Winnipeg, MB - July 16, 2004 - The Foundation of the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (http://www.ckha.on.ca/foundation/) has installed a state-of-the-art integrated donor recognition system designed by PlannedLegacy, which includes two separate donor walls complemented by interactive multimedia presentations accessible via a touch-screen kiosk and an LCD monitor.

The new system utilizes the latest interactive display technology to provide visually powerful donor, volunteer and corporate recognition, and to celebrate the success of the Foundation’s $20 million "Your Health, Your Future" capital campaign.

"The Chatham and Wallaceburg displays give permanent recognition to the outstanding individuals, organizations and companies who have made a commitment to investing in quality healthcare in Chatham-Kent," said Foundation President Tom McCarthy.

The donor wall installed at Sydenham District Hospital in Wallaceburg, Ontario, features three large glass panels above a photomural of foliage from the Carolinian Forest, a unique environmental feature of the area, and is complemented by an interactive multimedia presentation on an adjacent touch-screen kiosk. Trees and leaves from the Carolinian Forest were used to represent the various giving levels. Each of the glass panels lists giving categories and their respective donors in high quality vinyl lettering that lends itself to easy revision and updating.

The donor wall installed at Chatham, Ontario is slightly larger than the wall at Wallaceburg, and in addition to glass panel recognition listings for donors who have supported the Foundation between 1998-2004, it features a separate glass panel dedicated exclusively to the "Your Health, Your Future" capital campaign. The Chatham installation is complemented by a multimedia presentation displayed on an integrated LCD touch-screen monitor.

The interactive multimedia presentations are designed to engage, entertain and inform visitors as well as to recognize contributors, and include modules such as: "About the Foundation", "Major Donor Recognition", "Cumulative Giving", "Capital Campaigns", and an "Events Calendar". Foundation staff can quickly revise content in key areas of the presentation using PlannedLegacy’s Web-based content management system.

"We chose PlannedLegacy not only because they showed a genuine interest in our facility and our campaign," said Senior Development Officer, Michele Grzebien. "But because their system is easy to update in a timely fashion and it solves our space limitation problems. We can quickly add or revise donor names, add upcoming events etc. I think this is the future of donor walls."

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About PlannedLegacy

PlannedLegacy is an industry leader in the development of interactive donor recognition systems and capital campaign promotion systems for non-profit organizations.

Specializing in the design and development of interactive multimedia recognition displays, digital signage networks, interactive exhibits and multimedia presentations, PlannedLegacy also creates traditional recognition displays, donor walls and photomurals, which can be easily integrated with interactive components to provide a more sophisticated level of recognition and promotion.

Clients include a wide range of prestigious organizations such as the U.S. Air Force Memorial Foundation, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Glens Falls Hospital, Altru Health Foundation, St. Boniface Hospital Foundation, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and more.

A full-service company, PlannedLegacy provides all components required to implement enhanced contributor recognition, campaign promotion and organizational awareness, including software, hardware, consulting, design, multimedia programming and an easy-to-use Web-based content management system.

PlannedLegacy was originally formed in 2001, after four years of testing and practical research into the use of interactive technologies such as touch-screen kiosks, plasma displays and LCD screens, to help non-profits increase awareness for their capital campaigns, planned giving initiatives, fundraising projects and donor recognition programs.

Located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, PlannedLegacy's interactive multimedia displays can be found in educational institutions, hospitals, healthcare facilities, religious organizations, community foundations and prestigious private clubs throughout North America.