MEDIA ALERT Written July 2nd, 2009
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ATTN: PLANNING, NEWS, FOREIGN AND CITY DESKS as well as AFRICA, NON PROFIT, EDUCATION AND SHIPPING REPORTERS
***MEDIA ALERT***
Brooke Owens
310-980-0700
owens.brooke@gmail.com
“Ship Bound for Uganda Sets Sail Full of Goods
to Help Orphans Living with AIDS through Aidchild”
WHAT: U.S. & Canadian volunteers rallied to fill a 20’ foot shipping container full of books, computers, and medical supplies for Aidchild, an NGO dedicated to providing homes, innovative medical care, psychosocial support, and education to orphans living with AIDS in Uganda. TWI Global, HK Trucking, & Sea Shipping Line have graciously agreed to sponsor the cost of warehouse storage and shipping. The Uganda bound container sets sail from Long Beach on July 3rd, 2009.
>Quotes from Aidchild Staff & Volunteers, as well as TWI Global & Sea Shipping will be available upon request on Friday, July 3rd. Contact Brooke Owens (info above).
WHO: Members of the press are invited to contact Brooke Owens for further details on the project. A press release will be issued on Friday, July 3rd, 2009.
WHEN: Friday, July 3rd, 2009
WHERE: Port of Long Beach, CA
Media is invited to learn more about the amazing care being offered by Aidchild to precious orphans living with AIDS and help us honor businesses such as TWI Global and Sea Shipping Line that have stepped up to support such acts of compassion. We encourage media to follow not just the send off but the entire journey and delivery of these items to see the full effect on orphans living with AIDS in Uganda.
For more information please visit:
http://www.aidchild.org
http://www.twiglobal.com/home.cfm
http://www.seashipping.com/
http://www.hktrucking.com/
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