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PR Grants Awarded to 18 Organizations
STRATFORD, CT. — 01/17/06 — CyberAlert, Inc., a worldwide media monitoring, press clipping and broadcast monitoring service, today announced the 18 recipients of its 2006 Public Relations (PR) Grants to Not-for-Profit Organizations. Each grant is for one free year of online news monitoring service using CyberAlert 4.0. The total value of the grants approximates $50,000.
The following organizations are the 2006 PR grant recipients:
| CyberAlert PR Grant Awards |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Organization | Location | Description | |
| Alliance for Consumer Education www.consumered.org www.inhalant.org | Washington, DC | Dedicated to advancing community health and education, focusing on inhalant abuse prevention. | |
| American Association of Suicidology www.suicidology.org | Washington, DC | Dedicated to the understanding and prevention of suicide. Runs national clearinghouse on suicide and suicide lifeline. | |
| Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) www.astho.org | Washington, DC | Represents state and territorial public health agencies dedicated to development and implementation of sound public health policies. | |
| Canada's National History Society www.historysociety.ca | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Dedicated to raising awareness of Canadian history. | |
| Destination ImagiNation www.destinationimagination.org www.idodi.org | Glassboro, NJ | Creativity and problem-solving program for school children. | |
| FishAmerica Foundation www.asafishing.org | Alexandria, VA | Provides funding for local hands-on projects to enhance fish populations, restore fisheries habitat, improve water quality and advance fisheries research. | |
| Global Fund for Women www.globalfundforwomen.org | San Francisco, CA | Provides grants to women's rights organizations around the world. | |
| International Crisis Group www.crisisgroup.org | Washington, DC | Dedicated to prevent and resolve deadly conflict. Work focuses on countries at risk of outbreak, escalation or recurrence of violent conflict. | |
| Invest in Kids www.investinkids.ca | Toronto, Ontario | Dedicated to strengthening parenting knowledge and skills, helping enable parents of young children become the parents they want and need to be. | |
| It Happened to Alexa Foundation www.ithappenedtoalexa.org | Lewiston, NY | Provides financial and emotional support to victims of sexual assault, paying travel expenses for a support person to accompany the victim to trial and in some cases providing a person to help the victim navigate the legal system. | |
| JA Worldwide (Junior Achievement) www.ja.org | Colorado Springs, CO | Dedicated to educating young people about business, economics and entrepreneurship through in-school and after-school programs. | |
| Marine Biological Laboratory www.mbl.edu | Woods Hole, MA | Dedicated to research and education in the biological, biomedical and environmental sciences. | |
| National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP) www.ncadp.org | Washington, DC | Dedicated to educating the public about capital punishment and to achieving reform at the state level. | |
| National Rural Health Association (NRHA) www.nrharural.org | Kansas City, MO | Dedicated to ensure access, equity and quality in health care to Americans who call rural areas home. | |
| Oklahoma City National Memorial www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org |
Oklahoma City, OK | Honoring "those who were killed, those who survived and those changed forever" by the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City and teaching the impact of violence to children and adults. | |
| Partnership Against Domestic Violence www.padv.org |
Atlanta, GA | Dedicated to ending domestic violence, educating the public on dynamics of domestic violence and supporting women and their families in their efforts to live violence free. | |
| Relief International www.ri.org |
Los Angeles, CA | Provides emergency relief, rehabilitation and development assistance to vulnerable communities worldwide. | |
| Safety Magic in Law Enforcement www.smileclowns.org |
Scottsdale, AZ | Public safety employees volunteer their time to teach children important safety messages they will remember for a lifetime including fire safety, pool safety, gun safety, and other important safety messages. | |
Over 250 not-for-profit organizations applied to CyberAlert for the PR Grants. The CyberAlert selection process favored national and international organizations with innovative services that benefit the young, the troubled and abused, the environment, justice and scientific research. This year's focus was on women and children.
"The choices were difficult indeed and every grant applicant was worthy," stated William J. Comcowich, president and CEO of CyberAlert. "We're delighted that CyberAlert can effectively help worthy not-for-profit organizations and give back to the PR community that has helped us become a leading media monitoring company. We look forward to contributing to the public relations profession by continuing the PR grants program for many years to come."
Founded in 1999, CyberAlert is a worldwide press clipping, media monitoring and Web clipping service that monitors over 25,000+ online news sources each day in 17 languages. It also monitors closed caption text of 2,200 hours of TV news programming each day on over 600 TV stations in the Top 100 U.S. markets. In consumer discussion, CyberAlert monitors Web message boards, UseNet news groups and Web logs (blogs) for consumer insight about companies, products, key issues and trends. Clients specify their key words and CyberAlert delivers via daily e-mail (7/365) all new clips found in online media during the previous 24 hours.
Additional information about CyberAlert services is available at http://www.cyberalert.com
Contact:
William J. Comcowich
President and CEO
CyberAlert, Inc.
Phone: 203-375-7200
Fax: 203-375-6699
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