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About App Relief App Relief is a coalition of iPhone App developers who want to help raise funds for different relief efforts by giving the proceeds of our app sales for a period of time. Our first effort is to raise funds for the earthquake relief effort in Haiti which has shattered hundereds of thousands of lives and left an already struggling country on the brink. We commit to do anything we can to support these efforts and get people back on their feet. Please stay tuned while we launch this effort. Follow us on Twitter to find out about the most recent participating apps. Press Release Download PDF - Download MS Word AppRelief.com Finds the Heart of the iPhone App Store CHICAGO, IL, Jan 18. - When news of the Haitian earthquake spread, Joshua Hernandez, CEO of Chicago based Metamoorephosis Games, decided there must be something that iPhone developers could do to help. That is how AppRelief.com, a new initiative to raise money for relief in Haiti, started. A group of independent iPhone developers have banded together and are planning to donate a percentage of their sales to the Red Cross for aid in Haiti. The website lists the applications and games that are contributing to the effort and directs users to the iTunes store or iPhone App store for download. Hernandez started with one post to a popular development forum, on TouchArcade.com, asking if other developers would be interested. He had a great response from other developers eager to help. Ken Carpenter of Mind Juice Media, Mark Sanges of Realms Apart and Amelia Meister of Sleek Games jumped in immediately. "When I saw some of the images coming out of Haiti, I knew we had to do something to help out, so we jumped at the opportunity to help bring this coalition of developers together and make a meaningful contribution to the relief efforts," said Mark Sanges of Realms Apart Studios. Ken Carpenter from Mind Juice Media says he chose the domain name 'AppRelief.com', because “in addition to wanting to help the victims of the Haitian earthquake, I saw an opportunity to create a permanent website that would be able to quickly mobilize the efforts of app developers again in future times of need." “It’s so inspiring to know that we can make a difference, working together, as developers, to help others.” said Amelia Meister of Sleek Games. Along with the creators of the effort, many other developers have committed to joining including Freeverse, Fairlady Media and Smashing Media. One of the goals of AppRelief.com is to encourage unity in action from the growing sector of independent mobile developers. It aims to point to the Heart of the App Store, where people are working together to help each other, around the world. AppRelief.com is still accepting other developers who are interested in joining the effort. They can find out more information by visiting the website.
About Realms Apart Studios About Mind Juice Media Inc. About Sleek Games Website: http://www.runningwithscissorsgame.com
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