The Center for Wooden Boats to Set Sail with Give by Cell's Mobile Give Fundraising Platform

The Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle will be going mobile with their fundraising efforts using Give by Cell's Mobile Give platform.

2012-07-01

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, July 01, 2012 (Press-News.org) June 29, 2012 - San Francisco, CA - The Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle will be going mobile with their fundraising efforts using Give by Cell's Mobile Give platform. By texting "BOAT" to 20222, visitors and boat enthusiasts can donate $5, with the charge applied to their mobile phone bill. Donations will go towards preserving and supporting the center.

"The Center for Wooden Boats is pleased to partner with Give by Cell to allow attendees of the 2012 Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival to make a donation to support the event on their mobile phones," said Erin Schiedler, Communications Coordinator. "In recent years, festival attendees have been more likely to pass through the entry gates of our free festival without making a donation because they do not carry cash. We are hoping that mobile giving will be an additional way for our visitors to support this amazing cultural event."

Give by Cell is a mobile fundraising authorized service provider through the Mobile Giving Foundation, as well as an A+ Accredited business though the Better Business Bureau. In addition to Mobile Give, Give by Cell's mobile fundraising services include Mobile Donate and Mobile Pledge. For more information, please visit http://www.givebycell.com.

The 36th annual Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival runs from June 30th through July 4th. For more information on The Center for Wooden Boats, please visit http://cwb.org/mobiledonation.

About Give by Cell
Launched in 2008 by San Francisco based parent company Guide by Cell, Give by Cell is a trusted mobile fundraising solution provider with four years of experience in providing unique, affordable, and effective mobile technology services. The company provides fundraising technologies to over 1,000 non-profits, and is the largest provider of Mobile Giving Services under the Mobile Giving Foundation program. Give by Cell's mobile fundraising solutions are an affordable, engaging way to give, capitalizing on mobile's reach, user adoption rates, and ability to solicit and collect contributions anywhere at any time. For more information, visit http://www.givebycell.com.

About The Center for Wooden Boats
The Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle, WA (www.CWB.org), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 1976, provides a gathering place where maritime history comes alive through direct experience and our small craft heritage is enjoyed, preserved, and passed along to future generations. CWB, with year round locations both at South Lake Union in Seattle and at Cama Beach State Park on Camano Island, engages visitors in whole body learning by putting the historic boats, oars and paddles, sails and tools in the hands of people who visit.

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