Gazelle Partners with gdgt to Raise Funds for Boston-based Non-Profit, Strategies For Children

BOSTON, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston-based Gazelle (www.gazelle.com), the nation's largest reCommerce company, is teaming up with gdgt for their "Live in Boston" event at the Royale on 279 Tremont Street on September 22, 2010 at 7 P.M. to help Bostonians make the most of their used gadgets (Press hour from 6-7pm). Event attendees are invited to drop off used cell phones, digital cameras, MP3 players and GPS devices at the Gazelle station that will be set up near the entrance.  Gazelle will donate the total trade-in value of all gadgets received to Strategies For Children, a nonprofit that works to ensure that children in Massachusetts have access to high-quality early education and become proficient readers by the end of third grade.

Each gdgt live event nationwide is a gadget lover's dream and is swarmed by tech-enthusiasts eager to scope out the hottest electronics about to hit stores.  This year, gdgt and Gazelle are asking attendees to trade-in their gadgets, with a goal to collect 250 items on site.  As an extra incentive to reach this goal, the first 50 people to donate an item at gdgt will receive one drink ticket for the official gdgt after-party, hosted by Gazelle and Bostinnovation at the W Boston on 100 Stuart Street.

"We are excited to partner with gdgt and give our customers the opportunity to support such a vital local organization like Strategies for Children," said Dan Smith, Vice President of Marketing for Gazelle. "Our goal with this partnership and our Gazelle for Good program is to encourage customers to change the way they look at their used gadgets by donating them to support great causes, instead of letting them collect dust or throwing them away

"We love that Gazelle is going to be helping gdgt Live attendees recycle their used gadgets. It's a great way to help a worthy cause while checking out some amazing new gadgets from our sponsors," said gdgt co-founder Peter Rojas.

"We are thrilled that gdgt and Gazelle recognize the importance of high-quality early education and literacy as essential strategies to ensure our children's future success and our state's future vitality," said Margaret Blood, president and founder of Strategies for Children. "Working with gdgt and Gazelle will give us extra support to raise awareness of these critical issues and to continue to advocate for policies that improve the well-being of young children and families and help develop the skilled workforce our knowledge-based economy demands."

As part of the partnership, Gazelle has also created the site www.gdgtforgood.gazelle.com to provide people who are not attending the event the opportunity to turn their gadgets into support for Strategies for Children. By logging on to the site anytime from now until October 1, 2010, customers can choose to donate the cash value of their gadgets to the cause.

ABOUT GAZELLE

Gazelle (www.gazelle.com), a service of Second Rotation, Inc., is committed to providing an easy, fast, and safe way for consumers to get cash for selling unwanted electronics or to recycle them responsibly. To date, more than 100,000 consumers have used the service as a way to clean out closets, get cash and help out a good cause. In addition, Gazelle empowers consumers to avoid time consuming and risky online experiences associated with peer-to-peer selling. Consumers can rest assured that all personal information is thoroughly removed from their item while benefiting from conveniences like free shipping and packaging. Based in Boston, Gazelle is backed by premier venture capital firms Physic Ventures, Venrock Associates and RockPort Capital Partners.

ABOUT STRATEGIES FOR CHILDREN

Strategies for Children, Inc. (SFC), which was established as an independent 501c(3) non-profit organization in 2001, works to ensure that all Massachusetts have access to high-quality early education and become proficient readers.  It was founded by Margaret Blood, a child policy expert and advocate, who previously led the United Way of Massachusetts Bay Success By 6 initiative, served as Director of Community Programs for the Department of Pediatrics at Boston City Hospital and Boston University School of Medicine, and was the founding Executive Director of the Massachusetts Legislative Children's Caucus. SFC led successful efforts that established the nation's first consolidated Department of Early Education and Care, secured more than $190 million in increased public investment in early education and care since 2005, created a grant program for high-quality pre-kindergarten, and created a scholarship program that has helped more than 4,200 early educators pursue college degrees.

SOURCE Gazelle