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For Immediate Release
Contact: Melis Jones
Vice President
P: 469-357-6456 C: 214-435-1248
melis_jones@aidmatrix.org
The Aidmatrix Foundation, Inc.
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Vitamin Angels and Aidmatrix Announce Partnership and Resulting
Achievements in Humanitarian Relief
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DALLAS, TX - August 28, 2008 - The Aidmatrix Foundation Inc. today announced its
partnership and achievements with Vitamin Angels in expanding the supply chain for
humanitarian relief. This partnership helps streamline Vitamin Angels' distribution
processes which, in turn, helps serve more people in need. Since the program was
launched more than 28 million vitamins have been processed using this new system.
Vitamin Angels supports many nonprofits who address malnutrition in children and
adults around the world. Aidmatrix builds powerful supply-chain technology solutions to
accelerate humanitarian relief through its partnering nonprofits. This partnership
enhances both missions.
Aidmatrix is providing an essential link in allowing Vitamin Angels to reach children
and pregnant women who are chronically malnourished in the United States and around
the world. Our partnership will help tens of thousands of children to have a healthier
life,î said Howard Schiffer, President and Founder of Vitamin Angels.
There are now more than 37 nonprofit organizations registered as recipients on the
Vitamin Angels' Portal on the Aidmatrix Network®. To date, 38 donations from 12
donors are in the system. One of the first organizations to benefit from the Vitamin
Angels' Portal was Orphan Outreach in Honduras, where more than 1,700 children
received a yearís supply of multi-vitamin supplements. Another organization to benefit
was the San Diego Food Bank, which received more than 800,000 vitamins. In total,
more than 28 million tablets have been processed since the program began.
Vitamin Angels is a nonprofit organization based in Santa Barbara, California, that is
dedicated to providing vital nutrition in the form of supplements, to developing countries,
communities and individuals in need. The Aidmatrix Network® technology and members
will help accelerate the distribution of the vitamins in two key ways: first, donors that make
product donations to Vitamin Angels will now be able to make their donations online through
this integrated system; second, Vitamin Angels will be able to allocate those donation offers electronically to their community of recipients. Previously, both processes were done
manually, requiring much time and resources to coordinate. In addition, Aidmatrix brings
more potential recipients to the community through its partnerships with other leading
medical- and hunger-relief organizations.
"Our solutions help others to get the right aid to the right people," commented Governor
Scott McCallum, President and CEO, Aidmatrix Foundation. "We're proud to partner
with Vitamin Angels in their mission of supplying medical relief to those in need."
About Vitamin Angels
In the last 3 years, Vitamin Angels has distributed over 300 million vitamins and other
supplements in over 80 countries worldwide. Last year, Vitamin Angels connected
vitamins and other supplements with over 7 million children, lactating mothers and
babies in 40 countries worldwide. To learn more about Vitamin Angels please visit
www.VitaminAngels.org.
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About The Aidmatrix Foundation, Inc.
The Aidmatrix Foundation, Inc. builds and operates powerful technology hubs that support diverse stakeholder groups in their efforts to work together to solve the worldís most challenging humanitarian crises. Our solutions enhance participation, amplify contributions, and accelerate results for humanitarian relief. More than 35,000 leading corporate, nonprofit and government partners leverage our solutions to mobilize more than $1.5 billion in aid annually, worldwide. The donated goods, money and services impact the lives of more than 65 million people. Aidmatrix is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit headquartered in Dallas, Texas, USA, with offices in Wisconsin, Germany and India. Visit www.aidmatrix.org.
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