Design your own hCard

SchoolHeart is pleased to announce that businesses can now brand their business with The hCard, while supporting nonprofits and schools in their community. The hCard Brand the Business program allows businesses to purchase hCards for resale, and proceeds from each sale not only benefit the business, but also local nonprofits.

Businesses can also create their own custom hCard design for use as a rewards program or preferred membership. Card purchasers can show their loyalty to their favorite local business while supporting a good cause. Purchasers will also get all the benefits of The hCard Membership.

For more information, visit the Brand the Business website:
http://www.brandthebusiness.com/

The Philanthropy Journal (www.philanthropyjournal.org) covered SchoolHeart and The hCard in an April 2nd article. From the article:

“It’s taking folks online to do their fundraising so they don’t have to do the door-to-door stuff,” Burnett says.

By buying an hCard, which offers discounts at a variety of stores and restaurants throughout the U.S., including Red Lobster, Starbucks and Barnes & Noble, customers direct half of the $25 cost to the charity or school of their choice.

The card also offers discounts on prescription drugs, as well as roadside-assistance and emergency-contact services.

More than 2,000 hCards have been purchased or given out so far in 28 states, Burnett told The News & Observer in Raleigh.

Already more than 100 schools and nonprofit groups have signed up to post the hCard link on their websites, and three to six new clients sign up daily, Burnett says.

“Signing up takes three minutes, and it’s free,” she says.

Read the full article here.

As SchoolHeart has expanded nationwide with The hCard Program, we have begun to get some nice media coverage. It seems that our unique program that combines no-hassle, online fundraising with the fantastic value of The hCard is turning some heads.

The Silicon Valley Mercury News
“‘It’s a team effort between all 11 schools in the East Side district,’ Buller said. ‘We’re reaching out to the community and asking for their help.’”
Read the article

Raleigh News and Observer
“The SPCA of Wake County partnered with the hCard program late last year, and donations are slowly building. The SPCA received $37.50 in January.”
Read the article

AFRDS Newsletter
“A new national discount card has entered the fundraising market.”
View the newsletter

Carolina Bride Magazine
“Combining innovative Internet technology with cause-related marketing, www.schoolheart.com is designed to bring communities together where it counts most.”
Read the article (pdf)

Welcome to The hCard’s special news and update portal! Look here for the latest information regarding The hCard and SchoolHeart’s fundraising programs.

As always, visit The hCard Directory and SchoolHeart’s Home.