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The Police Auction Front-Row Tickets & Exclusive VIP Ticket Packages for Summer Tour Dates at CharityFolks.com
Support Unitus and the Fight Against Poverty and See The Police in Concert
New York, NY (Billboard Publicity Wire) April 7, 2008 -- In their support of the fight against poverty, The Police are offering fans an exclusive opportunity to bid on front-row tickets and ticket packages, unavailable to the general public. All ticket packages will include of pairs of front row tickets and concert tour programs signed by the band with select packages also including access to sound check and backstage tours. Proceeds will benefit the band's nonprofit partner Unitus, a worldwide leader at scaling innovative solutions to global poverty. CharityFolks.com, the premiere online charity auction site, will post the first set of tickets and VIP packages for 21 North American and eight European summer tour dates on Monday, April 7 and will continue to add ticket packages through the end of July.
The Police are honored to raise awareness and funds to support Unitus saying, "When we look at the challenges we face as a planet, we recognize that poverty is at the root of nearly all of them. During the 2008 tour, we chose to work with Unitus - an organization that is boldly tackling these challenges by supporting equality, empowerment, and dignity for the world's poor. Together with Unitus, we can help foster fundamental changes in the world to help create equal opportunity and to share the wealth and be true global citizens."
Link to the bid on the auction: http://www.charityfolks.com/thepolice
About Unitus:
Unitus is a 501(c)3 international, nonprofit organization with offices in Seattle, Washington and Bangalore, India, Unitus is a worldwide leader at scaling innovative solutions to global poverty. We accelerate access to life-changing financial services for those at the bottom of the economic pyramid--the 3 billion people who are living on less than $2 a day. Unitus partners with the world's most promising microfinance institutions and provides them with breakthrough business strategies, technology, and access to capital, empowering them to serve thousands more hardworking micro-entrepreneurs around the world. The Unitus portfolio reaches more than 3.3 million families through 21 partners in Argentina, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, and the Philippines. Our goal is to reach more than 15 million of the world's working poor by 2010.
About Charity Folks:
Charity Folks is the leading online marketplace for nonprofit fundraising, corporate cause-marketing campaigns and celebrity-driven charity events; a cross-market penetration that has made them the "go-to" in the field of ePhilanthropy. Among their special partners are hallmark nonprofits, including Entertainment Industry Foundation and The World Wildlife Fund; A-list celebrities, such as Alicia Keys and Morgan Freeman; and top-brand corporations, including Toyota and Esquire Magazine. www.charityfolks.com
Media Relations Contacts
Unitus: Chevenee Reavis / creavis @ unitus.com / 206-307-1830
Charity Folks: Caroline Bubnis / The Door / caroline @ thedooronline.com / (917) 685-0343
The Police: Amy Grey / Dish Communications / amyg @ dishcommunications.com /
(818) 508-1000; Ashley Mariner / Dish Communications / ashleym @ dishcommunications.com
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