MANASSAS, VA (ANS) -- With emerging technology comes great opportunity to reach out to those in need and, with that in view, Dr. Frank Wright National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) President and CEO has announced that “In a unique partnership with MPower Giving and the Mobile Giving Foundation, NRB has arranged for an extraordinary and timely mobile giving campaign to raise humanitarian relief funds for those suffering in the aftermath of the massive earthquake in Haiti.”

Dan Wooding interviews Dr. Frank Wright

Listeners to NRB member broadcast stations can make a ten dollar ($10.00) donation to the relief efforts in Haiti by simply using their mobile phones to text to “HAITI” to 40579. Those participating will receive a confirmation text message in reply and, once confirmed, will have a $10 donation added to their mobile phone service statement.

A spokesperson for NRB said that they will remit all funds raised to major humanitarian aid organizations with an established presence or unique expertise in Haiti.

“NRB members stations licensed as NCEs will need to apply for an FCC waiver to participate,” the spokesperson added.

About NRB

The National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) is a non-partisan, international association of Christian communicators whose member organizations represent millions of listeners, viewers, and readers. Its mission is to keep the doors of electronic media open for the spread of the Gospel. In addition to promoting standards of excellence, integrity, and accountability, NRB provides networking, educational, ministry, and fellowship opportunities for its members. Learn more at www.nrb.org.

About MPower

MPower with offices in Southern California and Washington DC, is the leading ASP and Mobile Marketing service organization providing Mobile Donation Services through TEXT (SMS) and Interactive Mobile Solutions enabling connectivity to both Non Profit Organizations, Media Companies, and Major Enterprise Companies seeking to interact with it’s constituents. MPower provides these services to such organizations as KLOVE and AIR1 (with 700 radio stations in the United States). MPower also provides services to such organizations as Promise Keepers, Speedway Children’s Charities, and other world wide Non Profit Organizations.

MPower’s leadership and Board of Directors have grown the organization to be the leading provider of “Next Generation” Mobile Services Spearheaded by offering the Mobile Giving Foundation’s Text Donation Program. These services enable Non Profit Organizations to collect donations against an individual’s cellular phone bill while receiving additional services through MPower’s acquisition of Distributive Networks “Mobile Marketing Platform”. This platform is famous for successfully being implemented and utilized in last years Presidential Campaign.
With that in mind, they founded MPower Giving to provide a fully integrated suite of mobile giving and donor management solutions, interactive mobile marketing programs via text (SMS) and mobile web based applications. For more information please visit www.MPowergiving.com.

About The Mobile Giving Foundation

The Mobile Giving Foundation (MGF), headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, was founded in 2007 by veterans of the wireless industry who wanted to harness the immense power of wireless communications to empower non-profit organizations. The concept was simple: give the 250 million American wireless users a single “Mobile Giving Channel” over which they could receive and respond to appeals from worthy causes.

Specifically, MGF’s founders envisioned themselves as the organizational element that would permit charitable giving over the networks of US wireless carriers. Their goals were to develop and manage carrier standards for participation; ensure compliance with all laws and regulations concerning charitable giving; certify the participation of Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) and their campaigns; manage message delivery and billing solutions across all carriers; and act as a billing settlement and records clearinghouse between carriers and participating charities. Their website is www.mobilegiving.org/

Dan Wooding, 69, is an award winning British journalist now living in Southern California with his wife Norma, to whom he has been married for 46 years. He is the founder and international director of ASSIST (Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times) and the ASSIST News Service (ANS). He was, for ten years, a commentator, on the UPI Radio Network in Washington, DC., and now hosts the weekly “Front Page Radio” show on KWVE in Southern California and which is also carried on the Calvary Radio Network throughout the United States. The program is also aired in Great Britain on Calvary Chapel Radio UK. Wooding is the author of some 43 books. Two of the latest include his autobiography, “From Tabloid to Truth”, which is published by Theatron Books. To order a copy, press this link. Wooding, who was born in Nigeria of British missionary parents, also recently released “God’s Ambassadors in Japan” which is available at amazon.com.