June 9, 2010, The What and Why For Mobile Giving - video taken at Net Change 2010 of the ZipGive team explaining why mobile giving makes sense and how to be in that space.

The What and Why for mobile giving from SiG @ MaRS on Vimeo.

June 9, 2010, Net Change 2010, MARS Discovery District, Toronto, Ontario - ZipGive was pleased to accept the invitation to participate and support a week Exploring Tech for Change where renowned thought leaders will featured throughout the week to share amazing stories about the application and implication of social tech (website click here).

June 1, 2010, Purple Forge and ZipGive Partner to Provide Mobile Applications for Fundraising (Release) - Purple Forge Corp., (www.purpleforge.com), the market leader in providing mobile applications for community engagement, today announced a partnership with ZipGive (www.zipgive.com), the mobile giving division of Zipstripe Corp., to deliver mobile applications for fundraising, volunteer and donor engagement for charities, non-profits and political campaigns in North America. (story click here)

May 27, 2010, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario

May 10, 2010, Mobile Commerce Daily - Children's Miracle Network raises $21,525 in one day via SMS (News Story) - Nonprofit organization Children’s Miracle Network has extended its fundraising efforts through SMS to leverage the habits of a younger demographic to support its cause. The annual National Radiothon on April 29 included a Text to Give component which was powered by ZipGive of Toronto that specializes in cause-related mobile marketing. Next to the Haiti earthquake relief efforts, the Children’s Miracle Network campaign was the most successful mobile giving campaign to date in Canada, raising $25,525 in a single day via SMS donations of $5 per person. (story click here)

April 26, 2010, VillageGamer.net - ZipGive Launches its New Facebook Giving Application (Release) - Charities can raise money by adding the ZipGive Giving Application to the profiles of Facebook users. The ZipGive Giving Application provides for viral engagement in fundraising by showing in real-time how much money a user has helped to raise! (story here)

April 12, 2010, USA Today - Technology, Social Networking Transforms Giving (News Story) - Advances in technology also allowed the American Red Cross to transfer desperately needed money instantly to relief workers in Haiti and transmit daily text messages with health and sanitation advice to more than 1 million Haitians. (story here)

March 29, 2010, CWTA Communique - TELUS SUPPORTS WWF CANADA WITH EARTH HOUR TEXT-TO-DONATE CAMPAIGN - TELUS, in cooperation with the Mobile Giving Foundation, has introduced a new way for Canadians to show their support for Earth Hour 2010 by texting donations to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Canada, the official organizer of Canada’s Earth Hour. Through their mobile devices, customers can text the word “EARTH” to 45678 to donate $5, to a maximum of $30 each month. (story here)

March 22, 2010, Twackle - The Pulse of Sports, SENS (Ottawa Senators) Foundation – Text SENS to 45678 | ZipGive Mobile Giving March 12, 2010, North Bay Nugget (News Story) – text “Sens” to 45678 for a $5 donation and “Senators” to 45678 for a $10 donation and Bell will match your contribution up to a total of $5,000. (story here)

January 14, 2010, New York Times - Burst of Mobile Giving Adds Millions in Relief Funds (story here)