Apr 21, 2011

Change For Life Program Expands Into Stationery Industry

Gift for Life, the gift, stationery and home decor industries’ leading charitable organization, announced today that its successful Change for Life fundraising initiative will be expanded into the stationery industry for 2011. Change for Life raises charitable funds via a modest donation from manufacturers for each order received at a trade event. During the Winter 2011 gift and home markets, more than $20,000 in contributions were raised through more than thirty participating companies.

Corporate partners in the stationery industry are being sought in order to maximize donations for 2011. Companies exhibiting at the National Stationery Show, May 15-18, are being asked to donate a minimum of $.50 per order received at the show.

Stationery industry partners will join participants from gift and home décor including Alexa’s Angels, CR Gibson, Evergreen, Global Views, IMAX, Ivystone, Lazy Susan, Lindsay Phillips, Mud Pie, One Coast, Two’s Company, Uttermost, and many others.

“We look forward to continuing the expansion of this efficient and important fundraising program that is so easy to manage and makes a big different,” said Stu Teller, vice-chair of Gift for Life. “The stationery industry is filled with generous companies that will help expand Change for Life.”

To learn more about Change for Life and to become a partner, contact Stu Teller at stu@rightanglestrategies.com. For a complete list of Change for Life participants, please visit www.giftforlife.org/change-for-life

Each year, Gift for Life hosts regional events throughout the U.S. benefitting DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS. The primary mission of Gift for Life and DIFFA is to eradicate the AIDS pandemic in the U.S. Working together, Gift for Life and DIFFA will continue to raise funds for HIV/AIDS service and education programs.

ABOUT GIFT FOR LIFE

Gift for Life, the gift and home décor industry’s volunteer group raising funds for AIDS assistance and research through DIFFA: Design Industry Foundation Fighting AIDS, was founded in 1992. Since then, Gift for Life has raised nearly $5 million through special events, cause-related marketing, promotions, and from corporate and individual donations. For more information visit www.giftforlife.org

ABOUT DIFFA

DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS is one of the largest funders of HIV/AIDS service and education programs in the U.S. Since its founding in 1984, DIFFA has mobilized the immense resources of the design communities to provide more than $38 million to hundreds of AIDS organizations nationwide. The DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS Web site is available at www.diffa.org