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VML Partners With VFW Foundation To Aid Active Military
VML Partners With VFW Foundation To Aid Active Military
Published 07-21-05
Submitted by VML
"We're thrilled to join forces with the VFW Foundation. We not only believe in their mission of supporting active military at home and abroad, but we share their passion for helping those who've given so much for us. We're honored to partner with the VFW Foundation to help them achieve their goals," said Rick Dow, VML's account supervisor.
Dedicated to improving the lives of active service personnel, veterans, their families, and the communities in which they live and work, the VFW Foundation hopes to continue their exponential growth in fundraising via the web. VFW Foundation Administrator Mike Meyer said, "Expanding online will really help raise our visibility and allow people from across the U.S. and around the world to see how we are helping those fighting for freedom everywhere, and allow them to contribute easily towards this noble cause."
The VFW Foundation chose VML to design and produce their site after reviewing multiple firms. "We chose VML not only for their superior creative design and technical expertise, but more importantly because of the passion they showed towards our mission: helping our troops," stated Brigadier General Rufus Forrest.
The website features program descriptions, online donation capabilities, corporate and celebrity support, and heart-to-heart testimonials from real people who have been helped by the many arms of the Foundation. VML will be managing and continuously updating the site moving forward.
"We share an incredible amount of enthusiasm for the VFW Foundation and their mission. It is evident in the hard work and dedication put into the site by our whole team, and we are looking forward to continuing to support those who are defending freedom throughout the world," stated Dow.
About VML
VML, a WPP company based in Kansas City, Missouri, is one of the world's leading marketing technology companies. More than 300 employees work in VML's offices in Kansas City, New York, Jacksonville, Seattle and London. VML has grown steadily since it was founded in 1992, enjoying its most dramatic growth during the past three years when revenues and employee headcount more than doubled.
VML is a problem-solving organization that specializes in digital
marketing: the point where marketing and technology intersect. VML's unique credentials include everything from brand development, offline advertising and direct marketing to the most complex web-enablement and digital marketing solutions.
VML's client list includes some of the world's most recognizable and powerful brands like AMC Theatres, AC Nielsen, Accenture, Bayer, Bluetooth Technologies, Burger King, BP/Castrol, Colgate-Palmolive, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Microsoft, Motorola, Simon Properties Group, Sprint, Weight Watchers and Yellow/Roadway Transportation. VML can be found online at www.vml.com.
About the VFW Foundation
Created as a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization, the VFW Foundation offers or supports numerous programs that directly aid veterans, people on active duty in the Armed Forces and their families all over the world. Programs include Unmet Needs, which helps families of military personnel with unexpected expenses, Operation Iraqi Children, bringing supplies to the schools and students in Iraq, Operation Uplink, which provides free long-distance phone cards to service men and women around the globe, and many more.
The Foundation is supported by the contributions of major corporate donors like Wal-Mart, Vermont American and Federal Express, plus the donations of thousands of individual citizens. In addition, a number of celebrities have added their names to the support list, including actors Gary Sinise and R. Lee Ermey, and author Andrew Carroll.
Copyright Business Wire 2005
