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Swing for Charity is a golf event hosted by Lowe's and supported by its
vendors .

About cMarket

cMarket is the leading provider of online fundraising auction
services to nonprofit organizations and corporations raising funds for
worthy causes. cMarket is a also member of Business for
Social Responsibility.

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, Committed to improving the
communities it serves, Lowe 's Charitable and Educational Foundation (LCEF)
announces grants totaling $400,000 to benefit four North Carolina
organizations. Lowe's also encourages volunteerism through the Lowe's Heroes
program , a company-wide employee volunteer initiative.

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cMarket Releases New Version of Online Fundraising Auction Services

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Iredell County will use funds to light recreation fields so more
children can participate in organized sports.

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Additional reports: New reports allow nonprofit to better
manage their auction items, sponsors, donors , and activity.

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Grants to Support Education and Community Projects in Wilkes and Iredell
Counties

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"As a 59-year old company founded and headquartered
in North Carolina, we're proud to contribute to causes that support education,
awareness and community improvement where our employees and customers live and
work . By bringing the power of the Internet to the auction
fundraising model, cMarket helps fundraising professionals build and
protect their donor base, attract sponsors, promote their cause and
improve their fundraising results through the use of online auctions.

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(Logo: http://www. Additional funds from this year's event will be distributed
by LCEF to aid education and community improvement projects in Arizona,
California, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. Lowe 's is a FORTUNE(R)
50 company with fiscal year 2004 sales of $36.
Over 500 nonprofit organizations in the arts, healthcare, faith-based,
and education sectors, as well as dozens of corporations, have chosen
cMarket's services to raise significant funds through nearly 700
online fundraising auctions .

For more information about cMarket, including current and recently
concluded auctions, visit http://www.

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Lowe's Foundation Donates $400 000 to N.C. Organizations

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Specifics of the major features in this release include:

Sponsorship opportunities: Eight online corporate sponsorship
spots are now available in cMarket's online auction homepages
and email communications, giving nonprofit organizations the
ability to offer more quantifiable value to more corporate
sponsors.com
or call 617-621-1000.

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Expanded Sponsorship Opportunities, Easier Closeout Process and
New Payment Processing Options Improve the Overall Functionality of
the Platform

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Wilkes
Community College will apply its grant towards a new science and technology
building.7 million was raised during the third annual event
held on April 19.

Closeout process: A simplified closeout process makes it even
easier to assign winners, identify items that have a winner,
have not met reserve or have no bids, as well as differentiate
between items available for online bidding online and those
available both online and at a live auction.com

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"This is part of our ongoing commitment of giving back to the communities
Lowe's calls home ," said Larry Stone, chairman of Lowe's Charitable and
Educational Foundation. the leading provider of online fundraising auction
services, today announced the release of version 1. "At a strategic level, this
release enables our customers to offer even more quantifiable value to
their generous sponsors; more tactically, it also offers customers a
very simple process for closing out their auctions , new payment
processing options, and enhanced communications and reporting.

Communications templates: New email templates ease and improve
nonprofit organizations' online solicitation and marketing to
their constituents.

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Wilkes County Schools will use its funds to add graphic arts, construction
and carpentry classes to its Career and Technical Education Center . Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation
awards more than $3 million annually to diverse organizations across the
United States.5 billion and has more than
1,100 stores in 48 states.

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Wilkes County Schools, Wilkes Community College, Iredell
County Parks and Recreation and the Hendrick Marrow Program will each receive
$100,000 as part of the company's annual Swing for Charity grant program. For more information, visit Lowes.

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The Hendrick Marrow Program, a
partner of The Marrow Foundation, will target its funds to increase efforts to
generate awareness of the need for volunteer marrow donors.
"We collaborate closely with our customers as we plan the features
and enhancements included in each release," said Lisa Besteni, Vice
President of Product Management , cMarket.

Payment processing options: cMarket now offers its customers
three payment processing options: secure credit card reports
for processing credit cards on their own, Auctionpay's
seamless credit card processing solution, and credit card
processing through IATS/Ticketmaster.cmarket.

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Lowe's is a proud supporter of Habitat for Humanity International ,
American Red Cross, United Way of America, and the Home Safety Council, in
addition to numerous non-profit organizations and programs that help
communities across the country. The latest release includes features designed to
substantially improve its customers' management and marketing of their
online fundraising auctions.cmarket.