Anyone Can Purchase Tickets for Veterans as a Way to Say
Thank You for Their Military Service. More Than $900,000 in Event Tickets Have
Been Already Been Donated to Military Families Through Brown Paper Tickets.
May 22, 2014 (Seattle) – Tickets valued at more than
$900,000 to events nationwide have already been delivered to active or
honorably discharged U.S. military personnel and their families, as well as to
the families of those who gave their life in U.S. military service, through
Brown Paper Tickets Salutes.
Socially conscious Not-Just-For-Profit ticketing service
Brown Paper Tickets has created this easy way for anyone to purchase tickets,
and for event organizers to provide tickets for verified U.S. military members
as a way of saying “thank you for serving our country.” More than 45,000 event
tickets have been donated and delivered through Brown Paper Tickets Salutes
since the program began July 4, 2012.
“Brown Paper Tickets is helping us to provide the gift of
tickets every day of the year, not just on Memorial Day, Veterans Day or
Independence Day,” said Michael A. Focareto, a U.S. Navy veteran and founder of
Veteran Tickets Foundation, also known as Vet Tix, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that
matches donated tickets with U.S. military personnel and their families. Vet
Tix verifies military service records, giving donors the confidence of knowing
that their gift will be enjoyed only by those who served. “These free tickets
to events mean everything to veterans, some of whom tell us that this is the first
time anyone has ever said ‘thank you’ for their service.”
“The donation of more than $900,000 in tickets in less than
2 years means that our event organizers and ticket buyers just needed an easy
way to express their gratitude,” said William S. Jordan, founder of Brown Paper
Tickets. “We are honored to have created this simple way for anyone to say
‘thank you’ with a gift that shares the joy and community created by live
events with those who have served.”
Tickets to music festivals, comic book conventions, sporting
events, comedy shows, farm-to-table dinners, cooking classes, plays, concerts,
burlesque shows, roller derby bouts and many more have been a part of the
$900,000 ticket donation. “The donation of free tickets from event organizers
working with Brown Paper Tickets has dramatically widened the range of ways
that veterans can relax, enjoy themselves and share smiles with their families
and loved ones,” Focareto said. “For some, these event tickets can help with
their re-integration into civilian life.”
Anyone can browse Brown Paper Tickets Salutes to find events
that have donated tickets through the program. Military personnel, veterans and
the immediate family members of those who gave their life in U.S. military
service can also find a link on the site to sign up through Vet Tix to have
their military service verified prior to accessing the donated tickets.
For more information, or to help get the word out to
military families by sharing this donation program on social media, go to Brown
Paper Tickets Salutes at http://community.brownpapertickets.com/LP/BPTsalutes/.
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