Sony's Online Auction to Benefit America's Second Harvest Goes Live
January 10 2006 - 3:01PM
PR Newswire (US)
Visit eBay to Bid on One of This Year's Hottest Sony VAIO
Notebooks, Designed by This Year's Hottest Celebrities SAN DIEGO,
Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Sony kicks off the online auction of
one-of-a-kind celebrity designed notebooks to raise funds for
America's Second Harvest -- The Nation's Foodbank Network, an
organization dedicated to creating a hunger-free America. The
auction is now live at eBay http://www.ebay.com/vaio and will run
through January 23. All funds raised through the auction will be
matched by Sony Electronics. The best-selling VAIO(R) FJ series
received personalized makeovers from Jessica Alba, Elijah Wood,
Mark Ruffalo, Wilmer Valderrama and DJ AM with Nicole Richie. Fans
can bid on their favorite celebrity designed PC, which is also one
of Sony's more popular computers, all for a good cause. All
proceeds from the auctions will directly benefit America's Second
Harvest -- The Nation's Food Bank Network
(http://www.secondharvest.org/). America's Second Harvest is a
national network of more than 200 food banks across the U.S. that
distributes food and grocery products to more than 50,000
charitable agencies located in every county. For additional
information about the auction or celebrity designed PCs, please
visit http://www.sony.com/pimpmypc. America's Second Harvest -- The
Nation's Food Bank Network is the nation's largest charitable
hunger-relief organization with a Network of more than 200 regional
member food banks and food -- rescue programs serving all 50
states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The America's
Second Harvest Network secures and distributes nearly two billion
pounds of donated food and grocery products annually. The America's
Second Harvest Network supports approximately 50,000 local
charitable agencies operating more than 94,000 programs including
food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, after- school
programs, and Kids Cafes. Last year, the America's Second Harvest
Network provided food assistance to more than 23 million low-income
hungry people in the United States, including more than nine
million children and nearly three million seniors. For more
information on America's Second Harvest, please visit
http://www.secondharvest.org/. Press Contacts Valerie Motis Sony
Electronics Inc. 858-942-8016 Erin Walsh Ruder Finn/San Francisco
415-348-2731 DATASOURCE: Sony Electronics Inc. CONTACT: Valerie
Motis of Sony Electronics Inc., +1-858-942-8016, or ; or Erin Walsh
of Ruder Finn/San Francisco, +1-415-348-2731, or Web site:
http://www.sony.com/news http://www.secondharvest.org/
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