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news release
Leading Multifamily Service Providers Raise $25,000 for Breast Cancer Awareness
Oakland, CA -- February 6 , 2007 -- PropertyBridge, Inc., a provider of online payment processing; Ellipse Group Inc., a provider for web based services; and ResidentCheck, a provider of resident background checks, have rallied together for a “Buck Up and Wear It” campaign that has raised more than $25,000 to support breast cancer initiatives, research and treatments.
The three companies created pink T-shirts with the slogan “Buck Up and Wear It” embedded within an image of a one dollar bill. Each company pledged to donate $5000.00 if 5000 Buck Up and Wear It t-shirts were given away at industry conferences throughout the year. Ellipse also provided plush toy cows that were available in exchange for a $10-$20 donation per cow. After 16 tradeshows, 5000 t-shirts and 600 cows, the team contributed $25,192.43 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
During a ceremony at The Brainstorming West Conference this past November, Lee O’Conner, Vice President of Ellipse Group, displayed the oversized check. “It is abundantly clear that our industry, comprised of close to 80% women, found that this cause is indeed something to buck up for,” said O’Conner.
PropertyBridge President Jason Gardner added, “We are tremendously pleased with the success of this campaign, and look forward to continuing the tradition of contributing to important causes like this for years to come.”
Charles Stroud, Vice President of Sales for ResidentCheck stated, “We each entered into the cause for different reasons and are all better companies and better people for participating in something as personal as asking for money from people to fight a cause.”
About PropertyBridge, Inc.
PropertyBridge is the leading provider of automated payment processing services to real estate owners and managers. The PropertyBridge Payments Platform enables residents to pay rent and other lease-related transactions using an array of payment types, including credit and debit cards, Automated Clearing House (ACH), check scanning (Check 21/ARC), cash payment services, online bank bill payment, person-to-person payment and lockbox services. PropertyBridge provides management firms with a previously unattainable level of integration and administrative efficiency in key areas of their business. The company collaborates extensively with financial services leaders including Visa USA, MasterCard, Discover Financial Services, American Express, Wells Fargo Bank, First National Bank of Omaha and Western Union.
About Ellipse Communications, Inc.
ECI provides Internet-based marketing, Website development and Resident Portal services targeting the multifamily industry. An innovator since 1999, our extensive history of providing custom marketing solutions, applied targeting services and unsurpassed customer support, coupled with an integrated platform for property management software, enables us to be the nation’s largest provider of aggregated technology services.
About ResidentCheck
Since 1994, Allied has successfully serviced the screening and collection needs for the Multifamily industry. Its Internet program, ResidentCheck, was developed to enhance its successful resident verification program and offer an on-line turn-key true risk management solution. Analyzing over 2 million credit reports and renter histories, Allied’s risk models go well beyond the traditional credit score rankings to statistically determine applicants’ actual risk of delinquency.
Contacts
Peter Mansfield
Vice President of Marketing
pmansfield@propertybridge.com
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