Media Alert

Who: Matthew 25: Ministries
What: Tornado Relief
When: Monday, March 5, 2012
Time: 11 AM
Where: Matthew 25: Ministries, 11060 Kenwood Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242
Why: Bring Desperately Needed Relief to Locations Devastated by Friday's Tornadoes

Matthew 25: Ministries Begins Tornado Relief to Tri-state

LOCALLY BASED CHARITY SUPPORTS TRI-STATE COMMUNITY WITH DISASTER RELIEF

MARCH 5, 2012 CINCINNATI, OH – On Monday, March 5, Matthew 25: Ministries, an international humanitarian aid and disaster relief organization headquartered at 11060 Kenwood Road in Blue Ash, OH will send an Assessment Team with their first shipment of disaster relief to Tri-state locations devastated by recent tornadoes.

Vice President and Disaster Relief Coordinator Tim Mettey will lead the Assessment Team, delivering first response aid including basic necessities such as food, water and blankets to locations including Henryville, KY, Moscow, OH and Maryville, IN. The Team expects to depart Matthew 25: Ministries at 11:00 on Monday, March 5.

Matthew 25: Ministries accepts cash, credit card and internet donations for ongoing disaster aid and humanitarian relief programs; Matthew 25: Ministries also welcomes volunteers to their 132,000 square foot facility five and a half days a week. Matthew 25 also accepts product donations. For additional information about Matthew 25: Ministries’ humanitarian aid and disaster relief efforts please contact Joodi Archer at (513) 793-6256 or visit their website at www.m25m.org. Follow Matthew 25: Ministries’ blog http://m25m.org/blog.aspx or follow Matthew 25: Ministries on Facebook facebook.com/m25m.org and Twitter twitter.com/M25M_org.

ABOUT MATTHEW 25: MINISTRIES:  Matthew 25: Ministries rescues and reuses approximately 12,000,000 pounds of corporate discontinues, misprints, overruns, off-spec, slightly damaged, returned and past season products each year and redistributes them to people in desperate need throughout the US and worldwide. Each year, Matthew 25: Ministries impacts the lives of more than 14,000,000 individuals throughout the United States and around the world. More than 99% of Matthew 25: Ministries’ cash and in-kind donations go toward programs. Matthew 25 is tied for #1 on Forbes' list of the 20 Most Efficient Large Charities in the US. Matthew 25 is also ranked #1 of 1,400 four star charities on Charity Navigator as well as #1 of Ten Top Notch Charities on the same website. Matthew 25: Ministries appears in The "Philanthropy 400" listing of America's Top Charities and is accredited by the Better Business Bureau through the "Wise Giving Alliance Standards".