Promotions
Make a Donation to Starlight and Promote Your Company for Free!
Thanks to Neotrope(R), a California-based marketing and PR firm established in 1983, now through July 31, 2010, when you make a donation of $50 or more to Starlight at the link below, you will also get to promote your company while you’re at it! If you’re an individual, you can just as easily promote your book, CD, blog, gallery showing, or whatever “newsworthy” event or endeavor you may want to publicize.
Those companies or individuals who make a donation will have the opportunity to issue a free national online press release with Neotrope's Send2Press(R) Newswire service, which is syndicated worldwide, but also appears on many top news sites and social networks in the Neotrope News Network, which generates nearly 20 million page views per month. Optional discounted services will be made available, at added cost, if desired in place of the free “online only” release (such as using Direct-to-Editors™ media delivery).
For a $50 donation to Starlight, you will receive a free press release
For a $100 (or more) donation, you will have the option to choose other services at a discount (such as $100 off a nationwide targeted media blitz).
Upon receipt of your donation, Starlight will send you a confirmation email and forward your contact information to Neotrope/Send2Press to get started on your PR service plan. Services can be used no sooner than 3 days from the time of your donation, and the release must be issued no later than Oct. 1, 2010. Limit one free release per person/family, agency/firm, company/organization.
For complete requirements, limitations, Neotrope/Send2Press terms of service (TOS), and information regarding acceptable news content, please click here. Per the privacy policies of Neotrope/Send2Press (link) your information will not be shared, resold or used in any way by Neotrope beyond following up with you regarding the donation and the free release bonus.
The tax deductibility of your contribution is limited to the amount exceeding the fair value of all goods or services that you received. In exchange for your contribution, you are receiving services from Neotrope with an estimated fair value that is equivalent to or greater than your contribution. Please consult your tax advisor for further information regarding your particular situation. Starlight Children’s Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
New Children’s Books for Your Bookshelf
Little Pickle Press is publishing a very special three-part children’s book series benefiting Starlight. Starlight receives 10 percent of the purchase price of each book in the series, which will retail for $16.95 through www.littlepicklepress.comand other book sellers.
The first book in the series, What Does It Mean To Be Global?, teaches children what it means to be global by visiting the pyramids, eating sushi, celebrating Kwanzaa, and learning how to say “hello” in Swahili. The book is a conversation starter for parents and educators to teach children about the goodness in exploring, appreciating, and respecting other children’s traditions, religions, and values the world over. The book was recognized in the Children’s Picture Book: Hardcover Non-Fiction category of the National Best Books 2009 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News.
Just released, What Does it Mean to Be Green? is a colorful and insightful story which helps children view everyday tasks through an environmentally-friendly lens. The book empowers children to do whatever they can to protect the earth’s precious resources. From writing on both sides of the paper to turning off the water when brushing their teeth, children learn and delight in helping take care of the earth. Don’t be surprised if they start coming up with suggestions of their own for you!
What Does It Mean To Be Present? will be released in Fall 2010.
Little Pickle Press’s books are designed to help parents and educators cultivate conscious, responsible little people by inspiring its readers to help children in need, celebrate diversity and protect the environment. All books are printed using recycled paper, soy inks and green packaging.
Pick up your copies today at www.littlepicklepress.com or through specialty book stores and retailers!
KOZ Wines Now Available Online
Previously available only in Whole Foods stores in Southern California, Arizona and Nevada, KOZ Wines are now available for purchase online via The California Wine Club. Choose from a two, six or 12-bottle shipment. For every case sold, CWC will donate $25 to Starlight.
Inventories of the popular 2008 El Dorado ‘Red Alto’ and 2008 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon are extremely limited, so order now!
Place your order at http://www.cawineclub.com/Pre-Order-KOZ-Wines.
A Great Game for a Great Cause: Chime Available Now
OneBigGame, the non-profit publisher of videogames, has unveiled its first title benefiting Starlight -- the music puzzle game Chime.
Chime is available now on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for a price of 400 Microsoft Points ($5 USD). OneBigGame will donate at least 60 percent of Chime’s purchase price to Starlight Children’s Foundation and Save The Children, split 50/50 between the two charities.
Developed by Zoë Mode, Chime offers a creative twist on both music and block puzzle games. Players must cover the playing field with irregular shapes, each connected to a sound effect from the background music track, to form rectangular blocks, called quads. Chime’s innovative game mechanics enable players to create a unique remix of each song every time they play a level as the building of larger quads unlocks more elements of the underlying song. Working their way to 100 percent coverage of the grid, players will unlock the song in full. Acclaimed artists Philip Glass, Moby, Markus Schulz, Paul Hartnoll of Orbital and Fred Deakin of Lemon Jelly have donated their music tracks pro bono.
OneBigGame has more than 15 games currently in development from various established developers and designers to raise funds for Starlight, including creations from Masaya Matsuura and Charles Cecil, amongst other talented artists.
Smart Imagination’s Tattoo Stories Gives Back to Starlight
Starlight is the beneficiary of a new coffee table book called Tattoo Stories, the debut publication of the Tattoo Stories book series by Smart Imagination, a creative house and publisher with a focal point of serving humanitarian efforts.
Tattoo Stories will retail for about $35 depending on the retailer, and Starlight will receive a minimum of $4 per book sold with a minimum unrestricted guaranteed donation of $10,000.
Corporate and medical professionals, students, artists, lawyers, and many more share their lives in Tattoo Stories, drawing readers in for an intimate look at journeys, experiences and cultures, through spoken word paired with stunning photography by Marvin Malzahn.
The book also features a foreword from Linkin Park and Dead By Sunrise frontman Chester Bennington. “The book is associated with a great charity, Starlight Children’s Foundation, and anything that I can do to give back is always something that I’m interested in,” said Bennington.
To find out more about Tattoo Stories or to purchase a copy of the book, visit www.tattoostories.org.
For more ideas on how you can help Starlight, visit our How to Help section.