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Boston-Based Tickets-for-Charity® Offers Red Sox Fans Access to Great Seats at Fenway Park, Including Sold-Out NY Yankees Series, to Support the Red Sox Foundation

Tickets-for-Charity Charitable Sale™ Platform Has Raised Nearly $600,000 for the Red Sox Foundation & Invites Red Sox Fans to Access Prime Seats for All Home Games While Supporting Important Community Causes.

June 8, 2009 - Tickets-for-Charity® is proud to offer Boston Red Sox fans the opportunity to access hard-to-find seats for all home games at Fenway Park, including this week’s highly anticipated series against rival New York Yankees, while supporting the Red Sox Foundation’s work serving at risk children across New England. Fans can now purchase these high-demand seats, which range from hometown favorite Dugout Boxes to coveted seats on the Green Monster.

Tickets-for-Charity offers fans the first socially positive alternative to unauthorized ticket brokers and scalpers by offering an easy way to support the Red Sox Foundation’s important community work and a safe, convenient way to access perennially sold-out seats at Fenway Park. Fans can choose from numerous seating options, including Grandstand and Right Field Box as well as premium seating in the EMC Club, State Street Pavilion, Dugout Boxes, Budweiser Right Field Roof Deck and Green Monster. Through this unique Charitable Sale™ program with the Red Sox, Tickets-for-Charity makes seats available at face value, plus a donation which benefits the Red Sox Foundation. Red Sox fans can access these great seats through Tickets-for-Charity by calling 1-866-567-4576.

“Partnering with Tickets-for-Charity has already raised nearly $600,000 for our Foundation, and we are thrilled to expand this terrific program in 2009 with an even greater selection of seats for our fans,” said Meg Vaillancourt, Executive Director of the Red Sox Foundation. “The Tickets-for-Charity platform provides a tangible, meaningful way for us to increase awareness and support for the work we do with children struggling on the margins of our community.”

In addition to the Red Sox Charitable Sale program, Tickets-for-Charity offers music fans the opportunity to support causes they care about while gaining access to great seats to see some of the country’s biggest names in entertainment, including Coldplay, Brad Paisley, James Taylor, Billy Joel and Elton John and many more. Fans may typically direct the donation associated with their music purchase at www.ticketsforcharity.com to up to four participating charities from Tickets-for-Charity’s network of over 30 leading non-profit organizations, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Natural Resources Defense Council and The National Children’s Cancer Society, among others.

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About Tickets-for-Charity®

Tickets-for-Charity gives fans a safe and convenient way to support important causes while gaining access to great seats to high-demand live events across the country. As a fundraising platform, Tickets-for-Charity was founded to help increase critically-needed funding for some of the world’s most admired charities and foundations. Tickets-for-Charity currently partners with over 30 highly-respected national charities and has raised millions of dollars for leading charities through official Charitable Sale™ programs conducted for the Boston Red Sox, Boston Bruins and Boston Celtics as well as The Rolling Stones, The Police, Barbra Streisand, James Taylor, Lionel Richie, Farm Aid, John Mayer, Usher and Live Earth. For more information, please visit www.ticketsforcharity.com.

About the Red Sox Foundation

The Red Sox Foundation is the official team charity of the Boston Red Sox. Its primary focus is in supporting health, education, recreation, and social service programs for children and families in need in New England. The Red Sox Foundation’s goal is to harness the passion its fans have for the Red Sox to use as a vehicle for positive change in our community. Due to support from owners, fans and special fundraising efforts including Tickets-for-Charity, the Red Sox Foundation is now the most successful team charity in Major League Baseball. A substantial portion of the Foundation’s efforts are focused on four Cornerstone programs, including The Jimmy Fund, Red Sox Scholars, Rookie and RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) youth baseball program, and support for Dimock Community Health Center. For more information, please visit www.redsoxfoundation.org

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