Beezag Raises $3500 for Charity During the 2009 GBK Pre-American Music Awards Gift Lounge

Beezag Raises $3500 for Charity During the 2009 GBK Pre-American Music Awards Gift Lounge

With the Help of Celebrity Beezaggers Demi Lovato, Aaron Carter, Colbie Caillat & More

NEW YORK, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- At GBK Productions' American Music Awards (AMA) Gifting Lounge, celebrities were not just receiving luxury items but also had the opportunity to give back to charity. This past Friday and Saturday (November 20th & 21st) in honor of the 2009 AMA's, Beezag (www.beezag.com) the new invite-only web site where you earn money and rewards by simply watching targeted video ads, gave every celebrity who registered with Beezag $100 dollars to donate towards one of the three charities that were associated with GBK's AMA Gift Lounge. Okobos (www.okobos.com), Global Green (www.globalgreen.org), and Environmental Media Association (EMA) (www.ema-online.org) were the three charities that each celebrity had the option to donate their first $100 after becoming a Beezag member (aka beezagger). Overall, through the help of these new celebrity beezaggers, Beezag donated a grand total of $3500 among the three eco-friendly charities.

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After becoming an official beezagger, celebrities such as La Toya Jackson, Aaron Carter, Twilight star Edi Gathegi, Candace Cameron, American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi, Ugly Betty's Alec Mapa, AMA nominee Anthony B., D. Woods, Weezer's Scott Shriner and more, all chose to donate their $100 to Okobos. As a result, Beezag made a generous donation of $1,500 to Okobos, the charitable foundation who's mission is to serve children in impoverished communities by creating a marketplace that generates not only awareness, but provides the basic needs of food, water, medical care, shelter, and emotional & spiritual support. Okobos strives to help children all over the world realize their potential.

The celebrities who chose to support Global Green included 'tween sensation Demi Lovato, Karina Smirnoff & Maks Chmerkovskiy of DWTS, Housewives of Atlanta Kim Zolciak, band-mates of Day 26 (band formed by winners of MTV's Making of the Band), pro-snowboarder Louie Vito, season 8 American Idol contestant Jackie Tohn, and more. Beezag made a donation of $1000 to Global Green USA, a national environmental organization that merges innovative research, cutting-edge community-based projects and targeted advocacy to create a sustainable future. The organization has written and implemented green building, energy efficiency, and solar power guidelines in addition to legislation and incentives at the local, state, and federal level.

Lastly, the celebrities who donated to EMA included recording artist Colbie Caillat, Melrose Place's Brandon Pierce, Project Runway winner Jeffrey Sebelia, American Idol finalist Elliott Yamin, Julia Anderson, Brittany Flickinger (winner of Paris Hilton's My New BFF) and more. With this celebrity support, Beezag also made a donation of $1000 to EMA, a non-profit that mobilizes the entertainment industry in a global effort to educate people about environmental issues and inspire them to take action. Linking the power of celebrity to environmental awareness, EMA's work is widespread, from subtle messaging on screen (film/TV) to promoting sustainable lifestyle choices through celebrity role modeling and educating influential people on the power of "green." Through it all, EMA's goal is inspiring the path to a healthier planet.

"The Beezag product and technology not only creates relevance and value for consumers, but it is diverse in its ability to allow consumers to 'give back'. Seeing such celebrity interest really confirmed our belief that Beezag is just that much further along than any other mobile or web advertising platform," states Beezag co-founder and President, Laurent Alhadeff.

Just like these celebrities, as a beezagger, you earn cash and rewards by watching targeted commercials on your iPhone, Blackberry or online and can donate your earnings to any charity of your choice. If the charity route is not best for your wallet, members also have the option to 'cash-out' their Beezag earnings directly into their personal bank account, into Beezag's very own music store similar to iTunes, as well as into their PayPal and/or Amazon account. Just think of Beezag as keeping you in the know of all the latest and greatest products, events and happenings. Beezag is changing the world of advertising, as hundreds of advertisers are now seeing that laser focused advertising provides a much higher ROI. In fact, the system is so over subscribed by users that the waitlist to get in had to be closed.

About Beezag:

Beezag is a privately funded company headquartered in New York City's bustling Chelsea neighborhood. Its founders had an epiphany when they set out to create a revolutionary philosophy for the only effective way to advertise in this info-laden age: through the targeted delivery of customized video ads to vetted and invited individuals in real time through any Internet-capable device. www.beezag.com

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