Business Wire to Raise Funds for Abused Children by Selling Trading
Cards to Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting Attendees
OMAHA, Neb. (Business Wire EON) May 1, 2008 --
Business Wire will go beyond showcasing its own services at this year's
Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, raising funds for a local children's
charity by selling commemorative trading cards to conference attendees.
A pack of six cards featuring quotes and photos of Berkshire Hathaway’s
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger and Business Wire President and CEO Cathy
Baron Tamraz will be available to attendees. The cards will sell for
$10 and also include statistics on Business Wire, which was acquired by
Berkshire Hathaway in 2006.
All proceeds will be donated to CASA
For Douglas County, Nebraska (Court Appointed Special Advocates), a
charitable organization that provides a voice for abused and neglected
children within the court system through the use of trained citizen
volunteers.
“Business Wire is certainly excited about
being present again at the Berkshire annual meeting and we look forward
to meeting and greeting shareholders and helping out with a worthy cause
like CASA,” said Tamraz.
CASA was established in the Omaha area in 1998 upon the urgency of area
judges. The idea of CASA first originated in the Seattle area, when a
juvenile court judge felt that he was not sufficiently informed on a
case involving an abused child. CASA was created under the premise that
there must be an advocate for foster children within the court system –
someone who will fight and keep the children’s
best interests at heart. It is the CASA volunteer that helps judges make
good decisions on behalf of the abused and neglected children.
“CASA volunteers are ordinary people doing
extraordinary work. They are a powerful voice in a foster child’s
life”, said Nancy Wilson, Executive Director
of CASA For Douglas County.
The cards are available on a first-come basis at Berkshire Hathaway’s
annual meeting, which takes place Saturday, May 3 at the Qwest
Center in Omaha.
About Business
Wire
Business Wire, a Berkshire
Hathaway company, is utilized by thousands of member companies and
organizations to transmit their full-text news releases, regulatory
filings, photos and other multimedia content to journalists, news media,
trade publications, institutional and individual investors, financial
information services, regulatory authorities, Internet portals,
information web sites, business-to-business decision-makers and
consumers worldwide. With a news
distribution network spanning 150 countries and 45 languages,
Business Wire's multi-channel delivery network has access to dozens of
international and national news agency networks throughout the Americas,
Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
The Business Wire news network is powered by its patented
NX high-speed data platform and supports XML, XHTML and XBRL code to
deliver the most sophisticated news file to enhance news release
interactivity, customization and search engine optimization. Business
Wire has 31
bureaus in cities including New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Chicago, Boston, Miami, Paris, Frankfurt, London, Brussels, Tokyo,
Toronto and Sydney with reciprocal offices throughout the world.
Business Wire was founded in 1961.
KEYWORDS: Berkshire Hathaway, Business Wire, CASA, Charity,
Children's Charity, Collectibles, Fundraiser, Warren Buffett, Trading
Cards, Omaha
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