Element Fusion

Today, we are pleased to announce the recipient of our first Website Giveaway for 2010:

The Swaziland Partnership

They will receive a donated custom website design as well as one year of free hosting on our content management software. We are looking forward to working with them to develop their new website in the days ahead. To read more about the Swaziland Partnership, see their finalist page.

Today, I contacted Bob Miller at The Swaziland Partnership to let him know that his organization had been selected as the winner, and he had this to say:

We are so honored to be selected to receive a website from Element Fusion—especially in the light of the other worthy organizations that were nominated. This gift will enable the Swaziland Partnership to better communicate, recruit and secure donations as we attempt to reduce the incidents of HIV/AIDS in the nation of Swaziland and to support the thousands of AIDS orphans and at-risk children living in the wake of this devastating disease. This website will be a valuable tool as we help Oklahomans and others from around the country to channel their talents, passions, and resources to change the destiny of this vulnerable nation. Element Fusion is well known for their outstanding web products and services. We are excited to now be partnering with them on this new website.

I want to thank each of our finalist organizations, including Marriage Network Oklahoma, The Oklahoma City Orchestra League, and our winner, The Swaziland Partnership. Each of these organizations provides an amazing service to our community and they are all well loved, as evidenced by the overwhelming support they each received through our finalist voting. We are pleased to have gotten to know them through this process. Even though two of them did not receive the prize this time, they will still be in the running as nominees for our remaining giveaways in 2010. There's much more to come.

Finally, thanks to all of you for your help and support through nominating and voting for these organizations. Without your input, we would not have been able to discover and consider so many diverse organizations for our giveaway. We look forward to our upcoming giveaways in the months ahead. Remember, we're giving away three more websites in 2010, so stay tuned for details. Nominations for the next giveaway are set to begin around the end of March.

Congratulations to The Swaziland Partnership. We'll be sharing more about our progress in developing their new website in the months to come.