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Date: Monday April 24, 2006 10:11:00 am
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    Print For A Purpose Launches ‘Fight Poverty With Your Printer’ Campaign During the Annual Send My Friend to School Week
    Montague,
    MI  April  2006 — Print For A Purpose, a cause-driven retailer based
    in Michigan, announces the launch of the Fight Poverty With Your
    Printer campaign — kicking off officially on Monday, April 24, the
    first day of the Annual Send My Friend To School Week. The company is
    launching with an initial goal to raise $25 Million for
    poverty-fighting organizations over the next five years.“Over 100
    Million children around the world are not getting the education they
    need to increase their income potential, improve their farming
    practices, and stop the spread of disease,” says Mark Terpstra, founder
    of Print For A Purpose. “I experienced this first hand growing up in a
    farming village in Senegal (West Africa). Some of my boyhood friends
    didn’t attend school because they couldn’t afford to buy notebooks and
    pens.”That’s why Print For A Purpose is launching a national effort to
    raise money for education, microbusiness development and other poverty
    needs by selling print cartridges — a product millions of consumers
    purchase on a regular basis. For every cartridge purchased from the
    Print For A Purpose website or catalog, 5 to 10% of the purchase price
    is donated to nonprofit organizations that are fighting poverty.
    Buying
    one $20 cartridge from Print For A Purpose results in a $1 or $2
    donation (depending on the brand of cartridge purchased). In many
    countries, that’s enough to pay for year’s worth of notebooks and pens
    for one student. A businesses that spends $1,000 on cartridges over the
    course of a year will contribute an average of $75 — enough to pay for
    a whole year of primary school for an impoverished child.“Consumers
    spend $45 Billion on print cartridges every year,” says Terpstra. “This
    campaign is a small but practical way for these consumers to be engaged
    in the lives of the 1 billion people who live in extreme poverty. Our
    goal is to raise $5 million every year – that’s enough to send 65,000
    poor children to school every year. That is exciting to think
    about.”Consumers and nonprofits can join the campaign by visiting
    http://www.PrintForPoverty.com or by calling toll free 1-866-637-3165.

    About Print For A Purpose
    Print
    For A Purpose is a cause-driven retailer who’s mission is to bring
    millions of cartridge consumers together to support nonprofit causes.
    Print For A Purpose supplies ink and toner cartridges for over 7,000
    printers, copiers, and fax machines. Consumers and businesses can place
    orders online, by phone, or by fax. For every cartridge ordered from
    Print For A Purpose, 5 to 10% of the purchase price is donated to the
    customer’s chosen cause.Print For A Purpose was born out of the
    personal experience of founder, Mark Terpstra. Terpstra lived in
    Senegal (West Africa) for the first 15 years of his life. The friends
    he grew up with lived in extreme poverty — at times only eating three
    meals a week. This experience left Terpstra with the desire to start
    social ventures that could make a difference in the world.
    The company website is located at http://www.PrintForAPurpose.com.

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