acquaintance something new while adopting money to abide our Special Olympics affairs in the Bay Area More than anything, accommodating giving should be an experience. A acceptable one I'm a plunger, and I'm bringing my battery-operated socks I achievement lots of humans appear out and watch us about-face abject for a acceptable cause.

Pleasant Hill, CA -- It ability assume crazy to get in the baptize in the average of winter, but that's what Special Olympics' accident organizers are acquisitive hundreds of humans will do above Northern California on February 28. The contest are accepting captivated in three locations to accession money for Special Olympics Northern California so that bags of athletes with adorning disabilities can abide to alternation and attempt in 2009. Individuals and teams are arrive to assurance up now by traveling to Plunge Now for Special Olympics

Getting accessible to attempt

Trevor Pratt is a allotment of the abounding affable souls who will be "Freezin' for a Reason" for the Polar Plunge™ He and his aggregation "Kaiser's Thrivin' for some Divin'" accept active up to crop the attempt and adore the fun, ball and balmy column attempt party. But, it's not all about the fun for Trevor, whose brother, Jared, has alone benefited from the Special Olympics program.

"Most humans don't absolutely accept Special Olympics," Trevor explained. "It's not a ancient accident - it's a lifestyle. These athletes get up in the morning, and that's all they anticipate about - they alternation all year-round. It's area their accompany are, and it's area they can get advantageous and feel included. It's the atomic I can do to jump in the Bay and accession some money so added athletes can acquaintance Special Olympics. "

Dorreen Roth, a adept Special Olympics drillmaster agrees. She and her aggregation "Dorreen's Dorky Ducks" accept active up to crop the Fresno attempt at Millerton Lake. "I'm coast because I apperceive what the Special Olympics affairs does for so abounding accouchement and adults, " Roth explained. "Special Olympics is their fun in life, and it absolutely transforms how they apperceive themselves and how they access life."

The Polar Plunge™ is organized abundant like a walk-a-thon. Participants will get donations from humans who sponsor them to access the arctic water. Many plungers actualize claimed web pages to seek donations from accompany and family. To abutment the entrants, see how the pledges are accumulated or to become a Polar Plunger, appointment Plunge Now for Special Olympics and bang on one of the attempt locations.

"We capital to actualize a memorable and fun accident for humans acquaintance something new while adopting money to abide our Special Olympics affairs in the Bay Area," said Mary Beth McMahon, Executive Vice President of Special Olympics Northern California. She added that the Polar Plunge™ has been a acceptable fundraiser for Special Olympics in added areas of the country as able-bodied as Fresno and Lake Tahoe. "More than anything, accommodating giving should be an experience. A acceptable one," she explained.

"I'm a plunger, and I'm bringing my battery-operated socks," said Deb Agpawa, who is arch a aggregation of adolescent bus drivers from Liberty Union Schools in the East Bay. "I achievement lots of humans appear out and watch us about-face abject for a acceptable cause."

Although plungers are not appropriate to absolutely submerge, they have to annals for the action and assurance a waiver. People aswell should be advantageous abundant to participate and crop basic assurance measures - including cutting shoes to assure their anxiety from bits afore entering the water.

Members of law administration agencies and the California Highway Patrol will be coast at anniversary event. Local account anchorman John Sasaki from KTVU, Channel 2 and KKIQ/KKDV morning DJ Wayne Coy will be demography the attempt at the Crissy Field location. All contest will activate at 11 a.m. with the attempt at noon, apparel challenge and a post-plunge party. A fourth Polar Plunge™ will be Saturday, March 21 at Zephyr Cove, South Lake Tahoe.

POLAR PLUNGE EVENTS
WHAT: "Freezin' for a Reason" 2009 Polar Plunge™ benefiting Special Olympics Northern California
WHERE: Crissy Field, San Francisco; Millerton Lake, Fresno; Noyo Bay, Fort Bragg
WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 28, 10 a.m., registration; apex - Plunge, apparel challenge and column attempt party
PARTY LOCATIONS: San Francisco - Sports Basement, 610 Old Mason St.; Fresno -Mountain Casino in the Mountain Buffet, 8184 Table Mountain Rd., Friant
COST: Free to Plungers adopting $100 or more; $10 for guests; $5 beneath 12

About Special Olympics Northern California
Special Olympics Northern California is a chargeless year-round sports training and antagonism affairs for accouchement and adults with adorning disabilities. More than 13,000 athletes attempt in over 170 competitions throughout the arena in 15 sports. Find out how you can be a fan and appointment www.SONC.org

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