January 26, 2012
Biggest ever BillingTree RockBlock concert raises $80,000
Biggest ever BillingTree RockBlock concert
raises $80,000 for charity at Season for Sharing kick-off event
Rockers help raise new
single charity record donation by Phoenix headquartered payment
processing company
Phoenix, Ariz. - January 26, 2012 -BillingTree®, one of the
nation's leading on-demand payment processors headquartered in
Phoenix, announced that its annual BillingTree RockBlock concert
raised $80,000 for the Arizona Republic's Season for Sharing fund,
which helps human service agencies in Arizona. This is some 60%
higher than BillingTree's previous highest donations to an
individual charity - ChildHelp® and the Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation (JDRF) which each received $50,000 in 2010 from the
BillingTree RockBlock charity fund raiser concert event.
More than 3,000 people - up 50 percent over 2010 - packed the
new venue of Downtown Phoenix's Cityscape, which was headlined by
legendary multi-platinum rockers REO Speedwagon. The BillingTree
hosted event acted as the kick-off to the Season for Sharing - the
annual holiday fundraising drive for local charities organized by
the Arizona Republic and 12 News. Pre-show supporting events
included the annual B.A.C.A. (Bikers Against Child Abuse) Abuse
Awareness Ride, which BillingTree supported once again as part of
its commitment to supporting local charities.
Additionally, In 2011 BillingTree enabled employees to work a
total of 232.5 hours for charitable causes during their paid hours
(the equivalent of a full-time person devoting six weeks service)
and supported 12 local charity events ranging from the Arthritis
Foundation and Cardinals Kids Camp to the Zoo Walk for Autism
Research and Muscular Dystrophy Association. It is a supporter
amongst other charities, of PROJECT ELF and of ChildHelp, and over
the holiday period employees donated items and helped with wrapping
gifts to 8 adopted families and children.
"We are once again very grateful for the support of the public
in Phoenix, local businesses and music fans that helped us raise so
much money for the Season for Sharing," said Scott McCollum,
BillingTree's President. "BillingTree RockBlock just keeps getting
bigger and 2011's venue worked well and it made for a great place
to watch such an awesome line-up of bands. We had a last minute
change to the line-up but Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown gave the
night a youthful injection of energy."
"We as a company are committed to helping local charitable
causes," he added, "and that is also reflected in the amount of
time our employees spent last year helping needy individuals and
organizations."
BillingTree supplies the leading fully integrated, multi-channel
electronic payment platform to a growing list of Industries,
including Insurance, Utilities, such as power, cable, municipal,
and phone, as well as Healthcare and Subscription-billed services.
Benefits of electronic payment solutions include an accelerated
availability of consumer funds, reduced costs associated with
manual-payment processing, improved cash management, and integrated
processing by managing all payments, returns, and corrections
through a single portal.
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About Season for Sharing
Season For Sharing is The Arizona Republic and 12 News'
annual holiday fund-raising campaign. Through an eight-week news,
editorial, direct mail and ad campaign, readers and viewers are
encouraged to donate to the Season for Sharing fund to help human
service agencies in Arizona. Last year, $2.66 million was
distributed to 137
agencies that help at-risk children and families, improve
educational skills, help domestic violence victims and serve the
elderly, and since its inception in 1993, Season for Sharing has
generated more than $46 million to the community. For more
information, visit www.azcentral.com/season.
About BillingTree
The proven leader in on-demand payment processing, BillingTree
empowers customers with competitive advantage through a
simplification of the billing and receivables process. By
delivering the most innovative technology while making it as easy
and inexpensive as possible to accept payments, BillingTree has
revolutionized the payments landscape. Our software-as-a-service
(SaaS) model delivers industry-leading payment solutions, proven
integration, and point-and-click simplicity. BillingTree's focus on
innovation has allowed us to help more than 2,000 customers
eliminate manual processes and automate their payment cycles.
BillingTree - Growth is our Business. For more information, visit
www.mybillingtree.com
or call 877.4.BILLTREE.
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